STM32CubeF7
Data brief

STM32Cube MCU Package for STM32F7 Series with HAL, low-layer drivers anddedicated middleware

Evaluation
boardsDiscoveryboards

STM32 Nucleoboards

Dedicatedboards

Userapplication

Utilities

FAT filesystem

RTOS

CMSIS

Application level demonstrations

TCP/IPUSB

Graphics

Middleware level (1)Board support package(BSP)

Utilities

Low-layer APIs
(LL)

Hardware abstraction layer
APIs (HAL)

HAL and LL APIs
(1) The set of middleware components depends on the product Series.

Product status link
STM32CubeF7Features•••Consistent and complete embedded software offer that frees the user from dependency issues
Maximized portability between all STM32 Series supported by STM32Cube
Hundreds of examples for easy understanding•••••High quality HAL and low-layer API drivers using CodeSonar® static analysis tool
TouchGFX graphics software stack
STM32F7-dedicated middleware including USB Host and Device, and TCP/IP
Free user-friendly license terms
Update mechanism that can be enabled by the user to be notified of new releases

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Description

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Description
STM32Cube is an STMicroelectronics original initiative to significantly improve developer productivity by reducing
development effort, time and cost. STM32Cube covers the whole STM32 portfolio.
STM32Cube includes STM32CubeMX, a graphical software configuration tool that allows the generation of C
initialization code using graphical wizards.
It also comprises the STM32CubeF7 MCU Package composed of the STM32Cube hardware abstraction layer(HAL) and the low-layer (LL) APIs, plus a consistent set of middleware components (RTOS, USB, FAT file system,Graphics and TCP/IP). TouchGFX graphic software stack is also included in the STM32CubeF7 MCU Package asa part of the STM32Cube ecosystem. It is available free of charge for production and redistribution on STM32
microcontrollers. All embedded software utilities are delivered with a full set of examples running on
STMicroelectronics boards.
The STM32Cube HAL is an STM32 embedded software layer that ensures maximized portability across theSTM32 portfolio, while the LL APIs make up a fast, light-weight, expert-oriented layer which is closer to thehardware than the HAL. HAL and LL APIs can be used simultaneously with a few restrictions.
Both the HAL and LL APIs are production-ready and have been developed in compliance with MISRA-C®:2004
guidelines with some documented exceptions (reports available on demand) and ISO/TS 16949. Furthermore,
ST-specific validation processes add a deeper-level qualification.
STM32CubeF7 gathers in one single package all the generic embedded software components required todevelop an application on STM32F7 microcontrollers. Following STM32Cube initiative, this set of components ishighly portable, not only within the STM32F7 Series but also to other STM32 Series. In addition, the low-layer
APIs provide an alternative, high-performance, low-footprint solution to the STM32CubeF7 HAL at the cost ofportability and simplicity.
HAL and LL APIs are available in open-source BSD license for user convenience.

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License2

LicenseSTM32CubeF7 is delivered under the Mix Ultimate Liberty+OSS+3rd-party V1 software license agreement(SLA0048).
The software components provided in this package come with different license schemes as shown in Table 1.
A set of application projects implementing all the middleware components is also provided in the STM32CubeF7
MCU Package.
Table 1. Software component license agreements
Software component

Owner

LicenseBoard Support Package (BSP)

STMicroelectronics

BSD-3-ClauseCortex®-M CMSIS v5.4.0

Arm Limited

Apache License 2.0

FreeRTOS™

Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

MIT

STM32F7 HAL/LL APIs

STMicroelectronics

BSD-3-Clause

LwIP

Swedish Institute of Computer Science

BSD-3-ClausembedTLS

Arm Limited

Apache License 2.0

Application projects

STMicroelectronics

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

Example projects

STMicroelectronics

BSD-3-Clause

Demonstration projects

STMicroelectronics

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

STemWin

STMicroelectronics and SEGGER
Microcontroller GmbH & Co. KG

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

PDM2PCM Library

STMicroelectronics

Image V2 (object release only) (SLA0044)

USB Host library

STMicroelectronics

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

USB Device library

STMicroelectronics

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

TouchGFX

STMicroelectronics

Ultimate Liberty (SLA0044)

FatFSChaN and STMicroelectronics

BSD-3-Clause

LibJPEGThomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding

Independent JPEG Group License(1)Utilities (CPU - Fonts - JPEG - Log)

STMicroelectronics

BSD-3-Clause

1. The FatFS License and Independent JPEG Group License are business friendly and permissive open source licenses.

Note:

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Arm is a registered trademark of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere.

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Ordering information

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Ordering information
The STM32CubeF7 is available for free download from www.st.com.

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Revision history
Table 2. Document revision history
DateVersion

28-May-2015

1Changes
Initial release.
Updated STM32CubeF7 firmware component schematic on cover page.

23-Jun-2017

2

Added low-layer API drivers.
Updated document title.
Updated title and schematic.

1-Dec-20173

Updated Section Features, Section 1 Description and Section 2 License tointroduce the 'STM32CubeF7 MCU Package' denomination.
Added TouchGFX in Section Features, Section 1 Description and Section
2 License.

30-Jan-2019

4

Updated Section 1 Description to latest version.
Renamed STM32CubeF7 MCU Package into Section 2 License and updated
content to describe all software component license agreements.
Added Arm notice in Section 2 License.

01-Oct-2019

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Updated Section 2 License.

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