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Visitor II
April 7, 2021
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Unable to run STM32F401 at 84 MHz Sysclk (works fine at 48 MHz)

  • April 7, 2021
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Hello guys :waving_hand:

I am having a STM32F401CDU6TR on a custom board and I am not able to run it at 84 MHz SYSCLK. The source is an external 8 MHz crystal with two 22pF caps as seen here:

0693W000008yrF6QAI.png

I created the project in CubeMX as a Makefile project. I only use CubeMX for configuring the GPIOs as well as the clock. The actual code is written and flashed via VSCode. Works great so far.

Here is my current 84 MHz clock configuration in CubeMX:

0693W000008yrFzQAI.pngAnd this is my RCC configuration:

0693W000008yrHCQAY.png

When I flash this code I always end up in a HardFault_Handler before the SystemClock_Config(); function returns.

/**
 * @brief System Clock Configuration
 * @retval None
 */
void SystemClock_Config(void)
{
 RCC_OscInitTypeDef RCC_OscInitStruct = {0};
 RCC_ClkInitTypeDef RCC_ClkInitStruct = {0};
 
 /** Configure the main internal regulator output voltage
 */
 __HAL_RCC_PWR_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE3);
 /** Initializes the RCC Oscillators according to the specified parameters
 * in the RCC_OscInitTypeDef structure.
 */
 RCC_OscInitStruct.OscillatorType = RCC_OSCILLATORTYPE_HSE;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.HSEState = RCC_HSE_ON;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLState = RCC_PLL_ON;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLSource = RCC_PLLSOURCE_HSE;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLM = 8;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLN = 336;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLP = RCC_PLLP_DIV4;
 RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLQ = 7;
 if (HAL_RCC_OscConfig(&RCC_OscInitStruct) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /** Initializes the CPU, AHB and APB buses clocks
 */
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.ClockType = RCC_CLOCKTYPE_HCLK|RCC_CLOCKTYPE_SYSCLK
 |RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK1|RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK2;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.SYSCLKSource = RCC_SYSCLKSOURCE_PLLCLK;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.AHBCLKDivider = RCC_SYSCLK_DIV1;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB1CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV2;
 RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB2CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV1;
 
 if (HAL_RCC_ClockConfig(&RCC_ClkInitStruct, FLASH_LATENCY_2) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
}

When I activate MCO1 I can measure the HSE and PLLCLK signals with the expected frequency.

When I set the SYSCLK to 48 MHz as seen here everything works as expected.

0693W000008yrOSQAY.png 

I have no idea what is going on here 🤷�?♂�?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,

Robin

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    Best answer by Tesla DeLorean

    Should be at least 2.2 uF, it is a bulk capacitor for the internal LDO

    I'll double check the specs, the single up case might be 4.7 uF

    11 replies

    Graduate II
    April 7, 2021
    __HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE3);

    And here is another related bug - according to datasheet the voltage scale 2 must be used for frequencies above 60 MHz.

    Robin7331Author
    Visitor II
    April 7, 2021

    Your right. Thanks for that.

    It initially was on scale 2 but as I was desperate so I tried many things.

    Including a different voltage scale :grinning_face_with_sweat: