View source for Nucleo ST32103 ARM Dev Board

Here are my notes to work with Nucleo STM32F103 dev board with built in STlinkV2-1 programmer under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit - Nov/Dec 2014


'''Setup''' 

1. GNU ARM ToolChain

2. Eclipse IDE

3. STmicro libraries 

4. GDB Server 


'''1. GNU ARM Tool Chain'''

https://launchpad.net/~terry.guo/+archive/ubuntu/gcc-arm-embedded
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded

(if using 14.04 follow extras steps when adding PPA)

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi

if 64bit, we need 32-bit libs

$ sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
 


'''2. Eclipse IDE & ARM plugin '''

Check Java is at least 1.7

$ java -version

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Choose IDE for C/C++ for 32 / 64 bit

Extract and run $ ./eclipse

http://gnuarmeclipse.livius.net/blog/plugins-install/

Add c++ dev tools

Help → Install New Software > releases 

Select 'Luna' eclipse release 

Group by category > programming languages > C/C++ dev tools 

Add ARM plugin 

Help → Install New Software > releases 

http://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updates




'''3. STmicro libraries'''
 
firmware: http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/PF257890#

template makefile compile environment: 

git clone git://github.com/geoffreymbrown/STM32-Template.git




'''4. GDB Server '''

GDB Server - debugging - ST link is not native compatible with Linux however it's been reverse engineered:

git clone git://github.com/texane/stlink.git

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0

$ sudo apt-get install autoreconf

$ cd stlink 

$ ./autogen.sh

$ ./configure

$ make

$ sudo cp 49-stlinkv2-1.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

$ sudo udevadm trigger

$ sudo ./st-util


'''GUI - QSTLink2'''

https://github.com/fpoussin/QStlink2

https://launchpad.net/~fpoussin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fpoussin/ppa

$ sudo apt-get install qstlink2


'''To flash code to the board'''

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2427011/what-is-the-difference-between-elf-files-and-bin-files

'''Binary '''

./st-flash write blinky.bin 0x8000000

'''ELF Executable Linkable Format'''

1. Start ST-link server on port 4242

$ ./st-util #check ST link is connected ok 

$ ./st-util 4242 /dev/stlink

2. Start GDB and connect to ST-link server on port 4242

start an instance of arm-noneeabi-gdb

in a separate window and execute the following


$ arm-none-eabi-gdb BlinkingLights.elf

$(gdb) target extended-remote :4242

$(gdb) load 

$(gdb) continue 



'''Serial Output '''

Nucleo board serial output could be viewed by opening serial port on /dev/ttyACM0

'''To compile on Eclipse'''

1. Select new C++ project for STMF10x project

2. Check through default options 

3. select blinky example

4. in BlinkLed.h change port number to be '0' for A and pin number to be 5 (on the necleo board the LED is on A5)  
 
5. Click build

6. .elf file is now in the debug folder