ST Production-Grade Boards

JS5 · ‎2025-11-10

Hi ST,

I'm looking for STM32 boards that are permitted for end-product usage. In particular, I find Nucleo wonderful but my understanding is they are not to be distributed in the product. Does ST offer any comparable SBCs to Nucleo that can be essentially be mounted on a host board without having to do a custom PCB just for the MCU? If not, to what extent can Nucleo/Discovery boards be used, f.e. development/evaluation only, test/cert, etc?

Historically I have seen assortments of off-the-shelf SBCs being used even in industrial/medical equipment which struck me as very practical and I haven't come across anything from ST for this, so maybe I am looking in the wrong place. Open to suggestions and guidance.

Thank you!

Peter BENSCH · ‎2025-11-11

Like all boards from STMicroelectronics, NUCLEO boards are purely evaluation tools. According to the Terms of Use, they may not be used for end applications (see RESTRICTIONS AND WARNINGS and following text).

There are definitely manufacturers of boards that contain STM32 and possibly supporting devices such as crystals and capacitors. You should be able to find distribution channels using your preferred search engine.

Hope that helps?

Regards
/Peter

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Andrew Neil · ‎2025-11-11

@JS5 wrote:
can be essentially be mounted on a host board without having to do a custom PCB just for the MCU?!

Why would you do a custom PCB just for the MCU?

Surely, you'd incorporate the MCU into the "host" board design?

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.