STM32C0 series

Entry-level 32-bit MCU

for cost-sensitive applications

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 The STM32 portfolio

Five product categories

Wireless Ultra-low-power Mainstream High-performance Embedded

MCU MCU MCU MCU MPU
Short- and long-range connectivity 32-bit general-purpose microcontrollers: from 75 to 3,224 CoreMark score 32- and 64-bit microprocessors

Enabling edge AI solutions Scalable security

MPU portfolio 2
MCU portfolio
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 ST’s most compact and affordable 32-bit MCU
Now supports USB and FDCAN

STM32C0 Affordable
Reduce costs thanks to an attractive price point and an optimized
BOM. Starting at $0.24

Reliable
• Monitoring and diagnostic features for safe behavior
• High accuracy internal high-speed clock

Flexible
• Flexible function mapping for optimized layout
• Common platform & consistent pinout with STM32G0 for
seamless migrations

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 Perfect for applications
typically served by 8-bit / 16-bit MCUs

Smart homes Industrial devices Consumer devices

Fridges Industrial pumps Smoke detectors PC peripherals

Ovens Fan control Fire detectors Printers
Coffee machines Circuit breakers Alarms & accessories

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 Built on the same 90 nm as STM32G0
for high quality

STM32C0
• Arm® Cortex® -M0+ running at 48 MHz Lower costs More performance
Same platform
• Delivers 44 DMIPS instruction throughput
with 114 CoreMark performance
• Continuum with STM32G0 series
• Consistent pinout
• Same IP platform STM32C0 STM32G0
• Same technology platform

✓ Safe in deliveries: 10-year longevity program

• Renewed commitment every year
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 Optimized cost

The STM32C0 series lets designers do more with less

VDD VSS

VDD
Smaller
VSS package MCU
VDD
Clock
Standard &
MCU VSS Save on PCB
VDD STM32C0 Fewer
surrounding
VSS BOM
components

INSIDE
• High-speed clock with high accuracy
• 1 power supply pair only
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 Easy porting with STM32G0
Consistent pinout with STM32G0 leaves room for future product
upgrades

8 pins 64 pins 80 & 100 pins

STM32C0

STM32G0

Common pin location

Consistent I/O footprint Maximum I/O ratio vs pin count
to alternate functions & system

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 STM32C0 & STM32G0 feature comparison
STM32G0 STM32C0
90 nm platform
Clock +/- 1%
- 40 to 125 °C junction temperature

Core frequency 64 MHz 48 MHz

Flash memory Up to 512 Kbytes Up to 256 Kbytes

SYSTEM RAM Up to 144 Kbytes Up to 36 Kbytes

Power supply Down to 1.7 V Down to 2.0 V

Power consumption <5 µA stop <1 µA standby 80 µA stop 8 µA standby

POWER
Pinout compatibility

PACKAGES 8 to 100 pins 8 to 64 pins

Advanced timer (MC) + timers 16-/32-bit

TIMERS Low-power timer N/A

USART, FDCAN, USB, I2C, SPI

CONNECTIVITY USB-C® Power Delivery, LPUART -

12-bit ADC
ANALOG 12-bit DAC comparators - 9
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 STM32C0 low-power modes for better efficiency

Excellent dynamic consumption

Wake-up time

385 µs Shutdown 20 nA Wake-up sources: reset pin, few I/Os

23 µs Standby 8 µA Wake-up sources: + BOR, IWDG

2.7 µs Stop 80 µA Wake-up sources: + RTC, all I/Os, I²C, UART

Run at 48 MHz 80 µA / MHz Wake-up sources: any interrupt or event

Conditions: 25°C, VDD = 3 V

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The latest additions to the STM32C0
series portfolio

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 The most compact STM32 MCU
now offers more design options
Larger memory More connectivity options A wider selection of packages

More 64-pin packages

128- and 256-Kbyte options USB

FDCAN

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A growing portfolio

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Compact packages down to 1.70 x 1.42 mm

SO8N
Easy handling TSSOP-20
LQFP32/ 48 / 64

20-pin UFQFPN 3 x 3 mm
Tiny format and low thickness 28/32/48-pin UFQFPN 4x4 to 7x7 mm
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64-pin UFBGA 5 x 5 mm
packages

