
Design a digital alarm system with an STM32 blue pill, mastering sensors, peripherals, and microcontroller logic through hands-on projects from beginner to embedded engineer.
Identify hardware and software prerequisites for STM32CubeIDE projects, including Windows 10 or 11, a dual-core CPU, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), and USB-to-TTL adapters.
Explore the stm32f103c8t6 datasheet to understand its 32-bit cortex-m3 core, memories, peripherals, clocks, power modes, and key interfaces like usb, can, and adc.
Explore the STM32F103C8T6 datasheet highlights, including memory sizes, peripherals, and clocking, to design motor control and sensor projects with 72 MHz operation and multiple buses.
Explore the STM32F103C8T6 datasheet highlights, including memory, peripherals, clocks, power modes, DMA, timers, and interfaces such as I2C, USART, SPI, USB.
Explore the stm32f103c8t6 datasheet via lcvp 48-pin package, pinouts, clocks, oscillator pins, reset, boot pins, and peripherals like i2c, spi, and usart, memory mapping for flash, sram, and bootloader.
Examine stm32f103c8t6 datasheet details: memory organization, reset vector table and main stack pointer loading, peripheral address mapping, and power, clock, and stop/standby modes with vbat considerations.
Learn STM32F103C8T6 datasheet fundamentals: clock configurations (APB1 36 MHz, APB2 72 MHz), stop mode current, peripheral clocks, ADC 0.65 mA, and datasheet tables for low power design.
Configure and use the ST-Link V2 in STM32 ST-Link Utility to connect, program, verify, erase, and view device memory, then use Hercules to configure serial UART and observe transmitted values.
Install the ST-Link v2 USB driver and verify it in Device Manager, then download and install the ST-Link utility to connect to the target and upload a simple led blink.
Operate a TTL to USB converter with an FTDI chip to send and receive UART data via TX and RX pins, GND, and VCC, viewable in the Hercules terminal.
Explore STM32CubeIDE, a free eclipse-based all-in-one development environment for STM32 microcontrollers, enabling code editing, compiling, debugging, peripheral configuration via graphical interface, automatic code generation, and cross-platform support.
Configure STM32CubeIDE's graphical interface to set up pins, clocks, timers, and peripherals like GPIO, I2C, SPI, and ADC. Write, compile, upload, and debug with the built-in editor.
Explore using STM32CubeIDE for embedded projects, configure UART, I2C, and GPIO, and learn debugging, building, and blinking an LED with HAL library.
Explore Arduino sensors and modules through hands-on projects, using STM32 to read temperature, humidity, light, motion, sound, and magnetic data.
Set up your STM32 board and breadboard, blink your first LED, and read button inputs and control digital outputs. Explore analog-to-digital conversion, sensor datasheets, PWM, UART, DMA, and interrupts.
Explore the STM32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics, based on ARM Cortex-M cores including Cortex-M3, with scalable flash, SRAM, low power modes, and versatile peripherals.
Explore the blue pill stm32 development board (stm32f138) with a 32-bit cortex-m3, 72 mhz operation, 32 gpio, pwm and adc pins, usb, spi, can, i2c, arduino ide support, pinout.
Download and install STM32CubeIDE and ST-Link drivers from the official site for Windows, Linux, or macOS, accept licenses, and enable gdbserver for debugging.
Understand breadboard basics: a reusable prototyping board with grid holes, metal paths, and power rails for solder-free circuit testing. Use it for education, prototyping, and quick design iterations before PCB.
Blink an led using stm32cubeide by creating a bluepill project, configuring pc13 as a gpi output, and generating code for a 500 ms delay. Build, flash and debug hex file.
Configure STM32 GPIO as input or output to read button states or drive LEDs, and explore alternate function, analog, pull-up/pull-down, and speed settings in STM32CubeIDE.
Blink an LED with a button on a breadboard using a pull-down resistor (1k to 10k) to pb12, turning pc13 user LED on and off with code.
Explore tilt sensors using a rolling ball switch, configure stm32 gpio as digital input, apply debouncing, and drive led and uart feedback for orientation in toys, robots, and safety devices.
Explore the cw 520d tilt sensor datasheet and operation principles, including ttl output, adjustable sensitivity, and testing with multimeter and arduino for stm32cubeide sensor projects.
