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HLabi.1
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Jun 21, 2021 5:41 PM UTC
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How is it possible to power the Nucleo-144 board with an external NEGATIVE power supply (VDD= 0V, VSS= -3v3)?

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    TDK
    TDKBest answer
    Jun 22, 2021 3:10 AM UTC
    > RCC_OSCILLATORTYPE_HSE
    Don’t try to initialize the HSE. Your board doesn’t have one. Also dont use it as the PLL source.
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    TDK
    Jun 21, 2021 9:44 PM UTC

    Voltage is relative. As long as VDD - VSS = 3.3V, it will work. However, if you have other things connected to the board that think VDD = GND, you're going to have issues.

    Information on powering the board from 3.3V is in the user manual:

    https://www.st.com/resource/en/user_manual/dm00244518-stm32-nucleo144-boards-mb1137-stmicroelectronics.pdf

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    HLabi.1
    HLabi.1Author
    Associate II
    Jun 21, 2021 10:46 PM UTC

    0693W00000BbbqgQAB.pngAccording to Table 7 (page 19) and paragraph "External power supply input: + 3.3 V" (page 23), there are two possibilities:

    - ST-LINK PCB is cut

    - SB3 and SB111 OFF (ST-LINK not powered)

    So my question is: If I cut the ST-LINK/V2-1 PCB from the board, is it possible to use the ST-LINK/V2-1 (removed) to program and debug the same board (I removed from)?

    According to Table 5 (page 22) and STM32CubeMX:  

    VDD_TARGET --> 3V3

    SWCLK   --> PA14 

    GND    --> GND

    SWDIO   --> PA13

    NRST    --> NRST

    Is it correct to connect the pins as shown in the picture?

    TDK
    Jun 22, 2021 12:36 AM UTC
    Yes, it is. Note that the programmer and the board will need the same ground. I'm unsure if SWDIO/SWCLK are broken out into pins somewhere, but provided you can get at those somehow, you can program the board.
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