STM32WL3 MCUs

Wireless MCUs for efficient

long-range communications
 The STM32 portfolio

Five product categories

Wireless Ultra-low-power Mainstream High-performance Embedded

MCU MCU MCU MCU MPU
Short- and long-range connectivity 32-bit general-purpose microcontrollers: from 75 to 3,224 CoreMark score 32- and 64-bit microprocessors

Enabling edge AI solutions Scalable security MPU portfolio

MCU portfolio
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 sub-GHz connectivity is everywhere
Smart industries Smart cities Smart agriculture Smart homes

Asset tracking Metering Alarm systems Heat cost allocators

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 Wireless application requirements
Smart industries Smart cities Smart agriculture Smart homes

Asset tracking Metering Alarm systems Heat cost allocators

Low-power, global coverage,

Ultra-low-power Rx profile
roaming. Combined with Multiprotocol and low power
(Rx sniff mode) radio with Power efficient radio
sensing applications 10 years from
combination of proprietary & LCD driver
(accelerometer, pressure non-rechargeable battery
protocol support
sensors)

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 STM32 sub-GHz product families

sub-GHz MCU dual core STM32WL55

sub-GHz MCU single core STM32WL3x (*) STM32WLE5

1st generation 2nd generation

sub-GHz transceiver SPIRIT1 S2-LP
General-purpose sub-GHz radio Ultra-low-power sub-GHz radio

2 (G)FSK 2/4 (G)FSK 2 (G)FSK

(G)MSK (G)MSK (G)MSK
- BPSK (Sigfox) BPSK (Sigfox)
Supported modulation OOK OOK -
ASK ASK -
- DSSS + IQ I/F (STM32WL3 only) LoRa ®

Supported protocols

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(*) In high-volume production now. Contact us for samples or more information.
 What the STM32WL3 offers
Lower design complexity
Highly integrated, low-power MCU One single die in packages down to 5 x 5 mm integrating:
for long-range connectivity • 256 Kbytes of flash memory
• 2 radios: sub-GHz multimodulation radio & wide band wake-up radio
• Analog sensing peripherals
• LCD driver

Flexibility
• Simple and ultra flexible platform with multiple modulation support:
4-(G)FSK up to 600 Kbps, 2-(G)FSK, (G)MSK, DBPSK, DSSS, OOK, ASK

• IQ interface to develop your own modulation for even more flexibility

• OOK always on wake-up radio

Arm® Cortex® M0+ core up to 64 Longer battery life for IoT devices
MHz
+ sub-GHz dual radio • Low power consumption radio down to 5.6 mA (Rx) and 8 mA (Tx at 10 dBm)

• Additional dedicated wake-up on radio with 4.2 µA always-on receiver for

system wake-up

In high-volume production now. Contact us for samples or more information.

 Wireless MCU combining
multiprotocol sub-GHz radio & application features

Single silicon die

Multi-

+
modulation
STM32 radio
Arm Cortex-M0+
Dedicated
256 KB FLASH
wake-up on
32 KB SRAM
radio

Sensing peripherals
PACKAGES
• QFN48 6 x 6 mm Segment LCD Driver
• QFN32 5 x 5 mm

In high-volume production now. Contact us for samples or more information.

High integration for reduced design complexity
Reliable & efficient
Integrated peripherals
system architecture

• Arm® Cortex®-M0+ driving both • Standard peripherals (2 x SPI, 2 x I²C,

applications and sub-GHz protocols UART, low-power UART)

• Internal buses (AHB & APB): • 12-bit ADC (1 Msps frequency,

peripherals and sub-GHz radio IP 8 channels, single-ended &
interfaced with internal for concurrent differential, temperature, and battery
access level)

• 2 x 16 Kbytes of SRAM banks: • Timers: 2 general purpose 16-bit

up to 32 Kbytes – selectable retention timers, 4+1 PWMs, watchdog timer,
RTC, 3 specific sub-GHz IP timers (LP
• Up to 256 Kbytes of flash memory timer)

