Booting from the Main Flash Memory on the STM32L4

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The STM32L476 does not have an nBOOT0 option bit in its option bytes. Is there a way to boot from the main flash memory without using the BOOT0 pin?

STM32L4 series

KDJEM.1Best answer

ST Technical Moderator

Hello @ikaz and welcome to the community;

According to the reference manual, the main flash is selected as boot area when BOOT0 is 0.

Please look at table 4 in RM0351:

Thank you.

Kaouthar

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KDJEM.1Best answer

ST Technical Moderator

Hello @ikaz and welcome to the community;

According to the reference manual, the main flash is selected as boot area when BOOT0 is 0.

Please look at table 4 in RM0351:

Thank you.

Kaouthar

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Andrew Neil

Super User

@ikaz wrote:
Is there a way to boot from the main flash memory without using the BOOT0 pin?

What do you mean by that?

On this chip, BOOT0 is a dedicated pin with no alternate functions; it is never unavailable - so what's the reason behind not wanting to use it ?

Note that you can enter the system bootloader from application code:

How to jump to system bootloader from application code on STM32 microcontrollers

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

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ikazAuthor

Associate

Thank you for your reply.
My question was about what to do if, due to some error, the BOOT0 pin on the board hasn’t been properly configured.
It seems there’s nothing that can be done about the L476 after all. Thank you.

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