WLCSP24, 19, 15, 12

Lowest thickness, tiniest form factor
Down to 1.70 x 1.42 mm

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 STM32C011 / C031 block diagram

• 32-bit Arm® Cortex® -M0+ core • Timers 16-bit with motor control
feature
• 2 to 3.6 V power supply
• Communication peripherals incl.
• I/O ports maximization
• 2 x USART
• One supply pair
• Real-time clock
• 1% internal clock
• 12-bit ultrafast ADC
• All clock sources
• Low speed 32 kHz • Safety features

• High speed • Excellent dynamic consumption

• Internal / external 80µA/MHz

• Direct memory access (DMA) • SRAM size:

• STM32C011: 6 Kbytes

• STM32C031: 12 Kbytes

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 STM32C051 block diagram
• Timers 16-bit with motor control
feature

• Additional 32-bit timer

• 32-bit Arm Cortex®-M0+ core
• Communication peripherals incl.
• 2 to 3.6 V power supply
• 2 x USART
• I/O ports maximization
• 2 x SPI
• One supply pair
• 2 x I²C
• 1% internal clock

• All clock sources

• Real-time clock
• Low speed 32kHZ • 12-bit Ultrafast ADC
• High speed
• Safety features
• Internal / External

• Direct memory access (DMA) • Excellent dynamic consumption

80µA/MHz
• 20- to 48-pin packages
• SRAM size:

• STM32C051: 12 Kbytes

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 STM32C071 block diagram
• Timers 16-bit with motor control
features

• Additional 32-bit timer

• 32-bit Arm Cortex®-M0+ core
• Communication peripherals incl.
• 2 to 3.6 V power supply
• 2 x USART
• I/O ports maximization
• Secondary voltage domain as option • 2 x SPI
• One supply pair
• 2 x I²C
• 1% internal clock
• USB FS device crystal-less
• All clock sources
• Low speed 32kHZ • Real-time clock
• High speed
• 12-bit ultrafast ADC
• Internal / external
• Direct memory access (DMA) • Safety features

• 20 to 64-pin packages • Excellent dynamic consumption

80µA/MHz

• SRAM size:

• STM32C071: 24 Kbytes

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 STM32C091 block diagram
• Timers 16-bit with motor control
features (+ 1 timer vs STM32C071)

• Communication peripherals incl.

• 32-bit Arm Cortex®-M0+ core
• 4 x USART
• 2 to 3.6 V power supply
• 2 x SPI
• I/O ports maximization
• 2 x I²C
• One supply pair
• Real-time clock
• 1% internal clock

• All clock sources

• 12-bit ultrafast ADC
• Low speed 32kHZ • Safety features
• High speed
• Excellent dynamic consumption
• Internal / external
80µA/MHz
• Direct memory access (DMA)
• SRAM size:
• 20 to 64-pin packages
• STM32C091: 36 Kbytes

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 STM32C092 block diagram
• Timers 16-bit with motor control
features (+ 1 timer vs STM32C071)

• Communication peripherals incl.

• 32-bit Arm Cortex®-M0+ core
• 4 x USART
• 2 to 3.6 V power supply
• 2 x SPI
• I/O ports maximization
• 2 x I²C
• One supply pair
• FDCAN controller
• 1% internal clock

• All clock sources

• Real-time clock
• Low speed 32kHZ • 12-bit ultrafast ADC
• High speed
• Safety features
• Internal / external

• Direct memory access (DMA) • Excellent dynamic consumption

80µA/MHz
• 20 to 64-pin packages
• SRAM size:

• STM32C092 (FDCAN): 30
Kbytes

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STM32C0 development ecosystem

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 STM32Cube framework
Take the full benefits of STM32C0 MCUs thanks to our tools and embedded
software

Evaluation, Hardware and Code and hardware Runtime

prototyping, software Application development and debug options application
and selection configuration programming monitoring

& & &

Verticals and Partner IDEs Programmers from partners
partner solutions

Worldwide support channels

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 Supporting hardware boards: NUCLEO-C0xxx

