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October 14, 2025
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Unexpected Current Consumption in STOP2 Mode on STM32U595

  • October 14, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I’m facing an issue with power consumption in STOP2 mode on my custom board.
The board includes only the STM32U595 MCU, bypass and decoupling capacitors, and the inductor for the SMPS — nothing else is connected.

According to the datasheet, I expect a current consumption of around 4.65 µA in STOP2 mode (pag 214 Table 59, VDD = 3.3 V).

However, when I measure it with my STLINK Power Monitor, I get about ~10 µA with fast oscillations.

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MX configuration:

  • All peripherals are disabled

  • SysClk = 16 MHz

  • All SRAM banks in Power-Down mode

  • Power saving mode enabled

  • SMPS enabled

  • Voltage scale = Range 4

  • All pins configured as analog input (via Project Manager → Code Generator)

Application code:

 HAL_DBGMCU_DisableDBGStopMode();
 HAL_Delay(5000);

 /* USER CODE END 2 */

 /* Infinite loop */
 /* USER CODE BEGIN WHILE */
 while (1)
 {
 /* USER CODE END WHILE */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */
 printf("Entering lowpower mode\r\n");
 HAL_Delay(500);
 HAL_SuspendTick();
 HAL_PWREx_EnterSTOP2Mode(PWR_STOPENTRY_WFI);
 // HAL_PWREx_EnterSHUTDOWNMode();
 }

Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this higher current consumption in STOP2 mode?
Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated!

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    Super User
    October 14, 2025

    @Dadigno wrote:

     on my custom board.


    As it's a custom board, you need to show the schematics

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    Have you tried the ST examples on an ST board for reference?

    Have you tried the ST examples on your custom board ?

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    https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/an5701-stm32cube-mcu-package-examples-for-stm32u5-series-stmicroelectronics.pdf#page=11

     

    DadignoAuthor
    Graduate
    October 14, 2025

    @Andrew Neil 

    Thank you for your quick reply.

    No, I haven’t been able to test any examples on an ST board yet, but I used the official examples as a reference.

    This is my current hardware setup. The board is actually more complex, but at the moment the only components populated are the ones shown in the photo — all other pins are floating.

     

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