
Learn how to program STM32 ARM Cortex 32-bit microcontrollers, explore architecture, development boards, and toolchains, and build practical projects from bootloader to first code with low power and safety features.
Explore the fundamentals of embedded systems and microcontrollers, including ARM Cortex architectures, STM32 microcontrollers, low-power designs, and debugging development boards.
Explore the world of STM32 with Cortex cores, embedded systems, and a wide product range that delivers high performance, low power, and strong peripherals and software compatibility.
explore the STM32 ARM cortex-m3 core with up to 512 kilobyte flash and 64 kilobyte Esraa, i2c and spi peripherals, low power modes, 16-bit timers, and a 12-bit dac.
Explore cortex-based devices and arm-based microcontrollers across industrial, building and security, low power, and consumer applications, including inverters, printers, scanners, alarm systems, hvac, glucose meters, and gaming peripherals.
Discover nucleo development boards for stm32 arm cortex with arduino compatibility, integrated st-link, and shield expansion, offering 80 mhz performance, 1 mb flash, and 128 kb ram for prototyping.
Explore the compact stm32f103c development board with a 32 bit cortex-m3 core, compatible with arduino ide, powered by 3.3v, featuring adc channels, diverse pins, and debugging for i/o and peripherals.
Explain ARM's architecture family and Cortex variants (A, R, M), their roles in applications, real-time and microcontroller embedded systems, and how CPUs, SoCs, and modules are licensed and deployed.
Explore the ARM Cortex architecture, including the Cortex-M3 core, 32-bit RISC CPU, privilege modes, Thumb-2 instructions, and the memory map for code, RAM, and peripherals.
Understand Cortex microcontroller software interface standard, a vendor independent software layer enabling easy porting and reuse of software from application code to the MCU via kernel, middleware, and device functions.
Explore the arm cortex m4 architecture, featuring harvard architecture, a 32-bit harvard-based design, and an instruction set from 16 to 32 bits. Follow the on-chip bus topology with a main processor bus and a peripheral bus, memory mapping, and key registers such as stack pointer, program counter, and link register, plus low-power sleep modes and a 24-bit system timer.
Explore the ARM Cortex-M4 memory map, detailing code space, SRAM, external RAM and external device memory, and the private peripherals and system control space within a four‑gigabyte address range.
Installation
All OS's
Download and install the version 1.8.5 of the Arduino IDE from here.
Run the IDE, and on the Tools menu, select the Boards manager, and install the Arduino SAM boards (Cortex-M3) from the list of available boards. You must do this step, it installs the arm-none-eabi-g++ toolchain!
Download zip file containing the STM32 files from here.
https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32/archive/master.zip
Unzip to create the Arduino_STM32 folder.
Windows
Copy the Arduino_STM32 folder to My Documents/Arduino/hardware (Note: if the hardware folder doesn't exist you will need to create it).
If using Maple or Maple mini, you need to install drivers for the Serial and DFU (upload devices). Please open a cmd window (run as administrator), navigate to the folder: /drivers/win/ and run: install_drivers.bat. Note: This doesn't actually install drivers. Windows comes pre-installed with a compatible Serial USB driver and a DFU (upload) driver. However the built in drivers need to be associated with the USB ID of the Maple serial and DFU devices. The batch file and wdi-simple.exe do the clever stuff to convince Windows 7 or newer, that it should use its drivers with the Maple serial and DFU devices.
Re-start the Arduino IDE, and select the appropriate board from the "Tools" -> "Board menu", and select the appropriate Com port for your Maple mini or serial upload device. Note: If you do not see a Maple Serial com device, this is probably because the Maple mini has not been loaded with the blink sketch. So upload a the Maple mini blink sketch from examples\Digital\Blink and the Maple serial device should now be available on the Port menu.
Linux
Copy the Arduino_STM32 folder to the hardware folder in your Arduino sketches folder. If the hardware folder does not exist, please create one.
Run the udev rules installation script in tools/linux/install.sh.
Note. If you are uploading via USB to Serial or STLink etc, you may need to set the relevant permissions for your specific upload device in order to be able to use it from within the Arduino IDE. You may also need to change the udev rules for the device in question.
Mac OSX
Arduino_STM32 folder must be placed inside ~/Documents/Arduino/hardware (Note: if the hardware folder doesn't exist you will need to create it).
So you should get ~/Documents/Arduino/hardware/Arduino_STM32.
Note: DFU util binaries have now been added to the repo, in tools/macosx/dfu-util, so there is no longer a need to install Homebrew to then install dfu-util, or to compile dfu-util from source.
You may still need to install libusb, see: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32/issues/256.
Download and install the Arduino IDE from the official site, select your OS, and start with setup and loop, verify, upload, and a blinking led example.
Install and configure the stm32 core in the arduino ide by downloading the github library, adding it to the arduino hardware folder, and selecting the stm32 board, bootloader, and port.
Learn how stm32 naming works, read the device family, pin count, flash memory size, and packaging and temperature codes to identify the mcu and its registers.
Explore the stm32 pinout for lqfp packages, including 64-pin and 100-pin variants, identifying ports and power pins. Learn how input/output and peripherals connect to the main MCU via a bus.
Discover STM32 gpio registers, including moder, otyper, ospeedr, pupdr, idr, odr, and bsrr, and learn how they set direction, speed, pull-up and pull-down resistors, and data bits.
Explore stm32 gpio control registers, covering mode, output type, speed, pull-up and pull-down, and input and output data registers, plus 32-bit alternative function selection for per-pin config.
Explore the STM32 development board, its USB interface, power regulator, jumpers, and pin layout; learn to power, configure, and program it using an IDE and Cube and X.
Learn how to solder STM32 pins to a board by correctly placing header pins, aligning twin sets, and soldering corners for a solid, connected board.
Discover how to connect STM32 to a PC using an FTDI USB-to-serial programmer, wiring 5 volt, ground, and PA9/PA10 pins for uploading the first code in the next lesson.
Upload your first code to an STM32 board by wiring the board, selecting the correct board and port in the Arduino IDE, and uploading a blink example via serial bootloader.
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What you will learn
Understand the ARM architecture and its operating system environment.
Dive deep into STM32 naming, pinouts, and registers.
Master the nuances of C programming for STM32.
Gain hands-on experience with STM32 development board and CubeMx.
Explore the powerful features of STM32, including ARM Cortex-M3 CPU and FPU.
Learn to harness STM32's versatility for various projects.
Adapt STM32 for both basic and advanced projects with efficiency.
Who is this course for
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Hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts.
Engineering students and professionals aiming to advance their skills.
Anyone interested in mastering STM32 ARM-based microcontrollers.
Requirements
Basic understanding of microcontrollers and programming.
An STM32 development board.
Basic knowledge of C programming is helpful but not required.
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