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September 16, 2025
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how to use DDR3L with STM32mp257Fak3

  • September 16, 2025
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Hello 
I am planning to use STM32mp257Fak3 with DDR3L (16bit and 32 bit saperately),
can you suggest some DDR part no and it's sonnection.

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    ST Employee
    September 17, 2025

    Hello @abhineetranjan 

    You can refer to this 2 application notes:

    https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/an5723-guidelines-for-ddr-configuration-on-stm32mp2-mpus-stmicroelectronics.pdf

    https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/an5724-guidelines-for-ddr-memory-routing-on-stm32mp2-mpus-stmicroelectronics.pdf

    ST follow the JEDEC standards so you should be able to choose any part that are following the same.

     

    "DDR3L with a data rate of 2133 MT/s, voltage at 1.35 V. More information on DDR3L SDRAM can be found
    on the JEDEC DDR3 SDRAM Standard JESD79-3F." - AN5724 2 Design interface constraints

     

    I hope this will help you.

     

    Regards,

    Explorer
    September 30, 2025

    Thank you for your response,
    can I use 2 , 8bit DDR3L with STM32MP257FAL3 (as this is not mentioned in the pdf you provided), to achieve 1GByte Memory density.

    Best Regards
    Abhineet Ranjan

    Explorer
    October 1, 2025

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    Block Diagram for reference....

    Explorer
    November 7, 2025

    Hello,
    I am using 16 bit DDR3L (MT41K512M16VRP-107) with STM32mp257FAK3, 
    the available Nets in processor is 32 (32-bit), what should be done with the remaining Databus (should it be terminated or left floating or pull down.

    Best regards,
    Abhineet Ranjan

    Technical Moderator
    November 7, 2025

    @abhineetranjan wrote:

    Hello,
    I am using 16 bit DDR3L (MT41K512M16VRP-107) with STM32mp257FAK3, 
    the available Nets in processor is 32 (32-bit), what should be done with the remaining Databus (should it be terminated or left floating or pull down.

    Best regards,
    Abhineet Ranjan


     

    Leave them open. Note that you should connect you 16-bit memory on DQ0-15.


    AN5489 could help (even if DDR3 is not listed in it).
    You could also have a look to provided DDR3L routing example in  (altough does not cover 16-bit DDR on 32-bit interface).

    Regards.