General-Purpose Microprocessor Eases Applications Development

May 10, 2022

The STM32MP157x-EV1 evaluation board from STMicroelectronics helps designers explore the STM32MP1 microprocessor series, a general-purpose microprocessor portfolio enabling easy development for a broad range of applications.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

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The STM32MP157x-EV1 evaluation board from STMicroelectronics helps designers explore the STM32MP1 microprocessor series. A general-purpose microprocessor portfolio enabling easy development for a broad range of applications, the STM32MP1 series is based on a heterogeneous single or dual Arm Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M4 core architecture. The kit consists of an MB1262 motherboard, MB1263 daughterboard, MB1230 DSI 720p display, and an MB1379 daughterboard camera.

Three software levels are available: the Starter Package, the Developer Package, and the Distribution Package. Each provides the software (image, source code) and the tools needed to start using the STM32MP157x-EV1 evaluation boards. These require a host PC running the OpenSTLinux SDK, and optionally an IDE.

About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.