ST STM8S Installation and operating instructions

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Application note
Getting started with the STM8S
Introduction
This application note complements the information in the STM8S datasheets by describing
the minimum hardware and software environment required to build an application around an
STM8S 8-bit microcontroller device. It is divided into the following sections:
■Power supply
■Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
■Clock management
■Reset control and development
■Debugging tool support
■STM8 software toolchain
■Setting up the STM8 development environment
This application note also contains detailed reference design schematics with descriptions
of the main components. In addition, some hardware recommendations are given.
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Contents
1 Hardware requirements summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Power supply overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Main operating voltages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Power-on/power-down reset (POR/PDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 Analog power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Analog input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Clock management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1 Clock management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2 Internal clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3 External clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Reset control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.1 Reset management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2 Hardware reset implantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.2.1 RC circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.1 Printed circuit board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.2 Component position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.3 Ground and power supply (VSS, VDD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.4 Decoupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.5 Other signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.6 Unused I/Os and features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.7 User options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7 Reference design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.1 Components reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.2 Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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7.3 Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8 STM8 development tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1 Single wire interface module (SWIM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1.1 SWIM overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1.2 SWIM connector pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1.3 Hardware connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.2 Emulator STice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.2.1 STice overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.2.2 STice in emulation configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.2.3 In-circuit programming and debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9 STM8 software toolchain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
9.1 Integrated development environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9.2 Compiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9.3 Firmware library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
10 Setting up the STM8 development environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10.1 Installing the tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10.2 Using the tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10.2.1 Project editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
10.2.2 Online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10.3 Running the demonstration software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
10.3.1 Compiling the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
10.3.2 Selecting the correct debug instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
10.3.3 Connecting the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
10.3.4 Starting the debug session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
10.3.5 Running the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
10.3.6 Follow up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11 Documentation and online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

List of tables AN2752
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List of tables
Table 1. General operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 2. Component list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 3. SWIM connector pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 4. Document revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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List of figures
Figure 1. Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 2. External capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3. Typical layout of VDD/VSS pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 4. Analog input interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 5. System clock distribution internal clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 6. Clock sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 7. Reset management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 8. Output characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 9. Input characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 10. RC circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 11. Reference design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 12. LQFP 80-pin pinout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 13. Debug system block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 14. Hardware connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 15. Connection description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 16. STice in emulation configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 17. In-circuit programming and debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 18. STM8 software toolchain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 19. STM8 firmware library examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 20. STVD open example workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 21. STVD MCU edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 22. STM8 firmware library online help manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 23. STVD: Building the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 24. STVD: Selecting the debug instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 25. Connecting the debug instrument to the STM8 evaluation board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 26. STVD: Starting the debug session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 27. STVD: Run the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 28. STM8 evaluation board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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1 Hardware requirements summary
In order to build an application around an STM8S device, the application board should, at
least, provide the following features:
●Power supply
●Clock management
●Reset management
●Debugging tool support: Single wire interface module (SWIM) connector

