Genuine and Original STMicroelectronics Products

[Visu]

Hi Team,

I am new to working with STMicroelectronics components and recently started exploring STM32 microcontrollers for my projects. As I am still learning, I want to make sure that I am using genuine and original STMicroelectronics products to ensure quality, compatibility, and proper support.

Could you please confirm whether the components you supply (such as STM32 microcontrollers, ST-Link programmers, or development boards) are original and directly sourced from STMicroelectronics or their authorized distributors?

Additionally, if you can guide me on how to verify the authenticity of the products or share any tips or resources for beginners, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you for your support!

Best regards,
Vishwjeet Singh

[Andrew Neil]

Of course, if you source direct from ST or Authorised Distributors you will get genuine product.

Authorised Distributors are listed here:

https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/contact-us.html

If you buy from other sources - particularly amazon, ebay, Aliexpress, and the like - you would have to do your own due diligence.

In particular, blue, black and other-coloured "Pill" boards are unlikely to be genuine.

Any so-called "ST-Link" looking like this is fake:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus/how-to-recognize-a-genuine-st-link-v2-versus-a-cloned-one/ta-p/49471

[Visu]

I am asking about board and ST Link entire all project

[Andrew Neil]

yes, what I said applies.

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[mƎALLEm]

Hello @Visu and welcome to the ST community,

Tips:

Avoid any XXX Pill boards.

Use ST boards such as NUCLEO-XXXX boards, Discovery boards, Eval boards ..

If you need to purchase the MCU do it with  any known and trusted distributors like Mouser, Arrow, Digikey, Radiospares, Farnell/Element 14 etc ..

For ST LINK, see this article: How to recognize a genuine ST-LINK/V2 versus a cloned one

Hope that helps.