Three new boards *$10.32

Current boards
NUCLEO-C092RC
• 256 Kbytes of flash memory
• FDCAN function

NUCLEO-C071RB
• 128 Kbytes of flash memory
• USB function
+
NUCLEO-C051C8
• 64 Kbytes of flash memory
• 48-pin package
*Recommended Resale Price (RRP)

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 STM32CubeC0 package - Drivers

Efficient and flexible access to the STM32 MCU features

LL drivers HAL drivers

• Lower abstraction level • Higher abstraction level

• Higher optimization • Higher portability and reuse
• Direct peripheral hardware control • Faster time to design
• Lower current consumption • Easier maintenance
• Lower code size • Relatively bigger code size

Download
Full and optimized access to all STM32C0 peripherals and features STM32CubeC0

MISRA C compliant, statically analyzed, rigorously tested

Large number of production-ready reference examples projects
Available from st.com, GitHub, or STM32Cube tools

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 STM32CubeC0 Package - Middleware

Faster development with ported selection of market reference middleware

Native middleware Expansions packages

• AzureRTOS ThreadX
• ThreadX CMSIS-OS wrapper • FreeRTOS
• AzureRTOS USBX (Host and device) • ST USB (Host and device)
Azure RTOS FileX and LevelX • TouchGFX graphics solution
Open bootloader • Mems and sensors
• MCUBoot • Functional safety self-test library
Download
• Mbed-Crypto STM32CubeC0

Porting leveraging STM32C0 MCUs features and architectures

Get STM32Cube
expansion packages
A large set of applicative examples

Available from st.com, GitHub, or STM32Cube tools

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 STM32C0 for entry-level graphics

Achieve modern displays with STM32C071 X-NUCLEO-GFX01M2

Prototype with a full ST solution

2.2” SPI QVGA 320x240 display
Replace traditional segment displays
with modern graphical display
solutions

• Smartphone-inspired user experience

• Low cost / BOM cost minimal increase Partner solutions
• Easy development with TouchGFX
Extension display from Riverdi
RVA15AD-NUCLEO64A
1.54” SPI IPS 240 x 240 display
NUCLEO-64 board compatible

NUCLEO-C071RB
Knob display from TSD
1.3” round Knob 240 x 240 IPS display
“Turn and push” (no touch)
MCU: STM32G070

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 STM32CubeMX

Fast and easy project creation and initialization

Pinout configuration and easy alternate functions setting

Clock tree initialization with automatic settings solver

Software
Tools
Peripherals enablement and full features configuration

Middleware additions and configuration

Project generation for CubeIDE, Keil®, IAR, and CMake

Power consumption calculator

Download
STM32CubeMX

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 STM32CubeIDE

A free and user-friendly IDE to accelerate your development

C and C++ code edits

Also supporting STM32C0
products
CMake support

GNU GCC-based compile and build

Azure ThreadX and Programming and debug though STLINK and J-link
FreeRTOS aware debug support Free

Cortex®-M Core and peripheral register, memories, and

variables view Free

CPU fault analysis and SWV based system analysis and

real-time tracing

Install the Get free Arm® Keil® for

Download STM32CubeIDE
STM32 VS Code extension STM32C0
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 User-friendly hardware and software tools
to simplify application development
STM32HSM
STM32CubeProgrammer Third-party
STLINK portfolio Hardware security
software tool programming systems
module
Code & hardware Authentication & From prototyping to
Debugging & programming
programming license generation mass production

STLINK-V3MINIE STLINK-V3PWR STM32CubeProg STM32HSM-V2

ST-LINK/V2 STLINK-V3SET

STLINK-V3MODS

and expansion boards

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 STM32CubeMonitor
Software tools to finetune application behavior at runtime and perform
specialized code optimization

Third-party tracing /
monitoring systems

From application diagnosis to

STM32CubeMonitor- STM32CubeMonitor- code profiling
STM32CubeMonitor
Power UCPD

Non-intrusive monitoring Visualize dynamic Monitor USB Type-C® and

at runtime energy consumption power delivery apps

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Releasing your creativity

@STM32

@ST_World

community.st.com

www.st.com/stm32c0

wiki.st.com/stm32mcu

github.com/stm32-hotspot

www.st.com/mcu-developer-zone

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