Tool chains For the STM32F4

be80be · Oct 19, 2011

I was wondering whats the best set for the STM32F4

Tool chains Iar, Keil, Atollic, Altium.

DirtyLude · Oct 20, 2011

If you're looking for compiler/linker/debuggers.
IAR/Keil both have limited size free options. They are expensive commercial products though without any kind of non-commercial licensing, so if you want to go all out you pay thousands of dollars for the system.
Rowley Crossworks: This is what I use. Based on the GCC compiler, but the IDE/debugger are simple to use, pretty powerful, and there is a $150 full working non-commercial license option.
You can also try Codered, which is similar GCC based.
GCC/Eclipse/OpenOCD: I have not looked at this option in a while, so I don't know if anyone has made this any easier, but I found it very difficult to get this working. At the time OpenOCD had some troubles with 64bit systems as well. I'm sure they've worked that out. Anyway, totally free.

Those are the only ones I have had experience with.

be80be · Oct 20, 2011

I've used CodeRed but what I have doesn't work with the on board programmer. I looked at Rowley Crossworks it looks good CodeRed is great but it cost a lot to.

But I found A tool that lets you load with the programmer that's on the ST board could use that with CodeRed

Mike - K8LH · Oct 23, 2011

Hi Burt,

I installed the Atollic IDE but I'm still struggling. I have not been able to install a valid driver for the ST-Link USB interface so far.

Regards, Mike

be80be · Oct 23, 2011

Mike I had a problem like that with a board I have that used LPCXpresso's It was the Link

AtomSoft · Oct 28, 2011

Hey i just got that stm32F4 board a few days back and havent had much time to play. i couldnt get it working at all in crossworks. Even with the correct tools installed. I get a USB error. Sucks!...
Since i have the weekend off i dont have to sleep much. Hence i can play with it now. So ill give you guys some updates real soon.. hopefully good news

AtomSoft · Oct 28, 2011

So far kind of good news... no usb error but yet another error...

Mike - K8LH · Oct 28, 2011

Hi Jason,

What does the STLINK/V2 look like in the Control Panel Device Manager?

be80be · Oct 28, 2011

Mike It looks like this in mine

AtomSoft · Oct 28, 2011

Mines is different... (Sorry for late reply, i didnt get a email on new post )

be80be · Oct 28, 2011

Jason did yours work mine said that at first but it was the wrong driver? When I got it to work it shows up as posted

Or let me rephrase that it shows up as a ST-Link dongle till it loads the driver after that it loads the right driver from the start. when plugged in

AtomSoft · Oct 28, 2011

Ok I still get the DEBUG error thing but i think i know why. Crossworks supports the STM32F407VG but these are different they are STM32F407VGT6.

Perhaps thats why it cant find the ROM stuff. Its too new for crossworks. I know its not the ST-LINK itself because i can read/write to the MCU using the "STM32 ST-LINK Utility" program itself.

AtomSoft · Oct 28, 2011

Arg! im going to give up for tonight perhaps heh.. I cant even get uVision to work right with it. Gives me a cant load afx or something like that. So for now ill stop to rest my poor brain.

AtomSoft · Oct 29, 2011

OK here is a conversation with Crossworks support.

ME:

Jason Lopez, Oct-29 03:47 am (BST):

I just got my hands on this demo board and it has a STM32F407VGT6 on board. I see your software supports the STM32F407VG but when i try to use the demo board with ST LINK it says :

Cannot find DEBUG component from ROM table.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks

Rowley:

Michael Johnson, Oct-29 08:49 am (BST):

You'll need to use the 2.1.2 release a preview is here

**broken link removed**

Downloading it now and will give my update shortly

AtomSoft · Oct 29, 2011

YES! It works in crossworks. Well, it connects no problem. Now to code a test...

AtomSoft · Oct 29, 2011

OK More bad new but im sure its probably something i did or didnt do.

Code:

#include "stm32f4_discovery.h"

void main()
{
  while(1)
  {
  
  }
}

I tried to compile the above and get errors:

Building “BlinkChange” in configuration “THUMB Debug” — 6 errors
Linking BlinkChange.elf — 6 errors
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libm_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libc_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libcpp_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libdebugio_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libc_targetio_impl_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
cannot find C:/Program Files/Rowley Associates Limited/CrossWorks for ARM 2.1/lib/libc_user_libc_v7em_t_le.a: No such file or directory
Build failed

Mike - K8LH · Oct 29, 2011

Jason,

Thank you so much for the effort so far. I have a couple mid-terms on Monday but I'm looking forward to getting back to this afterwards.

Cheerful regards, Mike

AtomSoft · Oct 29, 2011

Ok if i change the architecture to V7m it compiles but not sure how this affects the MCU? ... googling now

AtomSoft · Oct 29, 2011

Mike said:
Jason,

Thank you so much for the effort so far. I have a couple mid-terms on Monday but I'm looking forward to getting back to this afterwards.

Cheerful regards, Mike

No Problem! Im glad i can help anyone I still feel like a HUGE nooB! heh

be80be · Oct 29, 2011

Here my first go with TrueStudio so far so good it complied

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