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Free Driver Software from STMicroelectronics Extends Flexibility in Designing STM32 Applications

Low-Layer APIs get designers closer to the chip to optimize performance, power, software footprint.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

STMicroelectronics has augmented its 32-bit microcontroller development ecosystem with the introduction of the STM32Cube Low-Layer Application Program Interface (LL API) software. LL APIs enable expert designers using the STM32 ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (MCU) to work closer to the hardware, down to register-level code, to optimize performance and run-time efficiency.
 
With the introduction of the LL APIs, the STM32Cube environment now offers designers flexibility in controlling device peripherals, from the easy-to-use and portable HALs (Hardware Abstraction Layer) to the highly optimized LL APIs, allowing customers to focus on their application.
 
Free of charge, open-source BSD LL APIs are currently available in the STMCube packages for STM32L4, L0, and F0 MCU series, with full deployment across the STMCube spectrum scheduled for Q1 2017. 

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