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July 10, 2026
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Is the STM32C55 powerful enough to decode audio?

  • July 10, 2026
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Hello,

I am making a device which will play encoded audio files from a (Q)SPI flash and I wanted to use the STM32C55 (with its internal DAC). Alas, I haven’t been able to find flash/RAM/CPU frequency requirements for the codecs except for MP3 Helix (https://github.com/liuduanfei/helix), but I would rather use Opus because it has a better bitrate-to-quality ratio.

Does anyone have experience with decoding audio on the STM32C55 (or any similar MCU for that matter)? How much flash and RAM was needed for the decoder?

Thanks.