Nucleo L452RE

Overview

The Nucleo L452RE(-P) boards feature an ARM Cortex-M4 based STM32L452RE MCU with a wide range of connectivity support and configurations. There are two variants:

  • ST Nucleo L452RE

  • ST Nucleo L452RE-P

Here some highlights of these boards:

  • STM32 microcontroller in LQFP64 package

  • Arduino Uno V3 connectivity

  • On-board ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer with SWD connector

  • Flexible board power supply:

    • USB VBUS or external source(3.3V, 5V, 7 - 12V)

    • Power management access point

  • Three LEDs: USB communication (LD1), user LED (LD2), power LED (LD3)

  • One push-button: RESET

The main difference between the ST Nucleo L452RE and the L452RE-P (note the missing “-P” at the end) lays in the External Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) included in the P series.

More information about the boards can be found at the Nucleo L452RE website and the Nucleo L452RE-P website.

Hardware

The STM32L452RE SoC provides the following hardware IPs:

  • Ultra-low-power with FlexPowerControl (down to 28 nA Standby mode and 84 µA/MHz run mode)

  • Core: ARM® 32-bit Cortex® -M4 CPU with FPU, frequency up to 80 MHz, 100DMIPS/1.25DMIPS/MHz (Dhrystone 2.1)

  • Clock Sources:

    • 4 to 48 MHz crystal oscillator

    • 32 kHz crystal oscillator for RTC (LSE)

    • Internal 16 MHz factory-trimmed RC ( ±1%)

    • Internal low-power 32 kHz RC ( ±5%)

    • Internal multispeed 100 kHz to 48 MHz oscillator, auto-trimmed by LSE (better than ±0.25 % accuracy)

    • 2 PLLs for system clock, USB, audio, ADC

  • RTC with HW calendar, alarms and calibration

  • Up to 3 capacitive sensing channels: support touchkey, linear and rotary touch sensors

  • 12x timers:

    • 1x 16-bit advanced motor-control

    • 1x 32-bit and 3x 16-bit general purpose

    • 2x 16-bit basic

    • 2x low-power 16-bit timers (available in Stop mode)

    • 2x watchdogs

    • SysTick timer

  • Up to 26 fast I/Os, most 5 V-tolerant

  • Memories

    • Up to 512 KB single bank Flash, proprietary code readout protection

    • 160 KB of SRAM including 32 KB with hardware parity check

    • Quad SPI memory interface

  • Rich analog peripherals (independent supply)

    • 1x 12-bit ADC 5 MSPS, up to 16-bit with hardware oversampling, 200 µA/MSPS

    • 2x 12-bit DAC, low-power sample and hold

    • 1x operational amplifiers with built-in PGA

    • 2x ultra-low-power comparators

  • 17x communication interfaces - USB 2.0 full-speed crystal less solution with LPM and BCD - 1x SAI (serial audio interface) - 4x I2C FM+(1 Mbit/s), SMBus/PMBus - 3x USARTs (ISO 7816, LIN, IrDA, modem) - 1x UART (LIN, IrDA, modem) - 1x LPUART (Stop 2 wake-up) - 3x SPIs (and 1x Quad SPI) - CAN (2.0B Active) and SDMMC interface - IRTIM (Infrared interface)

  • 14-channel DMA controller

  • True random number generator

  • CRC calculation unit, 96-bit unique ID

  • Development support: serial wire debug (SWD), JTAG, Embedded Trace Macrocell*

More information about STM32L452RE can be found here:

Supported Features

The nucleo_l452re board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

nucleo_l452re/stm32l452xx target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

ARM Cortex-M4F CPU1

arm,cortex-m4f

ADC

on-chip

STM32 ADC2

st,stm32-adc

CAN

on-chip

STM32 CAN controller1

st,stm32-bxcan

Clock control

on-chip

STM32 RCC (Reset and Clock controller)1

st,stm32-rcc

on-chip

STM32 HSE Clock1

st,stm32-hse-clock

on-chip

Generic fixed-rate clock provider2 1

fixed-clock

on-chip

STM32 MSI Clock1

st,stm32-msi-clock

on-chip

STM32 LSE Clock1

st,stm32-lse-clock

on-chip

STM32L4/L5 main PLL1

st,stm32l4-pll-clock

on-chip

STM32 Microcontroller Clock Output (MCO)1

st,stm32-clock-mco

Counter

on-chip

STM32 counters5

st,stm32-counter

DAC

on-chip

STM32 family DAC1

st,stm32-dac

DMA

on-chip

STM32 DMA controller (V2)2

st,stm32-dma-v2

Flash controller

on-chip

STM32 Family flash controller1

st,stm32-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

STM32 GPIO Controller6

st,stm32-gpio

on-board

GPIO pins exposed on Arduino Uno (R3) headers1

arduino-header-r3

on-board

GPIO pins exposed on ST Morpho connector1

st-morpho-header

I2C

on-chip

STM32 I2C V2 controller1 3

st,stm32-i2c-v2

Input

on-board

Group of GPIO-bound input keys1

gpio-keys

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ARMv7-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1

