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Associate II
July 8, 2025
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Do i need extrenal oscilator for STM32H503CBT6

  • July 8, 2025
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if in the stm32cubeide clock configuration the extrenal oscialtors aren't highlighted it means that i dont need extrenal oscialtor on my custom board?

Best answer by mƎALLEm

If pwm is used for example to control motor speed, no need for crystal in that case. No need for crystal for i2c.

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mƎALLEm
Technical Moderator
July 8, 2025

Hello @transistor and welcome to the ST community,

That depends on your application. For example, if you plan to use FDCAN interface you need a crystal.

Toggling a LED doesn't need a crystal. You can use HSI as a clock source.

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Associate II
July 8, 2025

i want to use i2c, pwm so the HSI should be enough?

mƎALLEm
mƎALLEmBest answer
Technical Moderator
July 8, 2025

If pwm is used for example to control motor speed, no need for crystal in that case. No need for crystal for i2c.

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