Create a new stm32 project in stm32CubeIDE for stm32f103c86, name tilt sensor, configure pa1 as GPIO output and pb1 as GPIO input, generate and upload the code.
Build a digital door alarm with STM32CubeIDE, using a magnetic door sensor, motion detector, and buzzer driven by a relay to detect intrusions and trigger an alarm.
Explore the HC-SR501 PIR sensor datasheet and its use in a digital door alarm with STM32CubeIDE. Learn about adjustable sensitivity, time delay, 3–7 m range, and TTL 3.3 V output.
Create an STM32 CubeIDE project, selecting F103, C8, and T6, configure PB12 and PB13 as inputs. Set PB14 as output, read GPIO states, and trigger buzzer on sensor alarms.
Explore how STM32 timers act as counters and generate pwm signals using prescaler, auto reload, and capture/compare register. Apply 1 kHz pwm on timer 2 channel 1 with 50% duty.
Utilize STM32 CubeIDE to implement PWM for LED brightness on PA1 using timer 2 channel 2, with duty cycle 0–625 and 10 ms updates, then flash via ST-Link.
Drive a passive buzzer with pwm on STM32 to generate tones and melodies by adjusting pwm frequency and pitch.
Configure a stm32cubeide project for stm32f103c86, set up timer 2 pwm for buzzer, adjust prescaler and period, update duty cycle in a loop, then build and flash with st-link.
Interface a servo motor with STM32 boards, map multichannel ADC values to 1–2 ms PWM pulses at 50 Hz, and control angle smoothly using PA1 for PWM.
Create a new stm32f103c86 project in stm32cubeide, configure timer two pwm on channel two, set prescaler, generate code, build, and program a servo motor with 1-2 ms pulses.
Drive a 3-volt LED strip using a potentiometer, ADC, and PWM through a MOSFET module on STM32 with STM32CubeIDE for smart lighting and energy-efficient dimming.
Explore the mos module datasheet and see how a breakout mosfet board switches heavy dc loads from a single digital pin, using 3.3–5 v control for stm32f103 c26.
Set up a stm32cubeide project for stm32f103t86, enable adc2 and timer2 pwm on channel 2, map adc value to pwm duty for 12v led mos module, and flash via st-link.
Learn the STM32 ADC basics and how an analog-to-digital converter turns 0–3.3V signals into 0–4095 values, with 12-bit resolution, multiple channels, and CubeIDE configuration.
Read a potentiometer with the STM32 ADC, map the analog value to a PWM duty cycle, and adjust LED brightness via STM32CubeIDE using non-blocking real-time control.
Configure an STM32CubeIDE project to implement an adc-pwm application, linking adc conversions to timer channel two pwm duty cycle, and generate code for real-time value scaling.
Learn how to read an ADC value and send it via UART, detailing connections from potentiometer to PB1 and TTL-to-USB to PA9, with the microcontroller as transmitter.
Set up a stm32cubeide project, configure adc-uart application with adc1 continuous conversion, read values, format with sprintf, and transmit over uart1 at 115200 to monitor potentiometer changes.
Interface the MCP9700A analog temperature sensor with the stm32f138 a36, read adc values, configure the adc in stm32 ide, convert to celsius, and display via uart.
Explore the MCP9700A datasheet, a low-power linear analog temperature sensor with -42 to 125 °C range, 10 mV/°C output and 500 mV offset, interfacing with STM32 for readings.
Interface the MCP9700A temperature sensor with STM32CubeIDE, configure input/output and ADC channels, implement continuous conversion, convert 12-bit ADC values to temperature, and transmit results via UART to a terminal.
Read rain sensor data with stm32cubeide using ADC and ITC to drive an ssd1306 oled, translating readings into dry, light rain, or heavy rain messages for weather monitoring.
Create a STM32CubeIDE project, configure adc1 to read a rain sensor, and display the readings on an SSD1306 OLED via I2C, including code generation, build, and programming the device.
Understand uart basics for STM32 and CubeIDE: serial data, tx/rx pins, asynchronous transmission, baud rates, and data frames with start, data, parity, and stop bits.
Send data via uart and publish it to a terminal using a ttl to usb converter, with pa10, pa9, and gnd connections in stm32cubeide.