arm,v7m-nvic

on-chip

STM32 External Interrupt Controller1

st,stm32-exti

LED

on-board

Group of GPIO-controlled LEDs1

gpio-leds

Memory controller

on-chip

STM32 Battery Backed RAM1

st,stm32-bbram

MMC

on-chip

STM32 SDMMC Disk Access1

st,stm32-sdmmc

MTD

on-chip

STM32 flash memory1

st,stm32-nv-flash

on-board

Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1

fixed-partitions

PHY

on-chip

This binding is to be used by all the usb transceivers which are built-in with USB IP1

usb-nop-xceiv

Pin control

on-chip

STM32 Pin controller1

st,stm32-pinctrl

Power management

on-chip

STM32 power controller1

st,stm32-pwr

PWM

on-chip

STM32 PWM1 4

st,stm32-pwm

QSPI

on-chip

STM32 QSPI Controller1

st,stm32-qspi

Reset controller

on-chip

STM32 Reset and Clock Control (RCC) Controller1

st,stm32-rcc-rctl

RNG

on-chip

STM32 Random Number Generator1

st,stm32-rng

RTC

on-chip

STM32 RTC1

st,stm32-rtc

Sensors

on-chip

STM32 family TEMP node for production calibrated sensors with two calibration temperatures1

st,stm32-temp-cal

on-chip

STM32 VREF+1

st,stm32-vref

on-chip

STM32 VBAT1

st,stm32-vbat

Serial controller

on-chip

STM32 USART1 2

st,stm32-usart

on-chip

STM32 LPUART1

st,stm32-lpuart

on-chip

STM32 UART1

st,stm32-uart

SMbus

on-chip

STM32 SMBus controller4

st,stm32-smbus

SPI

on-chip

STM32 SPI controller with embedded Rx and Tx FIFOs1 2

st,stm32-spi-fifo

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM description1

mmio-sram

Timer

on-chip

ARMv7-M System Tick1

arm,armv7m-systick

on-chip

STM32 timers1 5

st,stm32-timers

on-chip

STM32 low-power timer (LPTIM)2

st,stm32-lptim

USB

on-chip

STM32 USB controller1

st,stm32-usb

Watchdog

on-chip

STM32 watchdog1

st,stm32-watchdog

on-chip

STM32 system window watchdog1

st,stm32-window-watchdog

nucleo_l452re/stm32l452xx/p target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

ARM Cortex-M4F CPU1

arm,cortex-m4f

ADC

on-chip

STM32 ADC2

st,stm32-adc

CAN

on-chip

STM32 CAN controller1

st,stm32-bxcan

Clock control

on-chip

STM32 RCC (Reset and Clock controller)1

st,stm32-rcc

on-chip

STM32 HSE Clock1

st,stm32-hse-clock

on-chip

Generic fixed-rate clock provider2 1

fixed-clock

on-chip

STM32 MSI Clock1

st,stm32-msi-clock

on-chip

STM32 LSE Clock1

st,stm32-lse-clock

on-chip

STM32L4/L5 main PLL1

st,stm32l4-pll-clock

on-chip

STM32 Microcontroller Clock Output (MCO)1

st,stm32-clock-mco

Counter

on-chip

STM32 counters5

st,stm32-counter

DAC

on-chip

STM32 family DAC1

st,stm32-dac

DMA

on-chip

STM32 DMA controller (V2)2

st,stm32-dma-v2

Flash controller

on-chip

STM32 Family flash controller1

st,stm32-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

STM32 GPIO Controller6

st,stm32-gpio

on-board

GPIO pins exposed on Arduino Uno (R3) headers1

arduino-header-r3

I2C

on-chip

STM32 I2C V2 controller1 3

st,stm32-i2c-v2

Input

on-board

Group of GPIO-bound input keys1

gpio-keys

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ARMv7-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1

