STMicroelectronics X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 Digital Output Expansion Board User Guide

: June 5, 2024
: STMicroelectronics

Table of Contents

STMicroelectronics X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 Digital Output Expansion Board
Hardware Overview
Demo Example
- Hardware setup
Demo Examples for different operating modes
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview
References
Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
Download This Manual (PDF format)

STMicroelectronics X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 Digital Output Expansion Board

Hardware Overview

Hardware Description

The X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 industrial digital output expansion board for STM32 Nucleo provides a powerful and flexible environment for the evaluation of the driving and diagnostic capabilities of the IPS1025H (single high-side smart power solid state relay) in a digital output module connected to 2.5 A (max.) industrial loads.
The X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 interfaces with the microcontroller on the STM32 Nucleo via 5 kV optocouplers driven by GPIO pins and Arduino UNO R3 (default configuration) and ST morpho (optional, not mounted) connectors. The expansion board can be connected to either a NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-G431RB development board.
It is also possible to evaluate a system composed by up to four stacked X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 expansion boards.

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Main Features:

4 X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 expansion boards allows you to evaluate a four-channel digital output module with 2.5 A (max.) capability each
Operating range up to 60 V/2.5 A
Low power dissipation (RON(MAX) = 25 mΩ)
Fast decay for inductive loads
Smart driving of capacitive load
Under-voltage lock-out
Overload and over-temperature protections
PowerSSO24 package

Key Products on the Nucleo expansion board:
IPS1025H
High-Efficiency Single High Side Switch with extended diagnostic and smart driving for capacitive loads

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Software Description
The X-CUBE-OUT5 expansion software package for STM32Cube runs on the STM32 microcontroller and includes a driver to control the IPS1025H and/or the IPS1025H-32 high efficiency single high-side switches with extended diagnostics and smart driving for capacitive loads.
The software provides an affordable and easy-to-use solution for the development of 2.5 A (X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1) or 5.7 A (X-NUCLEO-OUT06A1) digital output modules, letting you easily evaluate the driving and diagnostic capabilities of IPS1025H and IPS1025H-32 with industrial loads.
The expansion is built on STM32Cube software technology to ease portability across different STM32 microcontrollers. It is compatible with NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-G431RB development boards.

Key Features:

Sample application to evaluate a single channel digital output module by stacking X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 or X-NUCLEO-OUT06A1. The software also uses a PWM timer (TIM3) to generate the periodic patterns on the output channel for the expansion boards.
Sample application to interact with the STSW-IFAPGUI PC Software.
1x STM32 Nucleo Industrial digital output expansion board (X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1)
1x STM32 Nucleo development board of NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-G431RB
1x USB type A to mini-B cable (for NUCLEO-F401RE) or
1x USB type A to micro-B cable (for NUCLEO-G431RB)
1x Laptop/PC with Windows 7, 8 or above

Demo Example

Bill Of Material
HW pre-requisites

Hardware setup

Jumpers’ configuration

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STM32CubeProg: All-in-one multi-OS software tool for programming STM32 products or
STSW-LINK009: ST-LINK/V2-1 (NUCLEO-F401RE), ST-LINK/V3 (NUCLEO-G431RB) USB driver
X-CUBE-OUT5: software package including the application examples for NUCLEO-F401RE, NUCLEO-G431RB to be associated with the X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1

Demo Examples for different operating modes

X- NUCLEO-OUT05A1 comes with 2 demo FW binary sets (per nucleo board)

Application example binaries for the three reference IDEs in the package X-CUBE-OUT5
- EWARM-OUT05_06-STM32F4xx_Nucleo.bin
- MDK-ARM-OUT05_06-STM32F4xx_Nucleo.bin
- STM32CubeIDE-OUT05_06-STM32F4xx_Nucleo.bin
Application example binaries (per nucleo boards) compatible with STSW-IFAPGUI
- STSW-OUT5F4
- STSW-OUT5G4