• 1 byte of OTP Store ID, keys, and • Analog comparator and 6-bit DAC
calibration data (threshold)

• DMA controller with 8 channels • Analog LC sensor

• Up to 20-pin LCD driver

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 STM32WL3 ultra-low-power dual radios

Highly efficient Dedicated ultra-low-power

Two radios
sub-GHz radio Wideband wake-up radio
One single chip

Main radio (RX/TX) 4.2µA always-on receiver

Rx current (LPM): 5.6 mA* (100 MHz – 2.4 GHz)
Tx current (10 dBm): 10 mA* Rx OOK at -50 dBm

With autonomous sequencer Zzzz Fully autonomous radio

sniff-mode, frequency hopping, CPU for proximity detection tracking
low duty-cycle mode, Pass through factory application
listen before talk (LBT). Drive by metering application
autonomous radio
management

* Including MCU core consumption (in WFI mode)

 STM32WL3 main radio
for long range communication
Transmission: Reception
dual-output architecture single ended architecture

Up to +16 dBm Up to +20 dBm 32 bits I/Q sampling: Rx sensitivity:

output power output power better sensitivity, -128 dBm at 0.3 kbps
(Low Power (Long Range interference robustness -113 dBm at 38.4 kbps
optimized) (adjacent channel
Capable)
blocking)
Frequency range
413 – 479 MHz and 826 - 958 MHz

Optimized for
Top-class RF performance
your country regulation

169 MHz: on demand (please contact your sales office)

 STM32WL3 main radio offers great versatility

STM32WL3 RF System-On-Chip sub-GHz

proprietary
Arm IQ sample 4-(G)FSK up to 600
Cortex® interface Kbps One single platform
M0+ 2-(G)FSK
64 MHz
(G)MSK
Direct DBPSK
radio DSSS
access
OOK, ASK
Ultra flexible packet handler Up to +20 dBm Tx
output power Multiple protocol 802.15.4g
capable

Frequency hopping PLC-RF hybrid

 STM32WL3 main radio provides
a sequencer for extended battery life
Radio sequencer simplifies proprietary protocol support

Radio sequencer principle

Event 1
Radio Radio
settings settings • Arm® Cortex®-M0+ application NOT scheduled
1 2 • preloaded RAM based chained list of RF actions
• Flexible actions (dynamic register setting changes)
• Scheduled with timers

Event 2
Event 4

Radio features - examples Zzzz

• Rx sniff mode
CPU
Radio Radio
• Dual-band Rx sniff mode
settings Event 3 settings • FHSS (frequency hopping)
3 N • High configurable CSMA
• Auto-ACK
⇒ NO LIMIT!

Radio settings: full radio registers settings

Events: radio interrupts or low-power timer interrupts
 STM32WL3 wake-up radio extends battery life

Ultra-low-power wireless proximity detection and system wake-up

Wide band: 1 single BOM for worldwide ISM 4.2 µA Dedicated to proximity detection
(100 MHz – 2.4 GHz) Continuous Rx (tens of meters) -50 dBm sensitivity
OOK modulated packet detection

Asset tracking application Metering application

Local or
LPWAN
gateway Asset tracker Walk-by/drive-by
dashboard gateway

In-door beacon
 STM32WL3 Internal DCDC converter
State-of-the-art efficiency
RF SoC architecture for battery-operated applications:

Application modes Power modes STM32WL3 current (*) Supply voltage range:

Standby Deep-sleep current <1.5 µA (LSI on)

Transmission +10 dBm 10 mA 3.6 V
down to
+14 dBm 22 mA 1.7 V
Reception with Continuous Rx 5.6 mA
standard radio Rx sniff mode down to few µA
average
Reception with Rx wake-up mode 4.2 µA
wideband radio (OOK modulation)

(*) Radio + CPU power consumption characterization obtained at 3.3 V – 868 MHz radio band

The DCDC converter can be by-passed thanks to internal LDOs.

