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Robert Ritchey
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August 25, 2025
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STM32G030C6 Getting Very Hot

  • August 25, 2025
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On my current board the STM32G030 is getting very hot.  I have even tried a board with no connections to the processor and all pins set to analog.  I have checked the power supply and it's 3.3V.  The board runs OK but I am worried about the processor temp.  I have attached a schematic of the board.  Could something internally be configured to cause this heating?  

Best answer by Robert Ritchey

It was a bit embarrassing.  I have a 3 pin connector (unpolarized) for power that goes signal, power, ground.  In the board there is no notation which end is which. I was plugging it in backwards so the ground was a signal wire connected to the processor.  The processor was grounded through an output.  It ran just fine, programmed just fine, it just got hot.  I must commend ST in building a processor so resilient to dumb mistakes. 

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Robert Ritchey
Senior
August 25, 2025

Found it. 

Robert Ritchey
Robert RitcheyAuthorBest answer
Senior
August 26, 2025

It was a bit embarrassing.  I have a 3 pin connector (unpolarized) for power that goes signal, power, ground.  In the board there is no notation which end is which. I was plugging it in backwards so the ground was a signal wire connected to the processor.  The processor was grounded through an output.  It ran just fine, programmed just fine, it just got hot.  I must commend ST in building a processor so resilient to dumb mistakes. 

Peter BENSCH
Technical Moderator
August 26, 2025

Since you asked the public community for help, the community would also be happy to know what caused your problem. Perhaps this will also help another user?

Regards
/Peter