Interact with the STSW-IFAPGUI

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The Firmware binaries STSW-OUT5F4.bin and STSW-OUT5G4.bin allow the interaction of the X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 with a SW application running on PC (STSW-IFAPGUI).
The SW app (STSW-IFAPGUI) is available for free download at the following link.
For the usage of the STSW-IFAPGUI, please refer to the document available at:
https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-ifapgui.html#documentation

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All documents are available in the DOCUMENTATION tab of the related products webpage

X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1:

DB4211: Industrial digital output expansion board based on IPS1025H for STM32 Nucleo – Data Brief
UM2865: Getting started with X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 industrial digital output expansion board for STM32 Nucleo – User Manual
Schematics, Gerber files, BOM

X-CUBE-OUT5

DB4492: Industrial digital output STM32Cube software expansion for X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 and X-NUCLEO-OUT06A1 – Data Brief
UM2864: Getting started with X-CUBE-OUT5 industrial digital output software for STM32 Nucleo – User Manual

STSW-OUT5G4

DB4687: Evaluation firmware for NUCLEO-G431RB enabling STSW-IFAPGUI on X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 and X-NUCLEO-OUT06A1 expansion boards – Data Brief

STSW-OUT5F4

DB4681: Evaluation firmware for NUCLEO-F401RE enabling STSW-IFAPGUI on X-NUCLEO-OUT05A1 and X-NUCLEO-OUT06A1 expansion boards – Data Brief

STSW-IFAPGUI

DB3775: Graphical user interface for the industrial IPS evaluation boards based on STM32 Nucleo – Data Brief
UM2509: STSW-IFAPGUI, common graphical user interface for the expansion boards of Intelligent Power Switches – User Manual

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

FAST, AFFORDABLE PROTOTYPING AND DEVELOPMENT
The STM32 Open Development Environment (ODE) is an open, flexible, easy and affordable way to develop innovative devices and applications based on the STM32 32-bit microcontroller family combined with other state-of-the-art ST components connected via expansion boards. It enables fast prototyping with leading-edge components that can quickly be transformed into final designs.

The STM32 ODE includes the following five elements:

STM32 Nucleo development boards. A comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all STM32 microcontroller series, with unlimited unified expansion capability, and with integrated debugger/programmer
STM32 Nucleo expansion boards. Boards with additional functionality to add sensing, control, connectivity, power, audio or other functions as needed. The expansion boards are plugged on top of the STM32 Nucleo development boards. More complex functionalities can be achieved by stacking additional expansion boards
STM32Cube software. A set of free-of-charge tools and embedded software bricks to enable fast and easy development on the STM32, including a Hardware Abstraction Layer, middleware and the STM32CubeMX PC-based configurator and code generator
STM32Cube expansion software. Expansion software provided free of charge for use with STM32 Nucleo expansion boards, and compatible with the STM32Cube software framework
STM32Cube Function Packs. Set of function examples for some of the most common application cases built by leveraging the modularity and interoperability of STM32 Nucleo development boards and expansions, with STM32Cube software and expansions.

The STM32 Open Development Environment is compatible with a number of IDEs including IAR EWARM, Keil MDK, mbed and GCC-based environments.

STM32 Open Development Environment: all that you need

The combination of a broad range of expandable boards based on leading-edge commercial products and modular software, from driver to application level, enables fast prototyping of ideas that can be smoothly transformed into final designs.

To start your design:

Choose the appropriate STM32 Nucleo development board (MCU) and expansion (X-NUCLEO) boards (sensors, connectivity, audio, motor control etc.) for the functionality you need
Select your development environment (IAR EWARM, Keil MDK, and GCC-based IDEs) and use the free STM32Cube tools and software.
Download all the necessary software to run the functionality on the selected STM32 Nucleo expansion boards.
Compile your design and upload it to the STM32 Nucleo development board.
Then start developing and testing your application.

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Software developed on the STM32 Open Development Environment prototyping hardware can be directly used in an advanced prototyping board or in and end product design using the same commercial ST components, or components from the same family as those found on the STM32 Nucleo boards.

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