 Many application possibilities
WATER & GAS METERS
Ultra-low-power MCU
960 nA stop mode
LC sensors an LCD Controller
HEAT COST ALLOCATOR
• Internal LCD driver
ASSET TRACKING Up to 12x8 or 16x4 matrix elements
• Ultra-low-power wake-up radio • Outstanding Sensitivity
• 4.2 µA always on receiver -132 dBm (OOK) / -128 dBm (FSK)
• (100 MHz – 2.4 GHz) Rx OOK at -50 dBm

STM32WL3x
ALARM SYSTEM SMART HOME
• Low-power main radio • Multiple modulations, protocols
Rx current (LPM): 5.6 mA 4-(G)FSK up to 600 Kbps, 2-(G)FSK, (G)MSK,
Tx current (10 dBm): 10 mA DBPSK, DSSS, OOK, ASK
• + IQ interface
STREET LIGHTING
• Dual power output
+14 dBm & +20 dBm
• Dual frequency band
413-479 & 826-958 MHz

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 STM32WL3 for metering applications (1/2)

Extending battery lifetime in smart metering applications

Longer range
Up to +20 dBm output power over
full voltage & temperature range

Best-in-class
Ultra-low-power radio
ultra-low-power
sub-GHz Tx current (10dBm): 10 mA
Autonomous Radio Sequencer
wireless MCU
LC sensor controller
LC-based measurement of fluid
sub-GHz flow metering (AFE + Digital)
proprietary
LCD driver
LCD driver
with up to 96 segments
802.15.4g
 STM32WL3 for metering applications (2/2)
Ultra-low-power analog sensing unit based on L-C sensor controller
for monitoring fluid flow

• Designed for cost-effective mechanic-wheel fluid metering

• Measuring of L-C network oscillations enable detection of fluid
flow metering
• Feature is based on L-C network oscillation measurement
STM32WL3
• Supporting up to 3x L-C networks
• Autonomous metering circuitry (no CPU intervention,
Arm® Cortex® M0+ in deep stop)
• Very few µA average current for continuous L-C metering
 STM32WL3x block diagram

Single Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core

Ultra flexible and low-power radio

 7 mA Tx at +10 dBm / 4 mA Rx
 +20 dBm max output power
 Proximity detection radio (4 µA)

Memory
 Up to 256 Kbytes flash + 1 Kbyte OTP
 16/32 Kbytes RAM

peripherals
 SPIs, I²Cs, I2S, USART, LPUART
 20-pin LCD driver
 LC-sensor IP, Analog comparator

In high-volume production now. Contact us for samples or more information.

 A wide sub-GHz portfolio
Flash / RAM Size (bytes)
STM32WL5xCC STM32WL5xJC
256K / 64K STM32WLExCC STM32WLExJC
256K / 32K STM32WL33KC STM32WL33CC
128K / 48K STM32WLExCB STM32WLExJB
128K / 32K STM32WL33KB STM32WL33CB
64 K / 20K STM32WLExC8 STM32WLExJ8
64K / 16K
STM32WL33K8 STM32WL33C8
SPIRIT1 S2-LP Pin count
QFN20 pins QFN24 pins QFN 32 pins QFN 48 pins 73 pins
4x4 (p=0.5) 4x4 (p=0.5) 5x5 (p=0.5) 7x7 (p=0.5) 5x5 mm
6x6 (p=0.4) BGA (p=0.5)

Transceiver only Single Cortex-M0+ Single Cortex-M4 Dual core: CM4 & CM0+

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STM32WL3: In high-volume production now. Contact us for samples or more information.
 Ordering information
Product Family
STM32 Sub-1GHz SoC

Device Generation
3 – Cortex® M0+ based

STM32WL 3 3 K C V 6
Temperature range:
6 – -40°C to +85°C
7 – -40°C to +105°C
Package Type:
V – VFQFPN

Memory Configuration
8 – 64KB Flash / 16KB RAM
B – 128KB Flash / 32KB RAM
C – 256KB Flash / 32KB RAM

Pin count
K – 32 pin
C – 48 pin

Product Line:
3: LCSENSE and LCD Line
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