These development/breakout boards based the ST STM8 microcontrollers are an ultra low cost solution to embedded control. The board come in a convient 2.54mm pitch DIP format foe easy breadboard or PCB mounting. Besides providing easy access to most of the microcontrollers I/O, there is additionally a microUSB connector for powering from a USB port, and a standard ST SWIM programming/emulation header that allows for easy programming or debugging using a compatible programmer such as our low cost ST-Link compatible USB programmer (DVBD0016). The ST tool chain (STVD) for these devices is available as a free download from the ST website and is fully compatible with these devices. There are also additional third part tools such as the Cosmos ANSI C compiler which can be downloaded for free (8K limited).
16 MHz advanced STM8 core with Harvard architecture and 3-stage pipeline
Extended instruction set
Program memory: 8 Kbytes Flash; data retention 20 years at 55 °C after 10 kcycles
Data memory: 640 bytes true data EEPROM; endurance 300 kcycles
RAM: 1 Kbytes
2.95 to 5.5 V operating voltage
Flexible clock control, 4 master clock sources
Low power crystal resonator oscillator
External clock input
Internal,user-trimmable 16 MHz RC
Internal low power 128 kHz RC
Clock security system with clock monitor
Power management:Low power modes (wait, active-halt, halt) Switch-off peripheral clocks individually
Permanently active,low consumption power-on and power-down reset
Nested interrupt controller with 32 interrupts
Up to 27 external interrupts on 6 vectors
Advanced control timer: 16-bit, 4 CAPCOM channels, 3 complementary outputs, dead-time insertion and flexible synchronization
16-bit general purpose timer, with 3 CAPCOM channels (IC, OC or PWM)
8-bit basic timer with 8-bit prescaler
Window watchdog, independent watchdog timers
UART with clock output for synchronous operation, Smartcard, IrDA, LIN master mode
SPI interface up to 8 Mbit/s
I2C interface up to 400 Kbit/s
10-bit, ±1 LSB ADC with up to 5 multiplexed channels, scan mode and analog watchdog
Up to 28 I/Os on a 32-pin package including 21 high sink outputs
Highly robust I/O design, immune against current injection
96-bit unique ID key for each device