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  Chris.deerleg • 12/07/2019 at 11:37 • 0 comments

  For establishing a connection to the PCB are following steps required:
  

  • Connect ST-Link to PCB
    
  • Remove the write protection (not sure if required)
    
  • modify Arduino IDE
    
    • reduce flash speed
      
    • create a board variant
      
    • add a board in Arduino IDE

  On the image above is a picture of the ST-Link programmer connected to the PCB. The ST Link programmer pin "T_SWSCLK" is connected to testpoint which is marked as "DIO"  and "T_SWDIO" is connected to testpoint which is marked as "CLK". If the pin are interchanged, it will not be possible to get a connection to the PCB.

  As Next remove the write protection.
  

  Above is the STM32 cube programmer shown. The tool is available on the STMicroelectronics home page. After the successful installation it should be possible to establish and connection to the PCB. The default communication frequency of  4000 kHz  don't work for me. I used 100 kHz as frequency to get a stable connection. In the OB menu under sub-menu "Write Protection" tick all boxes and apply.  Once done the write protection is successfully removed. 
  

  To run a blink sketch the following is to do.

  • reduce the flash frequency
  • create a board variant
  • add a board in Arduino IDE

  Reduce the flash frequency
  

  the following show how to change the programmer frequency in a Arduino IDE with a STM32F.

  ..\ArduinoData\packages\STM32\tools\STM32Tools\1.3.1\tools\win

  in the Arduino path shown above is the stm32CubeProg.bat to modify.
  

  :prog
  %STM32CP_CLI% -c port=%PORT% %MODE% %ERASE% -q -d %FILEPATH% %ADDRESS% %OPTS%
  exit 0
  

  :prog
  %STM32CP_CLI% -c port=%PORT% freq=480 reset=SWrst %MODE% %ERASE% -q -d %FILEPATH% %ADDRESS% -v %OPTS% 
  exit 0

  at the end of the stm32CubeProg.bat add "freq=480 reset=SWrst" to reduce the frequency and change to software reset. Further add "-v" to verify the code after flashing.
  

  Create a board variant
  The following shows how to create a own board variant for the Arduino IDE.
  

  ..ArduinoData\packages\STM32\hardware\stm32\1.7.0\variants

   in the folder variants (path above) are all board listed which are usable in the Arduino IDE .
  

  to create a new board variant for the HiCuDriver copy the DISCO_F030R8 folder and renamed it to HiCuDriver_Dshot.
  

  Add a board in Arduino IDE menu
  

  the following shows how to add the own board variant to the tool menu in the Arduino IDE.
  

  ...ArduinoData\packages\STM32\hardware\stm32\1.7.0

  it is necessary to change the "boards.txt" which is to find in the path shown above. add the lines of "# HiCuDriver_DShot" in the section "# Generic F0".  Further details see below.
  

  ###############################
  # Generic F0
  GenF0.name=Generic STM32F0 series
  
  GenF0.build.core=arduino
  GenF0.build.board=GenF0
  GenF0.build.mcu=cortex-m0
  GenF0.build.series=STM32F0xx
  GenF0.build.cmsis_lib_gcc=arm_cortexM0l_math
  GenF0.build.extra_flags=-D{build.product_line} {build.xSerial}
  
  ....
  
  # DEMO_F030F4_HSI board
  GenF0.menu.pnum.DEMO_F030F4_HSI=STM32F030F4 Demo board (internal RC oscillator)
  ....
  
  # HiCuDriver_DShot
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI=HiCuDriver_DShot board (internal RC oscillator)
  Disco.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot.node="No_mass_storage_for_this_board_Use_STLink_upload_method"
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI.upload.maximum_data_size=4096
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI.upload.maximum_size=65536
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot.build.mcu=cortex-m0
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI.build.board=HiCuDriver_DShot
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI.build.product_line=STM32F051x8
  GenF0.menu.pnum.HiCuDriver_DShot_HSI.build.variant=HiCuDriver_DShot

  
  The led is connected to pin PB3. Therefore to get a blinking led, replace "LED_BUILTIN" with "PB3"
  

  // the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
  void setup() {
    // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
    pinMode(PB3, OUTPUT);
  }
  
  // the loop function runs over and over again forever
  void loop() {
    digitalWrite(PB3, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage...

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