#Stm32 nucleo development board install#
#Stm32 nucleo development board serial#
#Stm32 nucleo development board drivers#
#Stm32 nucleo development board software#

Configure the project settings in the Project Manager menu and generation of the project (initialization code only).Configure the peripheral parameters from the Configuration view.Configure the MCU clock tree from the Clock Configuration view.Select the required features (debug, GPIOs, peripherals, timer) from the Pinout view: peripheral operating modes as well as assignment of relevant signals on pins.Select the NUCLEO-L053R8 board looking in a selection bar within the New Project menu.

#Stm32 nucleo development board drivers#

files to enable drivers of peripheral used (for more detail read “UM1718 - User manual STM32CubeMX for STM32 configuration and initialization C code generation.”). The STM32CubeMX tool to create the necessary config. In this paragraph, we will initialize the peripherals using STM32CubeMX. In this way, you can display on PC the messages received from the board over the virtual communication Port and the other way around. You can download many open-source tools as Tera Term.

#Stm32 nucleo development board serial#

A tool that emulates the serial communication terminal is necessary to view received messages and send them. In addition, USART2 is selected to communicate with the PC via the ST-Link Virtual COM Port. The USART2 peripheral uses PA2 and PA3 pins, which are wired to the ST-Link connector. A Type-A to mini-B USB cable must be connected between the board and the computer. The ST-Link USB connector is used both for serial data communications, and firmware downloading and debugging on the MCU. For our examples, so also a Windows PC is required. files from STM32CubeMXĪs already said, we will use for our examples a NUCLEO-L053R8 board. Obviously, this is a very simple practical example, but peripherals, communication protocols and anything else can be configured in a similar way. The steps required to configure a core board are explained below. This can be easily done with a Nucleo board by configuring a GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pin. In this case when the switch is closed the Led is ON, when the switch is open the Led is OFF. Now we must be able to turn off the led, to do it we need a switch to connect and disconnect the power supply as shown below. What resistance value must be considered to limit the current to 20 mA (see the formula below)?

We must connect in series to LED a resistor. First, let's turn on the led, to do this we have to connect the LED to the power supply (on Nucleo we can find 3.3V and 5V).Turning a LED on and off is a basic and classical experiment when dealing with NUCLEO for the first time.Various basic electrical components such as Resistors (THT), Capacitors (THT), Buzzers, LEDs, etc.

Jumper Cables Kit to connect the Nucleo board to breadboard or other components.

Breadboard to hold and connect the simple electrical components.

USB 2.0 Cable - A-Male to Mini-B Cord to connect PC to ST-LINK.

STM32 Nucleo board (in our example we will use NUCLEO-L053R8, but you can use the one you prefer, as already said all Nucleo boards are pinout compatible).

#Stm32 nucleo development board install#

At this point, you can install it, if you'll find problems you can check the ' UM2563 - STM32CubeIDE installation guide'.

In order to do it, you have to go on the ST site and after registered in it you can navigate to ' ' to download it.

First of all, you have to install on your PC the STM32CubeIDE.

We will dive into these steps with a simple example in the next paragraph. At any time, the user can go back and change initializations and configurations, without affecting the user code. At this point, the initialization code is generated. To start the project, you must first select the MCU and then initialize and configure the peripherals the user wants to use. The framework used is Eclipse®/CDT, as tool-chain for the development is used GCC toolchain and GDB for the debugging. STM32CubeIDE allows using a single platform to configure peripherals, to generate/compile/debug the code for STM32 microcontrollers and microprocessors.

#Stm32 nucleo development board software#

STM32CubeIDE is a development tool and supports multi operative system (SO), which is part of the STM32Cube software ecosystem. We will use for our examples STM32CubeIDE released by ST and completely free.