diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile b/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile
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+MODULE = nucleo144_common
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile.features b/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile.features
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+# Various common features of Nucleo-144 boards
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += cpp
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile.include b/boards/nucleo144-common/Makefile.include
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+# include nucleo common serial configuration
+include $(RIOTBOARD)/nucleo-common/Makefile.include.serial
+
+# add the common header files to the include path
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBOARD)/nucleo144-common/include
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-common/include/board_common.h b/boards/nucleo144-common/include/board_common.h
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+++ b/boards/nucleo144-common/include/board_common.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Inria
+ *               2017 OTAKeys
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup    boards_nucleo144-common STM Nucleo-144 Common
+ * @ingroup     boards
+ * @brief       Common files for STM Nucleo-144 boards
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Common pin definitions and board configuration options
+ *
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ * @author      Vincent Dupont <vincent@otakeys.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef BOARD_COMMON_H
+#define BOARD_COMMON_H
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "periph_conf.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   LED pin definitions and handlers
+ * @{
+ */
+#define LED0_PIN            GPIO_PIN(PORT_B, 0)
+#define LED0_MASK           (1 << 0)
+#define LED0_ON             (GPIOB->BSRR = LED0_MASK)
+#define LED0_OFF            (GPIOB->BSRR = (LED0_MASK << 16))
+#define LED0_TOGGLE         (GPIOB->ODR  ^= LED0_MASK)
+
+#define LED1_PIN            GPIO_PIN(PORT_B, 7)
+#define LED1_MASK           (1 << 7)
+#define LED1_ON             (GPIOB->BSRR = LED1_MASK)
+#define LED1_OFF            (GPIOB->BSRR = (LED1_MASK << 16))
+#define LED1_TOGGLE         (GPIOB->ODR  ^= LED1_MASK)
+
+#define LED2_PIN            GPIO_PIN(PORT_B, 14)
+#define LED2_MASK           (1 << 14)
+#define LED2_ON             (GPIOB->BSRR = LED2_MASK)
+#define LED2_OFF            (GPIOB->BSRR = (LED2_MASK << 16))
+#define LED2_TOGGLE         (GPIOB->ODR  ^= LED2_MASK)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief   User button
+ */
+#define BTN_B1_PIN          GPIO_PIN(PORT_C, 13)
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Initialize board specific hardware, including clock, LEDs and std-IO
+ */
+void board_init(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* BOARD_COMMON_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-common/include/gpio_params.h b/boards/nucleo144-common/include/gpio_params.h
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+++ b/boards/nucleo144-common/include/gpio_params.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Inria
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup   boards_nucleo144-common
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief     Board specific configuration of direct mapped GPIOs
+ *
+ * @author    Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ */
+
+#ifndef GPIO_PARAMS_H
+#define GPIO_PARAMS_H
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "saul/periph.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief    GPIO pin configuration
+ */
+static const  saul_gpio_params_t saul_gpio_params[] =
+{
+    {
+        .name = "LD1(green)",
+        .pin = LED0_PIN,
+        .mode = GPIO_OUT
+    },
+    {
+        .name = "LD2(blue)",
+        .pin = LED1_PIN,
+        .mode = GPIO_OUT
+    },
+    {
+        .name = "LD3(red)",
+        .pin = LED2_PIN,
+        .mode = GPIO_OUT
+    },
+    {
+        .name = "B1(User button)",
+        .pin = BTN_B1_PIN,
+        .mode = GPIO_IN_PD
+    }
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GPIO_PARAMS_H */
+/** @} */