GD32F103 connection guide
GD32F103 LQFP64 wiring guide with power, signal assignments, and bench checks.
256 KiB Flash · 48 KiB SRAM
Power and boot from Flash
RequiredUse a regulated 3.3 V supply and a single ground plane. Feed VBAT from the same rail for this single-supply setup. Fit each bypass capacitor close to its corresponding contacts. Pull BOOT0 low with 10 kΩ.
- +3.3 V digital
- Bench supply positive
- VDD_4 (19)
- VDD_1 (32)
- VDD_2 (48)
- VDD_3 (64)
- Digital return
- Bench supply return
- VSS_4 (18)
- VSS_1 (31)
- VSS_2 (47)
- VSS_3 (63)
- +3.3 V analog
- Same +3.3 V source
- VDDA (13)
- Analog return
- Same ground plane
- VSSA (12)
- Backup supply
- Same +3.3 V source
- VBAT (1)
- Boot strap
Bench checks
- Verify continuity from every supply and ground lead to its intended rail before powering up.
- Confirm that the digital and analog rails are near 3.3 V and that BOOT0 remains low through reset.
GD32F103xx datasheet Rev. 3.3, §3.3 and Fig. 4-1. The 10 kΩ strap is a bench choice.
Connection scenarios
Read a 3.3 V UART console
Use a 3.3 V logic-level UART adapter and set the same baud rate, parity and stop bits at both ends. Configure the default PA9/PA10 USART0 assignment in firmware.
- Target transmit
- PA9 (42)
- Adapter RX
- Target receive
- PA10 (43)
- Adapter TX
- Common ground
- VSS_4 (18)
- VSS_1 (31)
- VSS_2 (47)
- VSS_3 (63)
- Adapter ground
Bench checks
- Leave the adapter’s power output disconnected when the target has its own supply.
- Transmit a known string from the target and verify both bit timing and the decoded text.
GD32F103xx datasheet Rev. 3.3, §2.6, USART0_TX and USART0_RX pin assignments.
LQFP64 wiring map
19 · VDD_4
Digital supply. Connect every VDD lead and place a local 100 nF bypass at each supply pair.
Models and documents
Interactive maps cover LQFP48, LQFP64 and LQFP100. See Figures 2-3 and 2-7 of the datasheet for LQFP144 and QFN36. Match the suffix on the chip. Board headers and regulator connections depend on the PCB.
- GD32F103R4T6
- 16 KiB Flash · 6 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103R6T6
- 32 KiB Flash · 10 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103R8T6
- 64 KiB Flash · 20 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RBT6
- 128 KiB Flash · 20 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RCT6
- 256 KiB Flash · 48 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RDT6
- 384 KiB Flash · 64 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RET6
- 512 KiB Flash · 64 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RFT6
- 768 KiB Flash · 96 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RGT6
- 1024 KiB Flash · 96 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RIT6
- 2048 KiB Flash · 96 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103RKT6
- 3072 KiB Flash · 96 KiB SRAM
- GD32F103xx datasheet Rev. 3.3· Figures 2-4 to 2-6, pin tables 2-6 to 2-8, Figure 4-1 and ordering information.
- GD32F10x user manual Rev. 2.9· Boot modes, GPIO alternate functions and serial-wire debug.
- Source register· Document applicability, revisions and SHA-256 checksums.
