SDAA132
December 2025
MSPM33C321A
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Abstract
Trademarks
1
MSPM33C Hardware Design Check List
2
Power Supplies in MSPM33C Devices
2.1
Digital Power Supply
2.2
Analog Power Supply
2.3
Built-in Power Supply and Voltage Reference
2.4
Recommended Decoupling Circuit for Power Supply
2.5
Recommended Decoupling Circuit for VBAT
3
Reset and Power Supply Supervisor
3.1
Digital Power Supply
3.2
Power Supply Supervisor
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Clock System
4.1
Internal Oscillators
4.2
External Oscillators
4.3
External Clock Output (CLK_OUT)
4.4
Frequency Clock Counter (FCC)
5
Debugger
5.1
Debug Port Pins and Pinout
5.2
Debug Port Connection With Standard JTAG Connector
6
Key Analog Peripherals
6.1
ADC Design Considerations
6.2
COMP Design Considerations
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Key Digital Peripherals
7.1
Timer Resources and Design Considerations
7.2
UART and LIN Resources and Design Considerations
7.3
MCAN Design Considerations
7.4
I2C and SPI Design Considerations
7.5
I2S/TDM Design Considerations
7.6
QSPI Design Considerations
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GPIOs
8.1
GPIO Output Switching Speed and Load Capacitance
8.2
GPIO Current Sink and Source
8.3
High-Speed GPIOs (HSIO)
8.4
High-Drive GPIOs (HDIO)
8.5
Communicate With a 1.8V Device Without a Level Shifter
8.6
Unused Pins Connection
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Layout Guides
9.1
Power Supply Layout
9.2
Considerations for Ground Layout
9.3
Traces, Vias, and Other PCB Components
9.4
How to Select Board Layers and Recommended Stack-up
10
Bootloader
10.1
Bootloader Introduction
10.2
Bootloader Hardware Design Considerations
10.2.1
Physical Communication interfaces
10.2.2
Hardware Invocation
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Summary
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References
8.3
High-Speed GPIOs (HSIO)
HSIO can support up to 40MHz frequency, and this speed is related to bus clock, supply voltage, and load capacitance. Users can also select the output max frequency via the DRV bit in the DIO register.