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USB PHY internal vs external?

Ricko
Senior II

Hi,

in CubeMX for the STM32F750V8T6, there is an option for External PHY or Internal PHY (see screenshot below).

What is the point of using external PHY? It seems to just add cost and complexity. Is it perhaps considerably faster?

Thank you

 

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gbm
Lead III

Only the newest and most powerful models of H7 and U5 have built-in HS PHY. With older ones, you may use the on-chip FS-only PHY or external HS PHY (supporting HS and FS).

My STM32 stuff on github - compact USB device stack and more: https://github.com/gbm-ii/gbmUSBdevice
TDK
Guru

An external HS PHY (480 MHz) will be considerably faster than the internal FS PHY (12 MHz). That is the primary reason.

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