Inquiry About STM32 Development Boards with Replaceable MCU (Socket-Based)

[dkhilals]

Hello ST support,

As a customer working on a project using STM32, I am looking for STM32 development or evaluation boards that feature a socket-based MCU instead of a soldered one. This allows for easy replacement of the microcontroller during the use of some sensitive operations.

I searched the ST website and other sources but couldn’t find such boards officially offered. Are there any ST development kits or third-party solutions that support this feature? If so, could you please provide details on availability and where they can be purchased?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[STTwo-32]

Ahla @dkhilals,

There is not such a public ST solution. You may want to contact our local sales and marketing team for more information. 
Best Regards.

STTwo-32

[Pavel A.]

We've considered this for several projects but rejected because of size and cost of the socket compared with the MCU chip. Bottom line, we lean towards "SoM" approach: a small board that contains the MCU with several tightly coupled components (external RAM, oscillator, buffers etc). This board connects to a larger board with one or more edge connectors for mezzanine boards. But due to unique nature of embedded projects it is hard to find a ready SOM for STM32 like these, and producing custom SoMs is costly. Rich folks can afford it.