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STM32L071 comperator vrefint bug in HAL and Ref Manual

Tobias Wedell
Associate II
Posted on January 09, 2017 at 11:41

Hi,

I have found a bug for STM32L071xx series in using the comperators with vrefint in the actual Reference Manual V7.0 and the actual HAL STMCubeL0 V.1.7.0:

When selecting the the vrefint for the comperator minus input the comperator is not working as expected and triggers at random values.

In the Reference Manual is said (Page 325):

Note: If VREFINT or a fraction of VREFINT (using the scaler) is selected, then EN_VREFINT

bit must be set in the SYSCFG_CFGR3 register (see

Section 9.2.3: Reference control

and status register (SYSCFG_CFGR3)

).

But the EN_VREFINT is not set by the HAL in the function HAL_COMP_Init.

Further in the Reference Manual (Page 235):

Note: It is forbidden to configure both EN_VREFINT and ULP to 1 if the device is in Stop

mode or in Sleep/Low-power sleep mode (refer to

Section 6.4.1: PWR power control

register (PWR_CR)

for a description of the ULP bit). If the device is not in low-power

mode, VREFINT is always enabled whatever the state of EN_VREFINT and ULP.

This is not correct. In my test the VREFINT is not enabled for the comperator when the MCU is in RUN Mode.

As a workaround I enabled the the EN_VREFINT bit manually with:

SET_BIT(SYSCFG->CFGR3, 1);

 

 

Now the comperator is working as expected with VREFINT as minus input (only tested COMP2).

Additionally the bit 29 in SYSCFG_CFGR3 is set to 1. But don't now what it means because the bit name is 'Res.'.

Be aware that you reset the EN_VREFINT bit before entering stop mode otherwise the power consumption in stop mode is much higher. Setting the ULP bit in PWR_CR Register is not working for me. But it has to be set to get the a low power consumption in stop mode.

Please check this and confirm.

Best regards,

Tobias Wedell

#vrefint #bug #reference-manual-error #hal-bug #stm32l071
12 REPLIES 12
Posted on January 09, 2018 at 15:17

And what about the issue with the reference manual Tobias mentioned in the second part of his post?

JW

Posted on January 09, 2018 at 16:39

Hello

Waclawek.Jan

,

There was in the reference manualRM0377 Rev 8 updated in Section 9.2.3: Reference control and status register (SYSCFG_CFGR3) and the firmware package will be fixed according the reference manual.

Best Regards

Imen

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Imen
Posted on January 09, 2018 at 16:54

Hi Imen,

The text in In RM0377, Rev.8, for SYSCFG_CFG3.EN_VREFINT mentions only the COMP2 *scaler* (' VREFINT is always enabled whatever the state of EN_VREFINT and ULP. EN_VREFINT controls only COMP2 scaler.'); whereas, apparently, COMP2's *unscaled* VREFINT input won't work either, unless this bit is set.

Also, I'd suggest to add this signal to Figure 51. Comparator 1 and 2 block diagrams.

Jan