User Manual

F u s i o n f o r S T M 3 2 v 8 M a n u a l
P A G E 7
O V E R V I E W
operating system (OS). The USB-C connector is also used to power the development
board, simplifying the cable management.
Fusion for STM32 v8 offers five improved mikroBUS
™
sockets, allowing interfacing
with a vast amount of electronic circuits and reference designs, standardized under
the Click board trademark. Click boards
™
are simple to use, require no additional
hardware configuration and can be easily connected to the development board by
inserting them into any of the available mikroBUS
™
sockets. A new design of the
mikroBUS
™
socket allows even easier interfacing with the Click board
™
line of products:
it has a sturdier design which helps aligning the Click board
™
correctly. To read more
about development improvements and huge benefits offered by the mikroBUS
™
and
Click board
™
line of products, visit the official Mikroe web page at www.mikroe.com
Fusion for STM32 v8 development board is equipped with two display connectors,
located in the middle section of the board. One connector is a single row 16-pin
header which supports 2x16 characters Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in 4-bit mode,
offering an optional PWM backlight driving feature. The second display connector
is a standardized 2x20-pin female socket, which supports a vast number of display
boards, featuring different display modules, such as TFT Board line of products. TFT
Board displays come in different sizes, they support various resolutions, and they
feature different capabilities. All these display boards can be easily mounted to the
existing connector offering complete freedom of choice. For more information, please
visit the official Mikroe web page at www.mikroe.com
The I/O (Input/Output) section occupies the lower part of the development board
and contains available MCU pins routed to 2x5-pin headers for easy access. Some of
them are equipped with configurable pull-up or pull-down resistors and buttons for
applying logic states to MCU pins, while all of them are equipped with LED indicators.
Pins are divided into groups following the grouping concept used on the MCU itself.
This section is where the most interaction with the MCU takes place.
Communication options such as USB-UART, USB HOST/DEVICE, CAN and Ethernet,
are also included. The CAN connector is hosted on the MCU card (if supported by
MCU), the respective USB, USB-UART, and Ethernet connectors are positioned at the
edges of the development board, so they can be easily accessed. This is also true for
the power connectors, as well as for the external programmer/debugger connector.
This allows clean and clutter-free cable management.
Fusion for STM32 v8 development board is supported by a powerful CODEGRIP Suite,
offering complete control over the Fusion for STM32 v8 development board. It is
used to intelligently manage programming and debugging tasks, and to configure
various other options and settings, providing visual feedback through its clean and
comprehensive Graphical User Interface (GUI). To better understand how to operate
and configure Fusion for STM32 v8 development board and its integrated CODEGRIP
module, a separate manual is provided at www.mikroe.com/manual/codegrip