AI and rich connectivity from new dual-core applications processor

March 5, 2026

With Arm® Cortex®-A35 and M33 cores, AI acceleration and industrial-grade multimedia, the STM32MP215DAN3 from STMicroelectronics is ideal for smart factory, edge computing, and embedded vision platforms.

The new STM32MP215DAN3 is a high-performance applications processor (MPU) that couples a dual-core Arm Cortex-A35 processor up to 1.5 GHz with a 300MHz Cortex-M33 real-time co-processor. The Cortex-A35 cores include Arm NEON SIMD and TrustZone support, enabling accelerated DSP and AI inference. This architecture gives design engineers a powerful platform to run embedded vision and edge-compute workloads locally while managing control, sensing, and security functions in parallel.


The STM32MP215DAN3 is designed for industrial and IoT applications, targeting factory automation, embedded vision, edge AI, and smart energy systems. Typical use cases include robotics and factory control, machine vision cameras, EV charging stations and smart metering.


Key system features include 64-bit Armv8 computing, large on-chip cache and broad memory support. The STM32MP215DAN3 supports up to 4GB of external DRAM and integrates 456KB of SRAM. Rich multimedia features include a 24-bit parallel RGB LCD-TFT controller up to 1080p60 and a MIPI CSI-2 camera interface with integrated ISP.

Features

  • Arm Cortex-A35 core with NEON and TrustZone
  • Arm Cortex®-M33 core with FPU and TrustZone
  • Supports up to 4GB external DDR: DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR4
  • 456KB on-chip SRAM
  • Connectivity:
    • Two 1Gbps Ethernet TSN/IEEE 1588
    • Two CAN-FD, one TTCAN
    • 0 HS Host + OTG
  • 24-bit parallel LCD-TFT RGB888 up to FHD@60fps
  • MIPI-CSI/DSI support and camera ISP
  • UART/SPI/I2C, SD/eMMC, audio SPDIF/SAI and timers
  • Operating-temperature range: -40°C to 125°C

Applications

  • Industrial automation and factory control
  • Embedded vision and AI at the edge
  • Smart energy and metering
  • IoT gateways and smart building systems
STMicroelectronics — STM32MP215DAN3 Microprocessor Series

Evaluation Board

Part Number: STM32MP215F-DK

The STM32MP215F-DK Discovery Kit is a development platform for the STM32MP215 series. It features the STM32MP215DAN3 MPU, ST STPMIC2L power management, and 2GB of LPDDR4 DRAM, along with Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C, microSD, an LCD-TFT display connector, and a dual-lane MIPI CSI-2 camera connector. The board ships with the ST OpenSTLinux distribution on the A35 cores and STM32CubeMP2 firmware examples on the M33, enabling rapid prototyping and evaluation of industrial and vision-based applications.

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