 Hello, and welcome to this presentation on the STM8S Value Line, a family of 8-bit multi-purpose microcontrollers addressing cost-sensitive applications. The STM8S series is part of ST's 10-year Product Longevity Commitment Program for STM32 and STM8 microcontrollers. The STM8S portfolio of mainstream MCUs is based on the STM8 Proprietary Core Architecture and Rich Peripheral Set. The STM8S Value Line is the entry-level series and is fully compatible with the other STM8S product lines. Addressing cost-sensitive markets, the STM8S Value Line features an STM8 core operating at 16 or 24 MHz, a flash memory of up to 64 kilobytes, a static RAM of up to 6 kilobytes, and a data EEPROM of 128 bytes. Let's go into more detail on the internal structure of these devices. Based on the STM8 Proprietary 8-bit core, the STM8S Value Line provides all that you require for entry-level applications in terms of memory, connectivity, and analog features, as well as timers, IOs, and system functions, and all this at a highly competitive price. The STM8S Value Line core operates at up to 24 MHz. It integrates a swim pin that connects to a single wired debugging interface module for fast on-chip programming and non-intrusive debugging, with no extra pin or extra interface setup required. The STM8S Value Line offers the essential connectivity interfaces, so allowing greater flexibility in the application design. Furthermore, it embeds a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter, so you can capture the real world in analog and just feed it directly to the microcontroller. On the memory side, the STM8S Value Line offers versions with 8, 32, or 64 kilobytes of flash memory, a RAM memory of up to 6 kilobytes, an EEPROM of 128 bytes, and a boot ROM to load switch-on routines. With this large offer of embedded memories, larger code sizes can be deployed by the designer. The STM8S Value Line also embeds a full set of timers, an internal and external clock control system, watchdogs, and auto wake-up unit. This reduces the bill of material while guaranteeing the robustness and stability of the design. The STM8S Value Line adds to the already extensive STM8S microcontroller portfolio. The different devices in this new line complement the existing families with upward and downward compatibility in terms of memory size and pin count. You can thus easily upgrade or downgrade your design within the same family at a minimum of cost. The STM8S Value Line is available with different packages, having from 20 to 48 pins, and now expanding to an 8-pin SO package to offer more possibilities. The STM8S Value Line targets large volume and cost-sensitive markets. Just to give a few examples, in the computer and peripheral market it is ideal for printers, headphones, or speakers. In the consumer market, electronic toys, e-bikes, and battery chargers can benefit from this device, and for house appliances, small items such as electric toothbrushes, coffee machines, and light dimmers, and white goods such as microwave ovens are possible uses. For only $7, you can get a complete Discovery Kit for the STM8S Value Line. The Discovery Kit is the quickest way to explore the STM8S Value Line with only a PC and USB cable. Delivered with a set of examples, you can program with codes up to 8 kilobytes. In addition, a free compiler is available, allowing development with no code size limit. Discover more about this kit at st.com slash stm8svldiscovery. Featuring a high-performance STM8 core, guaranteeing safe design at a reasonable cost, providing the widest choice of peripherals, the STM8S Value Line also comes with a full set of development tools, from low-cost debuggers up to high-end simulators. It's easy to develop on STM8 thanks to the many hardware tool offers. Discovery kits are ideal boards to start with for STM8MCUs, allowing full access to STM8 programming with a single connection to the development PC and at a very low cost of $7. Evaluation boards are more expensive, but they put the STM8 microcontroller among a full set of companionships matching the STM8 peripheral set, granting the ability to fully evaluate the MCU. Finally, our STLink v2 probe allows programming and debugging STM8MCUs connected to the probe via our single wire swim protocol. For software tools, ST provides a free STM8 configuration tool with user-friendly GUI, which helps developers significantly reduce development effort, time, and cost. As part of the STM CUBE initiative to reduce engineer's development cycle, ST offers STM8 CUBE MX, a user-friendly software tool that uses graphical wizards to configure STM8 microcontrollers. An STM8 microcontroller must be programmed, therefore an integrated development environment is required to compile and debug an application. STM8 users can choose from the portfolio of ST partners, like Cosmic, IAR, I-System, or Raisenance, or can simply use the STVD IDE available for free from ST. This free IDE can be easily complemented with the Cosmic-C compiler that is also completely free, whatever the STM8 MCU. Once the binary is built, the user can use programming software tools like our STVP or Flasher, for instance, accessing the STM8 either through a probe, such as STLink v2, or directly through the built-in STM8 bootloader feature. An IDE is used to debug an application, typically by setting breakpoints. While this debugging method is very efficient, it's not ideal when it's not recommended to stop the application. Like, for instance, a motor control application. In such cases, our STM Studio tool is very useful as it can monitor application variables without being intrusive at all. Developers' lives get better if they are provided with embedded software bricks to speed up their application development. ST proposes many of these bricks for the STM8. Among these bricks, our standard peripheral libraries include not only all the software drivers to benefit the STM8 peripheral set, but also a whole set of examples demonstrating how to use the STM8. Moreover, these libraries are created using rules ensuring good code quality. Get connected with our STM8. Of course, the first place to go is www.st.com.stm8 in order to find all ST information relative to this MCU family. If you're not sure about the exact STM8 to pick, you can use our MCU Finder application available on desktops, mobiles, and tablets, allowing you to explore the STM8 portfolio and identify the ideal MCU matching your needs. You can also meet with other developers and share ideas and tips on ST community, which includes an area dedicated to STM8. The STM8S value line is simple and smart. Discover more about the STM8S value line at www.st.com.stm8s. Thanks for your attention.