MCU recommendation for SDRAM + Zio header

[dish12]

Hi,

 

Can anyone recommend a development board that has ZIO headers and on-board SDRAM as well? I can't seem to find any.

I have some other requirements as well:

-> Needs to have a system clock > 180Mhz

-> Advanced DMA Features

-> Needs to have on chip ADC and DAC 

-> Nice to have ethernet support.

 

Thanks in advance,

Disha

[Andrew Neil]

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@dish12 wrote:

 an MCU that has ZIO headers 

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You mean the double-row Arduino headers? Like this:

That's a feature of the board - not the MCU.

They are found only (I think) on the Nucleo-144 boards.

 

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@dish12 wrote:

and on-board SDRAM as well?

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Again, that would be a feature of the board - rather than the MCU.

 

[mƎALLEm]

Hello,

That depends also on the application needs and the performance 

SDRAM is available only on some Eval boards and some DISCO boards.

No exactly a ZIO connector (No ST board has both ZIO connector + SDRAM) but I can suggest STM32F429-DISCO board that has an onboard SDRAM + male  connectors. almost all pins are exported externally.

Top:

Bottom:

 

STM32F429 MCU datasheet 

I don't think there is a daughter board in the market for an eventual SDRAM extension that can fit in the NUCLEO-144 ZIO connector.

[Andrew Neil]

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@mƎALLEm wrote:

STM32F429-DISCO board that has ... male ZIO connectors.

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Does it?

I thought Zio meant the double-row headers on the Arduino layout ?

That disco just has standard 0.1" two-row headers ?

PS:

https://www.st.com/resource/en/user_manual/um1974-stm32-nucleo144-boards-mb1137-stmicroelectronics.pdf#page=37

 

There is no mention of "Zio" in the STM32F429-DISCO manual:

 

 

[mƎALLEm]

That depends on what the OP means by "ZIO". I think he needs that most of IOs are available on the board. 

For the ZIO mentioned in the user manual, I don't think there is a board fitting: Arduino ZIO + SDRAM.

And I think STM32F429-DISCO fits most of the OP requirements.