arm,v7m-nvic

on-chip

STM32 External Interrupt Controller1

st,stm32-exti

LED

on-board

Group of GPIO-controlled LEDs1

gpio-leds

Memory controller

on-chip

STM32 Battery Backed RAM1

st,stm32-bbram

MMC

on-chip

STM32 SDMMC Disk Access1

st,stm32-sdmmc

MTD

on-chip

STM32 flash memory1

st,stm32-nv-flash

on-board

Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1

fixed-partitions

PHY

on-chip

This binding is to be used by all the usb transceivers which are built-in with USB IP1

usb-nop-xceiv

Pin control

on-chip

STM32 Pin controller1

st,stm32-pinctrl

Power management

on-chip

STM32 power controller1

st,stm32-pwr

PWM

on-chip

STM32 PWM1 4

st,stm32-pwm

QSPI

on-chip

STM32 QSPI Controller1

st,stm32-qspi

Reset controller

on-chip

STM32 Reset and Clock Control (RCC) Controller1

st,stm32-rcc-rctl

RNG

on-chip

STM32 Random Number Generator1

st,stm32-rng

RTC

on-chip

STM32 RTC1

st,stm32-rtc

Sensors

on-chip

STM32 family TEMP node for production calibrated sensors with two calibration temperatures1

st,stm32-temp-cal

on-chip

STM32 VREF+1

st,stm32-vref

on-chip

STM32 VBAT1

st,stm32-vbat

Serial controller

on-chip

STM32 USART1 2

st,stm32-usart

on-chip

STM32 LPUART1

st,stm32-lpuart

on-chip

STM32 UART1

st,stm32-uart

SMbus

on-chip

STM32 SMBus controller4

st,stm32-smbus

SPI

on-chip

STM32 SPI controller with embedded Rx and Tx FIFOs1 2

st,stm32-spi-fifo

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM description1

mmio-sram

Timer

on-chip

ARMv7-M System Tick1

arm,armv7m-systick

on-chip

STM32 timers1 5

st,stm32-timers

on-chip

STM32 low-power timer (LPTIM)2

st,stm32-lptim

USB

on-chip

STM32 USB controller1

st,stm32-usb

Watchdog

on-chip

STM32 watchdog1

st,stm32-watchdog

on-chip

STM32 system window watchdog1

st,stm32-window-watchdog

Note

CAN feature requires CAN transceiver

Connections and IOs

Nucleo L452RE Board has 6 GPIO controllers. These controllers are responsible for pin muxing, input/output, pull-up, etc.

Available pins:

Nucleo L452RE Pinout Nucleo L452RE-P Pinout

For more details please refer to ST Nucleo L452RE User Manual or ST Nucleo L452RE-P User Manual.

Default Zephyr Peripheral Mapping:

  • UART_1_TX : PA9

  • UART_1_RX : PA10

  • UART_2_TX : PA2

  • UART_2_RX : PA3

  • I2C_1_SCL : PB8

  • I2C_1_SDA : PB7

  • PWM_2_CH1 : PA0

  • SPI_NSS : PB6

  • SPI_SCK : PA5

  • SPI_MISO : PA6

  • SPI_MOSI : PA7

  • CAN_TX : PA11

  • CAN_RX : PA12

  • LD2 : PA5

System Clock

Nucleo L452RE System Clock could be driven by internal or external oscillator, as well as main PLL clock. By default System clock is driven by PLL clock at 80MHz, driven by 16MHz high speed internal oscillator.

Serial Port

Nucleo L452RE board has 3 U(S)ARTs. The Zephyr console output is assigned to UART2. Default settings are 115200 8N1.

Programming and Debugging

Nucleo L452RE board includes an ST-LINK/V2-1 embedded debug tool interface.

Applications for the nucleo_l452re board configuration can be built and flashed in the usual way (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

Flashing

The board is configured to be flashed using west STM32CubeProgrammer runner, so its installation is required.

Alternatively, OpenOCD or JLink can also be used to flash the board using the --runner (or -r) option:

$ west flash --runner openocd
$ west flash --runner jlink

Flashing an application to Nucleo L452RE

Connect the Nucleo L452RE to your host computer using the USB port, then run a serial host program to connect with your Nucleo board.

$ minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0

Now build and flash an application. Here is an example for Hello World.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b nucleo_l452re samples/hello_world
west flash

For Nucleo L452RE-P, use this command instead:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b nucleo_l452re/stm32l452xx/p samples/hello_world
west flash

You should see the following message on the console:

$ Hello World! arm

Debugging

You can debug an application in the usual way. Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b nucleo_l452re samples/hello_world
west debug