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Resource Requirements

This section describes the resource requirements of the USB component.

USB Device Resource Requirements

The following section documents the requirements for the USB Device component. The actual requirements depend on the components used in the application and the configuration of these components.

Stack Requirements

The USB Device Core receives events sent from the interrupt service routine (ISR) of the USB Device Driver. The stack requirements for the ISR are typically less than 512 Bytes. The total stack space required for ISR depends on the interrupt nesting and therefore on the priority settings of these ISR. The stack requirements for ISR are configured in the startup_device.s file located under the Device component class.

Option (under section Stack Configuration) Increase Value by
Stack Size (in Bytes) + 512 for USB Device Driver
Note
When using a CMSIS-RTOS, the Stack Size in the startup_device.s file configures only the stack space that is used by exception and interrupt service routines of the drivers. The stack size requirements depend on the maximum nesting of exception and ISR execution and therefore on the priority settings of the various interrupt and exception sources.

User code that calls API functions of the USB Device Component should have a minimum of 512 Bytes of stack space available. Since API functions are frequently called from threads, the thread stack size should be at least 512 Bytes (see below).

CMSIS-RTOS Requirements

The USB Device component uses CMSIS-RTOS threads. Each instance of a component starts its own threads, for example two HID instances start two threads with the name: USBD_HID0_Thread, USBD_HID1_Thread. The thread execution starts with USBD_Initialize. All threads execute with priority osPriorityAboveNormal on an user-provided stack.

The following table lists the components, number of threads executed along with thread name, the default stack size, and the configuration file with OS Resource Settings for stack size adjustments.

Component Threads / Thread Name Default Stack Size Configuration File
::USB:Device 1 / USBDn_Core_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_n.c
::USB:Device:ADC 1 / USBD_ADCn_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_ADC_n.c
::USB:Device:CDC 2 / USBD_CDCn_Bulk_Thread, USBD_CDCn_Int_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_CDC_n.c
::USB:Device:Custom Class 1...15 / USBD_CustomClassn_EPm_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_CustomClass_n.c
::USB:Device:HID 1 / USBD_HIDn_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_HID_n.c
::USB:Device:MSC 1 / USBD_MSCn_Thread 512 Bytes USBD_Config_MSC_n.c

n is instance number, m is Endpoint number 1...15

Note
  • For ::USB:Device:Custom Class each endpoint executes a thread. The number of threads depends on the number of endpoints enabled in the configuration file USBD_Config_CustomClass_n.c.
  • The Default Stack Size in the table above can be changed in the USB configuration files (for example USBD_Config_n.c and USBD_Config_DeviceClass_n.c). At the end of each configuration file, you will find OS Resource Settings and below that the value for the Thread Stack Size.

For the USB Device component, the number of threads and thread stack size requirements are calculated as follows:

  • Number of Threads: add all threads of enabled components listed above.
  • Total stack size: add the stack sizes of the related threads.

With default stack size of 512 Bytes, the Total stack size is Number of Threads * 512 Bytes. When the default OS Resource Settings are modified, the changes need to be considered for the calculation of the Total stack size.

Examples (with default stack size 512 Bytes):

  • USB Device with HID uses 2 threads (1 for USB Device + 1 for HID) and 1024 Bytes stack.
  • Composite USB Device with HID and MSC uses 3 threads (1 for USB Device + 1 for HID + 1 for MSC) and 1536 Bytes stack.
  • USB Device with CDC uses 3 threads (1 for USB Device + 2 for CDC) and 1536 Bytes stack.
  • USB Device with Custom Class that has 3 endpoints uses 4 threads (1 for USB Device + 3 for Custom Class) and 2048 Bytes stack.

The thread requirements need to be reflected in the CMSIS-RTOS configuration. Refer to the CMSIS-RTOS Reference for further details.

For CMSIS-RTOS RTX, the threads requirements are configured in the RTX_Conf_CM.c file located under the CMSIS component class.

Option (under section Thread Configuration) Increase Value by
Number of concurrent running threads + Number of Threads
Number of threads with user-provided stack size + Number of Threads
Total stack size [bytes] for threads with user-provided stack size+ Total stack size

System Configuration

The ::USB:Device:HID component requires User Timers to be selected. The Timer Thread Stack is commonly used by all threads working with User Timers. Depending on the application and the further usage of the timers, the Timer Thread stack size needs to be increased accordingly.

Memory Requirements

The following table shows the memory requirements for read-only (Flash) and read-write (RAM) memory. These numbers may be used to estimate the total size requirements of the application, but the actual numbers depend on compiler optimizations and target processor and may be therefore slightly different.

Component RO Memory [Bytes] RW Memory (Data) [Bytes]
::USB:Core (Device) 5.0 k < 200
::USB:Device:ADC 1.2 k < 40 + Subframe Size (configured in USBD_Config_ADC_n.h)
::USB:Device:HID 2.6 k < 70 + Report Sizes (configured in USBD_Config_HID_n.h)
::USB:Device:MSC 4.0 k < 100 + Bulk Buffer Size (configured in the USBD_Config_MSC_n.h)
::USB:Device:CDC 2.1 k < 40 + Send/Receive Buffer Size (configured in the USBD_Config_CDC_n.h)
::USB:Device:Custom Class 2.4 k < 30
USB Device Driver 1 .. 4 k 0.5 .. 4 k

USB Host Resource Requirements

The following section documents the requirements for the USB Host component. The actual requirements depend on the components used in the application and the configuration of these components.

