ST takes flight in this Feather board. The new STM32F405 Feather (video) that we designed runs CircuitPython at a blistering 168MHz – our fastest CircuitPython board ever! We put a STEMMA QT / Qwiic port on the end, so you can really easily plug and play I2C sensors.
This Feather has lots of goodies:
STM32F405 Cortex M4 with FPU and 1MB Flash, 168MHz speed
192KB RAM total - 128 KB RAM for general usage + 64 KB program-only/cache RAM
3.3V logic, but almost all pins are 5V compliant!
USB C power and data - our first USB C Feather!
LiPo connector and charger
SD socket on the bottom, connected to SDIO port
2 MB SPI Flash chip
Built in NeoPixel indicator
I2C, UART, GPIO, ADCs, DACs
Qwiic/STEMMA-QT connector for fast I2C connectivity
We use the built-in USB DFU bootloader to load firmware. It does not come with a UF2 bootloader.
With CircuitPython basics running on this board, it's fast to get all our drivers working, then use the built in plotter in Mu to instantly get sensor data displaying within 3 minutes of unboxing.
You can use MicroPython, CircuitPython or Arduino IDE with this board, with some caveats. This board and chipset is new so expect rapid developments and updates!
CircuitPython support is in a good spot. We have digital IO, analog in/out, I2C, SPI, PWM, audio, SDIO, displays, RGB matricies working so far and more on the way.
MicroPython support is very solid but Adafruit does not provide MicroPython libraries for sensors!
We tested this in Arduino STM32duino with all our FeatherWings and only the RFM69/RFM9x libraries did not work (they are very platform specific). Its an extraordinarily fast Feather, and our first foray into STM32 - very exciting!
Technical Details
Product Dimensions: 52.0mm x 23.0mm x 10.0mm / 2.0" x 0.9" x 0.4"
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