Connectivity and peripherals — what is on-chip
That means a single-chip design can handle a CAN gateway, a USB mass-storage device, or a QSPI NOR Flash for code-shadowing without glue logic. The internal oscillator is available, though an external crystal improves clock accuracy for USB or CAN timing.
The base product number STM32L475 covers a family of density and package variants, so a pin-compatible upgrade path exists within the series if memory or I/O requirements grow.