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2 Power supply
2.1 Power supply overview
The device can be supplied through a 3.0 V to 5.5 V external source. An on-chip power
management system provides the 1.8 V digital supply to the core logic, both in normal and
low power modes. It is also capable of detecting voltage drops, on both main external (3.3
V/5 V) and internal (1.8 V) supplies.
The device provides:
●One pair of pads VDD/VSS (3.3 V ± 0.3 V to 5 V ± 0.5 V) dedicated to the main regulator
ballast transistor supply.
●Two pairs of pads dedicated for VDD_IO/VSS_IO (3.3 V ± 0.3 V to 5 V ± 0.5 V), which are
used to power only the I/O’s. On 32-pin packages, only one pair is bonded.
Note: For VDDIO/VSSIO next to VDD/VSS, it is recommended to connect these two pairs together
and to use only one decoupling capacitance. The purpose is to ensure good noise immunity
by reducing the connection length between both supplies and also between VDD/VDDIO and
the capacitor.
●One pair of pads VDDA/VSSA (3.3 V ± 0.3 V to 5 V ± 0.5 V) dedicated to analog
functions. Refer to Section 3: Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) on page 10 for more
details.
Figure 1. Power supply
Note: The capacitors must be connected as close as possible to the device supplies (especially
VDD in case of dedicated ground plane).
Placing a crystal/resonator on OSCIN/OSCOUT is optional. The resonator must be
connected as close as possible to the OSCIN and OSCOUT pins. The loading capacitance
ground must be connected as close as possible to VSS.
Main / Low power
regulator
CPU
RAM
Logic
Analog functions
IOsIOs
XTAL
Star connected
Analog
signal
VCAP
VDD/VDDIO1
VDDIO2
VSSIO2
VDDA
VSSA
OSCIN
OSCOUT
VDDIO
VSSIO
VSSIO
VDDIO
3.3V - 5V
VSS/VSSIO1
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2.2 Main operating voltages
STM8S devices are processed in 0.13 µm technology. The STM8S core and I/O peripherals
need different power supplies. In fact, STM8S devices have an internal regulator with a
nominal target output of 1.8 V.
Stabilization for the main regulator is achieved connecting an external capacitor CEXT to the
VCAP pin. CEXT is specified in Ta b l e 1 . Care should be taken to limit the series inductance to
less than 15 nH.
Figure 2. External capacitor
2.3 Power-on/power-down reset (POR/PDR)
The input supply to the main and low power regulators is monitored by a power-on/power-
down reset circuit. The monitoring voltage range is 0.7 V to 2.7 V.
During power-on, the POR/PDR keeps the device under reset until the supply voltages (VDD
and VDDIO) reach their specified working area.
At power-on, a defined reset should be maintained below 0.7 V. The upper threshold for a
reset release is defined in the electrical characteristics section of the product datasheet.
A hysteresis is implemented (POR > PDR) to ensure clean detection of voltage rise and fall.
The POR/PDR also generates a reset when the supply voltage drops below the VPOR/PDR
threshold (isolated and repetitive events).
Recommendations
All pins need to be properly connected to the power supplies. These connections, including
pads, tracks and vias should have the lowest possible impedance. This is typically achieved
with thick track widths and preferably dedicated power supply planes in multi-layer printed
circuit boards (PCBs).
In addition, each power supply pair should be decoupled with filtering ceramic capacitors (C)
at 100 nF with one chemical C (1..2 µF) in parallel on the STM8S device. The ceramic
capacitors should be placed as close as possible to the appropriate pins, or below the
appropriate pins, on the opposite side of the PCB. Typical values are 10 nF to 100 nF, but
Table 1. General operating conditions
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit
CEXT VCAP external capacitor (1)
1. Care should be taken when selecting the capacitor, due to its tolerance, as well as its dependency on
temperature, DC bias and frequency in addition to other factors.
0.05 ≤ESR ≤ 0.2 Ω at 1 MHz 470 1000 nF
C
Rleak
ESR ESL
Where:
ESR is the equivalent series resistance
ESL is the equivalent inductance

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exact values depend on the application needs. Figure 3 shows the typical layout of such a
VDD/VSS pair.
Figure 3. Typical layout of VDD/VSS pair
Via to VSS Via to VDD
Cap.
VDD VSS
STM8

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) AN2752
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3 Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
3.1 Analog power
The ADC unit has an independent, analog supply reference voltage, isolated on input pin
VDDA, which allows the ADC to accept a very clean voltage source. This analog voltage
supply range is the same as the digital voltage supply range on pin VDD. An isolated analog
supply ground connection on pin VSSA provides further ADC supply isolation. Together, the
analog supply voltage and analog supply ground connection, offer a separate external
analog reference voltage input for the ADC unit on the VREF+ pin. This gives better accuracy
on low voltage input as follows:
●VREF+ (input, analog reference positive): The higher/positive reference voltage for the
ADC should be between [250 mV, VDDA]. For more details about VREF+ values please
refer to the Root part number 2 datasheet. This input is bonded to VDDA in devices that
have no external VREF+ pin (packages with 48 pins or less).
●VREF- (input, analog reference negative): The lower/negative reference voltage for the
ADC should be higher than VSSA. For more details about VREF- values please refer to
the Root part number 2 datasheet. This input is bonded to VSSA in devices that have no
external VREF- pin (packages with 48 pins or less).
3.2 Analog input
Root part number 2 devices have 16 analog input channels, which are converted by the
ADC one at a time, and each multiplexed with an I/O.
The analog input interface of the ADC is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Analog input interface
VIN_EXT REXT
CEXT CSAMP
SWSAMP
VIN
Outside ADC Inside ADC

