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Q: What Pixhawk variants use STM32F405VGT6?
A: The VGT6 in LQFP-100 is used on full-featured Pixhawk 2.4.6 and 2.4.8 boards from Holybro, Radiolink, CUAV, and other manufacturers. It provides the 82 GPIO needed for dual IMU, dual CAN, multiple UARTs, and full PWM output — the practical maximum for a hand-solderable LQFP package in a drone autopi
Q: Does STM32F405VGT6 support redundant IMUs?
A: Yes. Two independent SPI buses connect to dual IMU sensors (e.g., ICM-20689 + ICM-20602 or ICM-20689 + BMI055) for hardware-level redundancy. ArduPilot and PX4 compare IMU data streams in real time, detecting and isolating a failed sensor without interrupting flight control.
Q: Can this chip run PX4 with full MAVLink routing?
A: Yes. The VGT6 has sufficient UARTs (4× USART + 2× UART) to support simultaneous connections for GPS (UART1), telemetry radio (UART2), companion computer MAVLink routing (UART3), and serial ESC telemetry (UART4) — all with DMA-backed transfers to minimize CPU overhead.
The STM32F405VGT6 (100-pin LQFP) delivers the full F405 feature set with 82 GPIO — the sweet spot for full-featured Pixhawk 2.4.x designs requiring dual IMU SPI buses, external SPI Flash for parameter storage, UARTs for GPS + telemetry radios + companion computer, and PWM outputs for 8-motor configurations. The LQFP-100 package provides enough I/O for a complete drone autopilot without the BGA assembly complexity of higher-pin-count packages. STM32F405 — the chip powering Pixhawk 1 and Pixhawk 2.4.x , the most widely deployed open-source drone autopilot hardware in the world.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | STMicroelectronics |
| Part Number | STM32F405VGT6 |
| Core | ARM Cortex-M4F |
| Max Clock | 168 MHz |
| Flash | 1 MB |
| SRAM | 192 KB (128 KB + 64 KB CCM) |
| Package | LQFP-100 (14×14 mm, 0.5 mm pitch) |
| Supply Voltage | 1.8V – 3.6V |
| Operating Temperature | −40°C to +85°C |
| GPIO | 82 |
| ADC | 3× 12-bit (16 channels) |
| DAC | 2× 12-bit |
| Timers | 12× 16-bit, 2× 32-bit, 2× watchdog, 1× SysTick |
| Communication | 4× USART, 2× UART, 3× SPI (37.5 Mbit/s), 3× I²C, 2× CAN 2.0B, 1× USB 2.0 OTG FS, 1× SDIO |
| DMA | 2× 8-channel (16 streams) |
| Debug | SWD + JTAG |
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