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STM32 development, what to use? Noob

camuyano

I want to start using some STM32 chips, but I do not know where to start.

Specifically I want to work with STM32F0 chips I will be using a cheap development board  STM32F030F4P6STM32F030F4P6 Arm Cortex-M0

I would like to code in Windows, Linux and Mac.

I want to use this chip because it is less than $2 and seems to work with very little support components and have USB support.

 

To simplify please comment on these question.

 

What FREE tools are available to code for STM32F0 boards (any platform)?

What is the most common use tool for this devices?

 

I am totally new to this MCU, normally I use Arduino but I want to get my hands in other non Atmel chips. Just to get more experience and learn.

Any comment is welcome.

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    As a comment. I now have been playing with STM32F0 MCUs. After trying and trying to make them work on linux I decided to do all my development for now on Windows official tools. Windows compiler just works. On linux I have managed to compile and download code to the MCU, however the simple blink example has not make my led blink. No blinking on linux, easy blink on Windows.

    However for STM8 I did managed to make it compile and work correctly on linux. On the STM32 in linux, I am trying to use the UART bootloader, on STM8 I used the STLink programmer. That may be part of the problem, but I am not that sure. Didn't wanted to risk overriding factory UART boot loader, now that I have a second chip I might give it a shot.

    There seems to be a lot of information for STM32 but is hard to understand for a beginner.

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    As a comment. I now have been playing with STM32F0 MCUs. After trying and trying to make them work on linux I decided to do all my development for now on Windows official tools. Windows compiler just works. On linux I have managed to compile and download code to the MCU, however the simple blink example has not make my led blink. No blinking on linux, easy blink on Windows.

    However for STM8 I did managed to make it compile and work correctly on linux. On the STM32 in linux, I am trying to use the UART bootloader, on STM8 I used the STLink programmer. That may be part of the problem, but I am not that sure. Didn't wanted to risk overriding factory UART boot loader, now that I have a second chip I might give it a shot.

    There seems to be a lot of information for STM32 but is hard to understand for a beginner.

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  • 0 in reply to camuyano

    If you are on Windows the ST CubeMX software package will get you up and running with about the least possible pain although it is not the most efficient (in terms of code size) way of working. The clock support is quite good but you will need to read the reference manual for the chip quite carefully since the MX tool provides you with a very complicated interactive clock tree diagram - great when you know and understand the chip quite well but a bit daunting at the first look.

     

    MK

  • 0 in reply to michaelkellett

    I used the CubeMX to create the project for Keil to make a simple blink. It was useful in terms that I only clicked on the mode for the pin mode and just pasted some extra code on the main for the blink to take place. And yes, it took a lot of time to build a simple blink project. Yes it produces a lot of code, a lot. Until I learn to use another thing this will be my tool.

    Thanks!