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DPrid.1
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September 14, 2021
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Why STM32CubeMX buttons flip horizontal and flip vertical inactive for LQFP package? Active for BGA package.

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Best answer by Khouloud OTHMAN

Hello @DPrid.1​ ,

First le me welcome you to the STM32 Community and thank you for your feedback :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Actually, the Flip horizontal/flip vertical buttons are available only for BGA packages. They allow to flip horizontally or vertically between bottom and top views. The bottom view corresponds to the bottom side of the BGA package (ball side up), and the top view to the other side (ball side down). 

With that being said, I'll bring this point up internally to add a tooltip message and also to update the documentation to explain the Flip buttons behavior and constraint.

Thanks for your contribution.

Khouloud.

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Khouloud OTHMAN
Khouloud OTHMANBest answer
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September 14, 2021

Hello @DPrid.1​ ,

First le me welcome you to the STM32 Community and thank you for your feedback :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Actually, the Flip horizontal/flip vertical buttons are available only for BGA packages. They allow to flip horizontally or vertically between bottom and top views. The bottom view corresponds to the bottom side of the BGA package (ball side up), and the top view to the other side (ball side down). 

With that being said, I'll bring this point up internally to add a tooltip message and also to update the documentation to explain the Flip buttons behavior and constraint.

Thanks for your contribution.

Khouloud.

TDK
September 14, 2021

Presumably to avoid confusion. All the pins are exposed on a top-down view, which is how the chip is normally viewed, so why would you need to flip it over?

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DPrid.1
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September 16, 2021

This can be useful when the LQFP chip is located on the lower layer, and the upper layer is active. For BGA chips, footprint flip is available.