When will STM start shipping STM32H7 devices to distributors

[anonymous.8]

Posted on August 07, 2017 at 00:58

STM have made a big song and dance about STM32H7 devices being in production by Q2 2017. Well Q2 has come and gone and still distributors such as Digi-Key and Mouser have no inventory nor even any parts listings. Also when is STM going to make available discovery boards for this series?

#stm32h7

[STOne-32]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 01:26

Dear @David,

See this Thread

https://community.st.com/0D50X00009XkdsFSAR

. If you need a board please contact your nearest ST sales office.

Cheers

STOne-

[Uwe Bonnes]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 12:10

Do you really mean to approach Digikey, Mouser or Farnell?

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 23:25

No, he means the ST sales office for your local region. The ones they have dotted around Europe, UK and USA, etc.

Pounding on the local distributor might help, or sales reps who carry ST on their line card.

[STOne-32]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 22:17

Hi David,

Sure it is coming and also our lowest cost Nucleo boards. It is just a matter of time when we finish the product qualification using our  cutting edge 40nm eFlash node and fixing some erratas. Stay tuned. { Do not ask me when  ? ...I will escape the  question... }

Cheers 

STOne -32 

[David Littell]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 23:04

...and completely ignore the timer question. 

[STOne-32]

Posted on August 08, 2017 at 23:45

Hi  David H, David L ,

Regarding 32-bit Timer question. It is a smart one, However most if our cutomers and users wanted a product with easy user experience to migrate from an STM32F4 to STM32H7 as example and 16-bit timers are a MUST for legacy code.  Take an exemple of FOC algo for White goods 32-bits Timers are exotic !   

Innovation is a matter of small steps nowadays to meet market acceptance and mass adaption. Take exemple of Smartphones for the last decade, Simple functions of few mechanical buttons still there for power on / off, volume increase / decrease.  

Cheers 

STOne -32. 

[AVI-crak]

Posted on August 09, 2017 at 17:06

The number of timer bits is not an important characteristic of the chip with a clock frequency of more than 200 MHz.

It is much more important to configure the outputs of peripheral units. The loop of the copper track around the processor at a high frequency - in fact, destroys the real-world applications of the high-frequency processor.

Look at the spread of the legs for connecting sdram memory. The rest of the periphery requires fewer connections, but the contacts are not compactly assembled - they have assignments in a chaotic manner.

All this is part of the heritage of the first successful samples of products. Then it became known as compatibility. And now this is called a feature of the series.

ST has a chance to release a processor with a new assignment of peripheral blocks. A simpler and more thoughtful grouping by functions, on one central bus for all conclusions at once. Every time this chance is given to its competitors. Probably they like it.