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Equation 1:
where:
●CVIN is the total equivalent capacitor on the path of VIN
●CSAMP is the equivalent sampling capacitance
●CEXT is the total external capacitance on the path of VIN to the macro pin. This includes
parasitic routing capacitance, pad and pin capacitance and external capacitance. To
ensure proper and accurate sampling the following equation must be satisfied
Equation 2:
where:
●RSW = 30 kOhm
●REXT is the total external resistance on the path of VIN
●CSAMP = 3 pF
●TS= 0.5 µs (for 2 MHz input CLK)
Equation 2 is specific for REXT and CEXT when designing an analog input interface for the
ADC.
Please refer to the Root part number 2 datasheet and/or the corresponding family reference
manual (RM0016) for more details.
CVIN CSAMP CEXT +=
RSW REXT +()CSAMP CEXT +()×3
10
------
⎝⎠
⎛⎞TS
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4 Clock management
4.1 Clock management overview
Root part number 2 devices offer a flexible way of selecting the core and peripheral clocks
(ADC, memory, digital peripherals). The devices have internal and external clock source
inputs and one output clock (CCO).
Figure 5. System clock distribution internal clock
4.2 Internal clock
The RC oscillator has an internal capacitor (C) and an internal resistor ladder (R). STM8S
devices have two kinds of internal clock: a high speed internal clock (HSI) running at
16 MHz and a low speed internal clock (LSI) running at 128 kHz.
After reset, the CPU starts with the internal RC (HSI clock signal) divided by 8, i.e. 2 MHz.
4.3 External clock
STM8S devices can connect to an external crystal or an external oscillator.
Note: When no external clock is used, OSCIN and OSCOUT can be used as general purpose
I/Os.
Figure 6 describes the external clock connections.
1 to 24 MHz
crystal
and external
clock
16 MHz/128 kHz
internal RC Prescaler
External clock OSCOUT
OSCIN
CCO pin
lnternal clock Clock distribution
WDG/AWU
Timer
Clock unit
For more details please refer to the section on clock management in the datasheet

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Figure 6. Clock sources
The values of the load capacitors CL1 and CL2 are heavily dependent on the crystal type and
frequency. The user can refer to the datasheet of the crystal manufacturer to select the
capacitances. For best oscillation stability CL1 and CL2 normally have the same value.
Typical values are in the range from below 20 pF up to 40 pF (cload: 10 … 20 pF). The
parasitic capacitance of the board layout also needs to be considered and typically adds a
few pF to the component values.
Recommendations
In the PCB layout all connections should be as short as possible. Any additional signals,
especially those that could interfere with the oscillator, should be locally separated from the
PCB area around the oscillation circuit using suitable shielding.
Hardware configuration
External clock
Frequency: 32 kHz … 24 MHz
Comparator hysteresis: 0.1 * VDD
Caution: Without prescaler, a duty cycle of maximum 45/55% must be respected
Crystal/ceramic resonators
Frequency range: 1-24 MHz
Wake-up time: < 2 ms @ 24 MHz
Oscillation mode: Preferred fundamental
Output duty cycle: Max 55/45%
I/O’s: Standard I/O pins multiplexed with OSCIN and OSCOUT
Cload: 10 … 20 pF
Maximum crystal power: 100 µW
OSCIN OSCOUT
External source
STM8
(I/O available)
Load capacitors
STM8
CL2
CL1
Q1
OSCIN OSCOUT

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5 Reset control
5.1 Reset management overview
The reset cell is a dedicated 5 V bidirectional I/O. Its output buffer driving capability is fixed
to IolMIN = 2 mA @ 0.4 V in the 3 V to 5.5 V range which includes a 40 k pull-up. Output
buffer is reduced to the n-channel MOSFET (NMOS). If a 40 k pull-up is accepted, this cell
does not include an output buffer of 5 V capability. The receiver includes a glitch filter,
whereas the output buffer includes a 20 µs delay.
There are many reset sources, including:
●External reset through the NRST pin
●Power-on reset (POR) and brown-out reset (BOR): During power-on, the POR keeps
the device under reset until the supply voltage (VDD and VDDIO) reach the voltage level
at which the BOR starts to function.
●Independent watchdog reset (IWDG)
●Window watchdog reset (WWDG)
●Software reset: The application software can trigger reset
●SWIM reset: An external device connected to the SWIM interface can request the
SWIM block to generate a microcontroller reset
●Illegal opcode reset: If a code to be executed does not correspond to any opcode or
prebyte value, a reset is generated
●Electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS) reset: Generated if critical registers are corrupted
or badly loaded
Figure 7. Reset management
STM8
Filter
Illegal op code reset
SWIM reset
EMS reset
POR/BOR reset
Delay
VDD_IO
System reset
NRST
External reset
RPU
IWDG/WWDG/software reset
Pulse generator
(min 20 µs
Simplified functional I/O reset schematic

