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Power-on sequencing I understand. But why do power-off sequencing? I could understand if you had to do something before power died, or maybe you just wanted to shutdown I/O before core so that no crazy pins are toggled while you're on your way down.
Is there a situation where you could risk damaging the part? Only thing I think of there is maybe ESD diodes.
Depending on the current and and quantity of bypass capacitors, the secondary voltages can 'fall' at different paces. Sometimes, for sensitive components, Schottky diodes are placed between power supplies for avoiding inversions, which could occur in your example if the 5V crumbles faster than the 3.3V.
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There is no real difference between an analogue power supply and a digital power supply. They are separated because the digital power supply will supply current to digital switches which will switch on and off rapidly, putting large current demand spikes onto the power line, and hence cause momentary voltage drops and spikes on the line - these spikes are managed by decoupling capacitors local to the switching devices, and bulk capacitance at the power supply.
By keeping the two supply lines separate the circuit designer can isolate these current spikes from analogue circuitry which may be affected by small voltage drops - for example if the supply is used as a reference for an A2D. Often the two supplies are fed from the same source, but the analogue supply may have a small RC or inductive filter in line to remove digital noise present at the source.
So yes, the 3.3v pin of the STM32F4-discovery board could be used as an analog power source. I would just add a small series resistor (less than 0.05V drop at the current you are using) and additional capacitance to ground - to give a first order low pass filter frequency of about 1KHz - or whatever you deem appropriate.
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The same problems as during power on apply to powering off.
A common problem is that in ICs, transistors are placed so that their junctions are reverse biased by the supply rails. If a higher voltage supply turns on slower or shuts of faster than a lower voltage one, that assumption may no longer be true, large currents can flow through the (now) forward biased junctions, destroying them.