Stack Requirements

The USB Host Core receives events sent from the interrupt service routine (ISR) of the USB Host Driver. The stack requirements for the ISR are typically less than 512 Bytes. The total stack space required for ISR depends on the interrupt nesting and therefore on the priority settings of these ISR. The stack requirements for ISR is configured in the startup_device.s file located in the Device components.

Option (under section Stack Configuration) Increase Value by
Stack Size (in Bytes) + 512 for USB Host Driver
Note
When using a CMSIS-RTOS, the Stack Size in the startup_device.s file configures only the stack space that is used by exception and interrupt service routines. The stack size requirements depend on the maximum nesting of exception and ISR execution and therefore on the priority settings of the various interrupt and exception sources.

User code that calls API functions of the USB Host Component should have a minimum of 512 Bytes of stack space available. Since API functions are frequently called from threads, the thread stack size should be at least 512 Bytes.

CMSIS-RTOS Requirements

The USB Host component uses CMSIS-RTOS threads. Each USB Host instance starts its own thread (USBHn_Core_Thread). The thread execution starts with USBH_Initialize. Additionally each instance of HID and CDC class also start their own thread (USBH_HID_IntIn_Thread or USBH_CDC_IntIn_Thread) when HID or CDC device is connected. All threads execute with priority osPriorityAboveNormal on an user-provided stack.

The following table lists the components, number of threads executed along with thread name, the default stack size, and the configuration file with OS Resource Settings for stack size adjustments.

Component Threads / Thread Name Default Stack Size Configuration File
::USB:Host 1 / USBHn_Core_Thread 640 Bytes USBH_Config_n.c
::USB:Host:CDC 1 / USBH_CDC_IntIn_Thread 384 Bytes USBH_Config_CDC.h
::USB:Host:HID 1 / USBH_HID_IntIn_Thread 384 Bytes USBH_Config_HID.h

n is instance number

Note
  • The Default Stack Size in the table above can be changed in the USB configuration files (for example USBH_Config_n.c and USBH_Config_DeviceClass.c). At the end of each configuration file, you will find OS Resource Settings and below that the value for the Thread Stack Size.
  • If File System is used retargeted to USB Host Mass Storage the stack size for thread calling File System functions should be at least 1536 Bytes.

For the USB Host component, the number of threads and thread stack size requirements are calculated as follows:

  • Number of Threads: add all threads of enabled components listed above.
  • Total stack size: add the stack sizes of the related threads.

With default stack sizes as defined above the Total stack size is sum of Default Stack Sizes. When the default OS Resource Settings are modified, the changes need to be considered for the calculation of the Total stack size.

Examples (with default stack sizes):

  • Single USB Host with MSC uses 1 thread (for USB Host) and 640 Bytes stack.
  • Single USB Host with MSC and single HID instance uses 2 threads (1 for USB Host + 1 for HID) and 1024 Bytes stack.
  • Dual USB Host with MSC and two HID instances uses 4 threads (2 for USB Host + 2 for HID) and 2048 Bytes stack.

The thread requirements need to be reflected in the CMSIS-RTOS configuration. Refer to the CMSIS-RTOS Reference for further details.

For CMSIS-RTOS RTX, the threads requirements are configured in the RTX_Conf_CM.c file located in the CMSIS components.

Option (under section Thread Configuration) Increase Value by
Number of concurrent running threads + Number of Threads
Number of threads with user-provided stack size + Number of Threads
Total stack size [bytes] for threads with user-provided stack size+ Total stack size

System Configuration

The ::USB:Host component requires User Timers to be selected. The Timer Thread Stack is commonly used by all threads working with User Timers. Depending on the application and the further usage of the timers, the Timer Thread stack size needs to be increased accordingly.

Signals

Using the USB Host Mass Storage class together with the File System provides the user access to the files on an attached USB memory stick through the File System API (fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.). Any user thread calling those functions is blocked internally in the library by waiting for the lower eight signals (0x00XX). Those signals are reserved for the USB Host communication and must not be used by the user application in that thread.

Memory Requirements

The following table shows the memory requirements for read-only (Flash) and read-write (RAM) memory. These numbers may be used to estimate the total size requirements of the application, but the actual numbers depend on compiler optimizations and target processor and may be therefore slightly different.

Component RO Memory [Bytes] RW Memory (Data) [Bytes]
::USB:Core (Host) < 9.0 k < 120 + Memory Pool Size (configured in USBH_Config_n.c)
::USB:Host:HID < 3.0 k < 80
::USB:Host:MSC < 4.5 k < 50
USB Host OHCI support < 3.5 k < 0.5 k
USB Host EHCI support < 5.0 k < 4.5 k