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Output characteristics
●A valid pulse on the pin is guaranteed with a ≥20 ns pulse duration on the internal
output buffer.
●After a valid pulse is recognized, a pulse on the pin of at least 20 µs is guaranteed
starting from the falling edge of A.
Figure 8. Output characteristics
Input characteristics
●All pulses with a duration less than 75 ns are filtered
●All train/burst spikes with a ratio of 1/10 must be filtered. This means that a negative
spike of up to 75 ns is always filtered, when a 7.5 ns interval between spikes occurs
(ratio 1/10).
●All pulses with duration more than 450 ns are recognized as valid pulses
●After a valid pulse is recognized, an internal pulse of at least 30 ns is guaranteed
Figure 9. Input characteristics
5.2 Hardware reset implantation
There are several reset implementation schemes to choose from, such as power supply
behavior, based on the specific parameters of the application. Whatever the solution
chosen, the idea is to keep the RESET pin at a low logic level until the supply has reached a
safe operating voltage. Therefore, the external circuit should be designed in such a manner
that there is enough delay to keep the RESET pin below the VIL value.
≥20 ns
20 µs pulse stretch min
A
Pad
Reset requested
Pad
System reset
>7.5 ns >7.5 ns
<75 ns <75 ns <75 ns
450 ns
>30 ns
Reset requestedNegative train of glitch filtered

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5.2.1 RC circuit
The RC circuit concept is the simplest and most cost-effective external reset solution, where
the supply waveform is monotonous and the maximum rise time is known. The principle is to
let the RESET pin rise with the microcontroller supply voltage after a delay. The circuit is
shown in Figure 10.
The basic solution is to use an RC delay determined by the rise rate of the supply itself. The
component values must be chosen to create enough delay to keep the RESET pin below the
VIL specification until VCC reaches a safe operating voltage. Normally, a delay (time
constant) corresponding to at least 30 % of the total rise time is advised.
Figure 10. RC circuit
The RC circuit scheme requires a certain delay between a power-down and the next power-
up, because the delay generator has to be reinitialized. In practice, a pull-down capacitor
between RESET and VSS needs to be discharged.
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STM8
C1 100nFPush button
VDD_IO
RPU

AN2752 Recommendations
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6 Recommendations
6.1 Printed circuit board
For technical reasons, it is best to use a multi-layer PCB with a separate layer dedicated to
the VSS and another layer to the VDD supply, which results in a good decoupling, as well as
a good shielding effect. For many applications, economical requirements prohibit the use of
this type of board. In this case, the most important feature is to ensure a good structure for
the VSS and power supply.
6.2 Component position
A preliminary layout of the PCB must separate the different circuits according to their
electromagnetic interference (EMI) contribution in order to reduce cross-coupling on the
PCB, i.e. noisy, high-current circuits, low voltage circuits, and digital components.
6.3 Ground and power supply (VSS, VDD)
The VSS should be distributed individually to every block (noisy, low level sensitive, and
digital) with a single point for gathering all ground returns. Loops must be avoided or have a
minimum surface. The power supply should be implemented close to the ground line to
minimize the surface of the supply loop. This is due to the fact that the supply loop acts as
an antenna, and is therefore the main emitter and receiver of EMI. All component-free
surfaces of the PCB must be filled with additional grounding to create a kind of shield
(especially when using single-layer PCBs).
6.4 Decoupling
The standard decoupler for the external power is a 100 µF pool capacitor. Supplementary
100 nF capacitors must be placed as close as possible to the VSS/VDD pins of the micro in
order to reduce the area of the current loop.
As a general rule, decoupling all sensitive or noisy signals improves electromagnetic com-
patibility (EMC) performances.
There are 2 types of decouplers:
●Capacitors close to components. Inductive characteristics, which apply to all capacitors
beyond a certain frequency, must be taken into account. If possible, parallel capacitors
with decreasing values (0.1, 0.01,... µF) should be used.
●Inductors. Although often ignored, ferrite beads, for example, are excellent inductors
due to their good dissipation of EMI energy and there is no loss of DC voltage (which is
not the case when simple resistors are used).

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6.5 Other signals
When designing an application, the following areas should be closely studied to improve
EMC performances:
●Noisy signals (clock)
●Sensitive signals (high impedance)
In addition to:
●Signals for which a temporary disturbance permanently affects operation of the
application, for example, interrupts and handshaking strobe signals (but not LED
commands).
A surrounding VSS trace for such signals increases EMC performances, as does a shorter
length or absence of noisy and sensitive traces (crosstalk effect).
For digital signals, the best possible electrical margin must be reached for the 2 logical
states. Slow Schmitt triggers are recommended for eliminating parasitic states.
6.6 Unused I/Os and features
Microcontrollers are designed for a variety of applications, where often a particular
application does not use 100 % of the microcontroller resources.
To increase EMC performance, unused clocks, counters, or I/Os, should not be left free, for
example, I/Os should be set to ‘0’ or ‘1’ (pull-up or pull-down to the unused I/O pins) and
unused functions should be ‘frozen’ or disabled.
Alternatively, unused I/Os can be programmed as push-pull ‘low’ in order to keep them at a
defined level but not to use external components.
6.7 User options
STM8S devices have user option features that can be used for remapping or
enabling/disabling an automatic reset or low speed watchdog. For more details please refer
to the product datasheet.

