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Robin7331
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April 7, 2021
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Unable to run STM32F401 at 84 MHz Sysclk (works fine at 48 MHz)

  • April 7, 2021
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Hello guys :waving_hand:

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I am having a STM32F401CDU6TR on a custom board and I am not able to run it at 84 MHz SYSCLK. The source is an external 8 MHz crystal with two 22pF caps as seen here:

0693W000008yrF6QAI.png​

I created the project in CubeMX as a Makefile project. I only use CubeMX for configuring the GPIOs as well as the clock. The actual code is written and flashed via VSCode. Works great so far.

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Here is my current 84 MHz clock configuration in CubeMX:

0693W000008yrFzQAI.pngAnd this is my RCC configuration:

0693W000008yrHCQAY.png​

When I flash this code I always end up in a HardFault_Handler before the SystemClock_Config(); function returns.

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/**
 * @brief System Clock Configuration
 * @retval None
 */
void SystemClock_Config(void)
{
 RCC_OscInitTypeDef RCC_OscInitStruct = {0};
 RCC_ClkInitTypeDef RCC_ClkInitStruct = {0};
 
 /** Configure the main internal regulator output voltage
 */
 __HAL_RCC_PWR_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE3);
 /** Initializes the RCC Oscillators according to the specified parameters
 * in the RCC_OscInitTypeDef structure.
 */
 RCC_OscInitStruct.OscillatorType = RCC_OSCILLATORTYPE_HSE;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.HSEState = RCC_HSE_ON;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLState = RCC_PLL_ON;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLSource = RCC_PLLSOURCE_HSE;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLM = 8;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLN = 336;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLP = RCC_PLLP_DIV4;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLQ = 7;
 if (HAL_RCC_OscConfig(&RCC_OscInitStruct) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /** Initializes the CPU, AHB and APB buses clocks
 */
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.ClockType = RCC_CLOCKTYPE_HCLK|RCC_CLOCKTYPE_SYSCLK
 |RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK1|RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK2;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.SYSCLKSource = RCC_SYSCLKSOURCE_PLLCLK;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.AHBCLKDivider = RCC_SYSCLK_DIV1;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB1CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV2;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB2CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV1;
 
 if (HAL_RCC_ClockConfig(&RCC_ClkInitStruct, FLASH_LATENCY_2) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
}

When I activate MCO1 I can measure the HSE and PLLCLK signals with the expected frequency.

When I set the SYSCLK to 48 MHz as seen here everything works as expected.

0693W000008yrOSQAY.png 

I have no idea what is going on here 🤷�?♂�?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,

Robin

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Best answer by Tesla DeLorean

Should be at least 2.2 uF, it is a bulk capacitor for the internal LDO

I'll double check the specs, the single up case might be 4.7 uF

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Piranha
Principal III
April 7, 2021
__HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE3);

And here is another related bug - according to datasheet the voltage scale 2 must be used for frequencies above 60 MHz.

Robin7331
Robin7331Author
Associate
April 7, 2021

Your right. Thanks for that.

It initially was on scale 2 but as I was desperate so I tried many things.

Including a different voltage scale :grinning_face_with_sweat: