The supply range spans 2.95 V to 5.5 V, so it can sit on either a 3.3 V or a 5 V rail without a level shifter on the MCU side. On-chip peripherals include a 7-channel 10-bit ADC, I²C, SPI, UART/USART, LIN, and IrDA, plus a full set of timers and PWM.
The 2 KB RAM handles a few buffered UART packets and local variables without overflow. The 1 KB EEPROM, rated for 100k write cycles per the STM8S family spec, stores calibration constants and configuration parameters that survive power loss. If your firmware needs OTA staging or a large lookup table, the 16 KB Flash budget will be tight; plan the memory map early.
Supply voltage and I/O tolerance
At 5 V the I/O pins swing rail-to-rail, so you can drive a 5 V relay coil driver or a logic-level MOSFET gate directly. At 3.3 V the 16 MHz core runs without wait states — no speed penalty for dropping to the lower rail.
Package and thermal — 32-UFQFPN exposed pad
Without that, the 16 MHz core at 5 V and full I/O load can push the die temperature past 85°C in a still-air enclosure.
