STMicroelectronics
STM32F7 Edge AI Guides
512 KB SRAM at 216 MHz with double-precision FPU, DSP, and L1 cache. Strong ML inference capability, supports STM32Cube.AI and CMSIS-NN optimized kernels.
Hardware Specs
| Processor | ARM Cortex-M7 @ 216 MHz |
| Cores | 1 |
| Clock | 216 MHz |
| SRAM | 512 KB |
| Flash | 2 MB |
| FPU | double |
| Connectivity | Ethernet, USB OTG HS/FS |
| Key Features | Double-precision FPU, L1 cache (16 KB I + 16 KB D), ART Accelerator, Chrom-ART (DMA2D), TFT-LCD controller |
| Price | $8–$15 (chip), $25–$60 (dev board) |
9 dev boards available across PlatformIO registries.
Hardware Guides
STM32F7 Anomaly Detection with CMSIS-NN
For anomaly detection, the STM32F7 with CMSIS-NN scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (16.0x the required 32 KB) and 216 MHz clock ens…
STM32F7 Anomaly Detection with TFLite Micro
For anomaly detection, the STM32F7 with TFLite Micro scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (16.0x the required 32 KB) and 216 MHz clock…
STM32F7 Fall Detection with CMSIS-NN
For fall detection, the STM32F7 with CMSIS-NN scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (8.0x the required 64 KB) and 216 MHz clock ensure …
STM32F7 Fall Detection with TFLite Micro
For fall detection, the STM32F7 with TFLite Micro scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (8.0x the required 64 KB) and 216 MHz clock ens…
STM32F7 Gesture Recognition with CMSIS-NN
For gesture recognition, the STM32F7 with CMSIS-NN scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (8.0x the required 64 KB) and 216 MHz clock en…
STM32F7 Gesture Recognition with TFLite Micro
For gesture recognition, the STM32F7 with TFLite Micro scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (8.0x the required 64 KB) and 216 MHz cloc…
STM32F7 Image Classification with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 excels at image classification via CMSIS-NN. The 1-core cortex-m7 at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM handles 150 KB qu…
STM32F7 Image Classification with TFLite Micro
For image classification, the STM32F7 with TFLite Micro scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (4.0x the required 128 KB) and 216 MHz cl…
STM32F7 Object Detection with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 is a solid choice for object detection using CMSIS-NN. The cortex-m7 core at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM accommoda…
STM32F7 Object Detection with TFLite Micro
The STM32F7 handles object detection effectively with TFLite Micro. 512 KB SRAM at 216 MHz provides 2.0x headroom over the 256 KB requiremen…
STM32F7 People Counting with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 is a solid choice for people counting using CMSIS-NN. The cortex-m7 core at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM accommodat…
STM32F7 People Counting with TFLite Micro
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 is a solid choice for people counting using TFLite Micro. The cortex-m7 core at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM accomm…
STM32F7 Predictive Maintenance with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 excels at predictive maintenance via CMSIS-NN. The 1-core cortex-m7 at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM handles 30 KB q…
STM32F7 Predictive Maintenance with TFLite Micro
The STM32F7 is an excellent match for predictive maintenance with TFLite Micro. 512 KB SRAM delivers 8.0x the 64 KB minimum while 216 MHz pr…
STM32F7 Sound Classification with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 excels at sound classification via CMSIS-NN. The 1-core cortex-m7 at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM handles 40 KB qua…
STM32F7 Sound Classification with TFLite Micro
The STM32F7 is an excellent match for sound classification with TFLite Micro. 512 KB SRAM delivers 8.0x the 64 KB minimum while 216 MHz proc…
STM32F7 Voice Recognition with CMSIS-NN
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 excels at voice recognition via CMSIS-NN. The 1-core cortex-m7 at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM handles 80 KB quanti…
STM32F7 Voice Recognition with TFLite Micro
For voice recognition, the STM32F7 with TFLite Micro scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (4.0x the required 128 KB) and 216 MHz clock…
STM32F7 Wildlife Monitoring with CMSIS-NN
For wildlife monitoring, the STM32F7 with CMSIS-NN scores Excellent. Its 512 KB internal SRAM (4.0x the required 128 KB) and 216 MHz clock e…
STM32F7 Wildlife Monitoring with TFLite Micro
STMicroelectronics's STM32F7 excels at wildlife monitoring via TFLite Micro. The 1-core cortex-m7 at 216 MHz with 512 KB SRAM handles 150 KB…
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The STM32F7 runs inference on-device. ForestHub on your Linux edge gateway ingests its results over MQTT, orchestrates the sense-reason-act loop as a deterministic, auditable graph, and acts on the line.
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