Create a new stm32 project in stm32cubeide, select stm32 f103 c86, configure uart serial data send at 9600 baud, and use sprintf to convert integers to ascii for transmitting.
Learn to read UART data from a PC by typing characters and receiving them on an STM32, using a connection diagram to read from PCB with 3.3 V and GND.
Configure STM32CubeIDE to create an STM32F103 project, enable USART1 with baud rate 9600, and implement a receive buffer that echoes data via transmit.
Configure and use the STM32 ADC in single-channel mode to read an LDR voltage divider, convert ADC counts to voltage, and transmit light-intensity readings to a PC via UART.
The lecture covers ldr data sheet for cadmium sulfide light dependent resistor, a photoresistor with resistance inversely related to light and in 2–20 kilo ohm range with 540 nm response.
Master stm32 with stm32cubeide: mini project reads adc from ldr on stm32 f103 c86, converts values, and transmits ascii data over uart to a pc at 9600 baud.
Explore i2c and spi communication, compare two-wire i2c with four-wire spi, and learn bus speeds, start and stop frames, acknowledgments, addresses, and stm32 cube configuration for i2c and spi.
Learn to interface an external Atmel 24C256 EEPROM with STM32 using I2C, covering read/write operations, 16-bit addressing, 5 ms write cycle delays, and pull-up requirements for data storage and retrieval.
this lecture covers the 24c256 serial eeprom datasheet, detailing low and standard voltage operation, 64-byte pages, endurance, data retention, and i2c start-stop timing with write protection.
Create and configure a STM32CubeIDE project to interface with 24C256 EEPROM, including adding external EEPROM files, configuring I2C, building the hex file, and preparing for upload.
Interfacing a 0.96-inch ssd1306 oled display with stm32 via i2c enables sensor readouts and simple menus. Master the initialization and oled library usage for rendering text and basic graphics.
Learn the SSD1306 datasheet, its pin descriptions, block diagrams, interfacing options (I2C and SPI), and the internal display RAM and page-based memory mapping for 128x64 monochrome OLED displays.
Explore the SSD1306 datasheet and interfaces, including SPI and I2C, command versus data signals, memory addressing modes, and initialization sequences for a 128x64 monochrome display.
Configure a STM32F103 project in STM32CubeIDE, interface SSD1306 OLED via I2C, implement display_number with integer to string, set fonts, clear and update the screen, build hex, upload with ST-Link.
Interface the DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor with stm32 boards using bidirectional gpio and microsecond timing to read data and transmit via uart.
Study the dht11 datasheet and its calibrated digital outputs for humidity and temperature, and learn to interface it with stm32 f1 using a 3.5–5.5 v supply and 1 s sampling.
Set up an stm32 cubeide project for the dht11 sensor, configure f103 c86 MCU for 72 mhz and 9600 baud, and program via st-link after including dht11 files.
Explore how to interface the TM1637 four-digit seven-segment display with an stm32f138, wire up the clock and data lines, and implement a reusable bit-banged driver using open-drain gpio.
Explore the TM1637 datasheet and one-way communication protocol for a four-digit seven-segment display, including clock and data input/output, resistors, bypass capacitors, vdd and gnd.
Set up a STM32CubeIDE project for the stm32f103c86, configure gpio outputs on pb7 and pb6, integrate the TM1637 driver, and display a value every second via ST-Link programming.
Compare SPI, I2C, and UART to choose the right interface for STM32 projects. Use UART for PC connections, I2C for many sensors, and SPI for high-speed peripherals.
Learn to interface the DHT11 digital sensor with STM32CubeIDE to measure temperature and humidity, and drive an SSD1306 OLED display via the ITC protocol for real-time weather monitoring.
Configure an stm32f103 project in stm32cubeide, set 72 mhz clock, timer1 prescaler, usart1 9600 baud, and pb9 gpio; integrate dht11 and ssd1306, build, troubleshoot, and flash.
Explore how STM32 interrupts let the CPU respond instantly to events without polling, via external, timer, and peripheral sources, managed by NVIC, with an interrupt service routine returning to tasks.
Configure STM32 GPIO pins as external interrupt inputs in STM32 IDE to detect push button presses and toggle an LED via an interrupt routine, with debounce to avoid button bounce.
Learn to implement timer interrupts on STM32 microcontrollers to generate periodic callbacks, toggle the sensor update display without blocking the main loop, using prescaler and auto-reload register settings.