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7 Reference design
7.1 Components reference
Table 2. Component list
ID Component name Reference Quantity Comments
1 Microcontroller STM8S 1
Refer to the ‘Pinouts and pin description’
and ‘Package characteristics’ sections of
the Root part number 2 datasheet, to
choose the right package
2 Push button 1 1
3 Resistor 10 kOhm 1
4 Capacitor 100 nF 5 Ceramic capacitor (decoupling capacitor)
5 Capacitor 1 µF 1 Decoupling capacitor
6 Capacitor 470 nF 1 Main regulator stabilization
7 Capacitor 20..40 pF 2 Used for crystal
8 Crystal 1..24 MHz 1
9 SWIM connector 4 pins 1

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7.2 Schematics
Figure 11. Reference design
1. If pins 22 or 25 are required as GPIO, R1 and R2 should be removed.
2. VDD must be within the allowed supply voltage range of the STM8S microcontroller.
1
43
2
B1
C1
100 nF
C3
20 pF
C2
20 pF
X1
24MHz
C4
470 nF
PA1
PA2
C9
1 µF
VDD 2)
PF1
PF2
PA0
VCAP
C5
100 nF
C6
100 nF
C7
100 nF
NRST
1
PA1/OSCIN
2
PA2/OSCOUT
3
VSSIO_1
4
VSS
5
VCAP
6
VDD
7
VDDIO_1
8
PA3/TIM2_CH3[TIM3_CH1]
9
PA4/UART1_RX
10
PA5/UART1_TX
11
PA6/UART1_CK
12
PH0 13
PH1 14
PH2 15
PH3 16
PF 7/AI N15 17
PF 6/AI N14 18
PF 5/AI N13 19
PF 4/AI N12 20
PF 3/AI N11 21
PF2/VREF + 22
VDDA
23
VSSA
24
PF1/VREF - 25
PF 0/AI N10 26
PB7/AIN7
27 PB6/AIN6
28 PB5/AIN5[I2C_SDA]
29 PB4/AIN4[I2C_SCL]
30 PB3/AIN3[TIM1_ETR]
31 PB2/AIN2[TIM1_CH3N]
32 PB1/AIN1[TIM1_CH2N]
33 PB0/AIN0[TIM1_CH1N]
34
PH4/TI M1_ETR 35
PH5/TIM1_CH3N 36
PH6/TIM1_CH2N 37
PH7/TIM1_CH1N 38
PE6/AIN9 39
PE7/AIN8 40
PE5/SPI_NSS 41
PC0/ADC_ ETR
42
PC1/TIM1_CH1
43
PC2/TIM1_CH2
44
PC3/TIM1_CH3
45
PC4/TIM1_CH4
46
PC5/SP I _SCK
47
VSSIO_2
48
VDDI O_2
49
PC6/SP I_MOSI
50
PC7/SP I_MI SO
51
PG0/CAN_TX 52
PG1/CAN_RX 53
PG2 54
PG3 55
PG4 56
PI0 57
PI1 58
PI2 59
PI3 60
PI4 61
PI5 62
PG5 63
PG6 64
PG7 65
PE4 66
PE3/TIM1_BKI N 67
PE2/I 2C_SDA 68
PE1/I 2C_SCL 69
PE0/CLK_CCO 70
PI6 71
PI7 72
PD0/TIM3_CH2[TIM1_BKIN][CLK_CCO]
73
PD1/SWIM
74
PD2/TIM3_CH1[TIM2_CH3]
75
PD3/TIM2_CH2[ADC_ETR]
76
PD4/TIM2_CH1[BEE P]
77
PD5/UART3_TX
78
PD6/UAR T3_RX
79
PD7/TL I[TIM1_CH4]
80
U1 STM8 Package LQFP 80-pin
1
2
3
4
CN1
SW IM connector
Debug
VDD 2)
R2 0
0R1 0
C8
100 nF
VDD
VDD 2)
MCU
Decoupling Capacitor
Clock(H SE )
R eset
1)
2)
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duplication of the function).