SDAA132
December 2025
MSPM33C321A
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Abstract
Trademarks
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MSPM33C Hardware Design Check List
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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
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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)
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Debugger
5.1
Debug Port Pins and Pinout
5.2
Debug Port Connection With Standard JTAG Connector
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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
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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
Application Note
MSPM33 C-Series MCUs Hardware Development Guide