Set up a stm32cubeide project for stm32 f103, configure 72 mhz clock and timer 1 interrupt with prescaler 7199 and period 9999, and transmit data over uart at 9600 baud.
Practice ADC interrupt mode on STM32 to process sensor or potentiometer data without blocking the CPU. Compare interrupt and polling methods and highlight DMA as the optimal approach.
build an adc interrupt project in stm32cubeide for stm32f103c86, enable continuous conversion, global interrupts, and pwm duty-cycle updates from adc results via an interrupt callback, then flash the hex.
Master uart interrupt mode to send and receive data non-blocking, using receive and transmit callbacks in STM32 IDE for small sensor data and pc terminal communication.
Create a stm32 f103 c86 project, enable uart interrupt in asynchronous mode at 99,600 baud, and implement a callback to transmit and echo received text via interrupt.
Decode IR remote signals with an IR sensor and SSD1306 OLED using STM32CubeIDE, implementing interrupts and timers to measure pulse width and display decoded hex keycodes in real time.
Interface a 38 kHz infrared remote sensor with STM32, learn the infrared transmission protocol with pulse distance encoding, 8-bit address and command frames with their inverses, and repeat codes.
Guides you through creating a STM32CubeIDE project for an IR remote sensor with SSD1306, configuring timers, I2C, building a hex, and programming via ST-Link.
Discover direct memory access (DMA) in STM32 and how it moves data between peripherals like ADC, UART, SPI, and memory without CPU involvement. Learn DMA modes: normal, circular, double buffer.
Learn to interface ADC with DMA on STM32F103, using continuous, circular, and normal DMA modes to read analog values, control PWM duty, and transmit data via UART.
Learn to configure STM32CubeIDE for ADC-DMA transfers, calibrate ADC, set DMA channel, use UART to transmit ASCII, and update PWM from ADC via DMA callbacks.
Learn how to use DMA with UART on STM32 to enable non blocking high speed data transfer, with circular DMA buffers for continuous reception and callbacks for errors.
Configure a stm32 project in stm32cubeide, enable dma channel five for UART with peripheral-to-memory transfers at 9600 baud, and echo received data via a dma callback.
Interface two joysticks with stm32cubeide using multichannel adc and pwm to map x and y positions to led brightness, read via dma or polling.
Study the joystick datasheet and its two analog axes x and y, a push button, five-pin interface, and a 2.5 V resting output; learn STM32-based reading and wiring basics.
Set up a stm32 project in stm32cubeide and configure a four-channel adc with continuous conversion, scan mode, and dma in circular mode. Map adc readings to pwm duty cycles via a buffer and program the microcontroller to update pwm in real time.
Create an STM32CubeIDE project, configure ST-Link debugging, and blink PC13; build the code, then use the debugger window to watch a counter with breakpoints and step through the code.
Set breakpoints and watch expressions and variables to debug stm32CubeIDE projects, observe gpio led toggling, delays, and register changes as you step over and into code.
Become a Skilled Embedded Developer with STM32 & STM32CubeIDE
Step into the world of embedded systems and become a skilled STM32 developer with this comprehensive, hands-on course. Designed for beginners and intermediate learners, this course takes you from fundamental concepts to practical real-world applications using the STM32F103C8T6 "Blue Pill" development board. You will gain deep insight into configuring and programming STM32 microcontrollers using STM32CubeIDE, while building projects that reinforce your learning.
Throughout the course, you will explore core topics including GPIO, ADC, PWM, timers, UART, I2C, SPI, interrupts, and DMA. Each module is structured to provide not only theoretical understanding but also practical coding exercises, ensuring that you can confidently implement your knowledge in actual projects. You will integrate popular Arduino-compatible sensors such as temperature sensors, photoresistors, heart rate monitors, color sensors, and more, learning how to read, process, and utilize sensor data effectively.
Beyond just programming, the course emphasizes problem-solving, debugging, and optimization strategies, helping you develop professional-grade embedded applications. By the end of the course, you will have completed multiple mini-projects, giving you a portfolio of practical implementations that demonstrate your STM32 expertise. Whether your goal is to create smart home devices, robotics applications, or IoT systems, this course equips you with the skills to design, build, and deploy innovative embedded solutions.