A tiny PID controller project from Ethan Zonca: Therm is a very small PID controller with an OLED display, thermocouple interface, and USB port. It can switch an external solid-state relay for driving large loads, or a transistor for driving small loads. When attached to a computer, it enumerates as a USB serial port for […]
Tag Archives: STM32
STM32 Nucleo and DFU USB bootloading
MrMobileWill writes: Over the last few months I have been playing with the Nucleo development boards from STMicroelectronics. If you’re unfamiliar with them, they are fast, mbed and Arduino (headers) compatible. This makes it easy like an Arduino to program and use. What sets them apart is that they are 32bit and have, depending on […]
STM32 ADC
Shawon Shahryiar over at Embedded Lab has written an article discussing the basics of STM32 ADC: The block diagram shown above might look a bit complex at first but it still worth having a look. It shows us the interfaces that are related to the ADC block and some key features. It seems that some external interrupt […]
Arduino Uno R3 graphics accelerator shield uses no pins
Andy Brown has written an article detailing his Arduino graphics accelerator open source project: This project brings together the knowledge that I’ve gained over the last few years to bring you a graphics accelerator for the Arduino Uno R3 based on an ARM Cortex M0 core attached to a 640×360 LCD from the Sony U5 Vivaz […]
App note: STM32 microcontroller system memory boot mode
Here’s an app note from ST discussing how the bootloader works and how it’s activated –the general concept of the bootloader (PDF!): The bootloader is stored in the internal boot ROM memory (system memory) of STM32 devices. It is programmed by ST during production. Its main task is to download the application program to the internal Flash memory through one […]
App note: STM32™ in-application programming over the I²C bus
Programming the STM32F10x via I2C with this app note from STMicroelectronics A key requirement for most Flash-memory-based systems is the ability to update firmware once the system is installed in the end product. This is referred to as in-application programming (IAP). This application note describes how to perform in-application programming using the STM32F10x’s I2C peripheral. […]
App note: STM32F10x in-application programming using the USART
Programming the STM32F10x via USART with this app note from STMicroelectronics The STM32F10x microcontroller can run user-specific firmware to perform in-application programming (IAP) of the microcontroller-embedded Flash memory. IAP driver must be program first to the Flash memory base address via JTAG/SWD interface using the development toolchain of your choice or the factory-embedded boot loader […]
App note: Solar-LED streetlight controller with 25 W LED lamp driver and 85 W battery charger based on the STM32F101Rx
A great app note from STMicroelectronics on Solar lighting application. The solar-LED streetlight controller described in this application note is designed to achieve an 85 W solar energy battery charger and a 25 W LED lamp driver. During the daytime the controller preserves the electricity energy gathered by the solar module (PV module), then stores […]
App note: STM32F0/F1/ F2/F4/L1/F30xC/Bx/F358xC/F37x timer overview
Get yourself familiar on STM32Fxxx Timer peripherals with this app note from STMicroelectronics This document: • presents an overview of the timer peripherals in the STM32F0, STM32F1, STM32F2, STM32F4 and STM32L1 microcontroller series, STM32F30xC/Bx, STM32F358xC, STM32F37x microcontrollers lines. • describes the various modes and specific features of the timers, such as clock sources, • explains […]
Open source STM32 vehicle tracker
X89300 shared his STM32 car tracker project, that is available at Github: Features: STM32 48/64 pins (F10X, F20X, F40X, L151) GSM Telit GL685/GL868 GPS/GLONASS SL868/SL869 Accelerometer MMA7455 CAN bus (need MCU with CAN support) 2 input, 1 output signal Standard SIM or SimOnChip Only for 48 pins version Side connector for extension pcb Only for 64 pins […]
App note: Measuring mains power consumption with the STM32x and STPM01
Power consumption measurement using an STM32 micro and the STPM01 power metering IC. App note can be found here This document describes a software and hardware solution concerning the STM32x microcontroller and the STPM01 power meter for measuring mains power consumption and also provides hardware and firmware guidelines to interface the STPM01 with the STM32x […]
App note: Audio and waveform generation using the DAC in STM32 microcontroller families
App note on utilizing the built-in DAC on your STM32 micro. This application note gives examples for generating audio output signals using the Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) peripheral embedded in the STM32F10xx microcontroller family. The STM32 DAC module is a 12-bit word converter, with two output channels for supporting stereo audio. The DAC can […]
STM32 Nucleo development series
Alexander Czajor from ST writes: ST has just released the STM32 Nucleo. This is a series of development tools that allow to quickly evaluate any STM32. These boards are extensible with Arduino, and they are supported by mbed. This makes them a good basis for any embedded community. The main idea: – A lean board […]
Embedded Pi bridges R-Pi or STM32 with Arduino shields
The crew at Element 14 has announced the release of a combo R-Pi/STM32 interface board compatible with Arduino shields. The Embedded Pi is based on the STMicroelectronics STM32F103 MCU and is open-source (see Technical Documents for schematic, layout and BOM). It can operate as a bridge between Raspberry Pi and Arduino shields and in standalone […]
Open source STM32 book
Open source STM32 book at Indiana University: Lucky students at Indiana University might like to enrol on the [C – H]335 Computer Structures course run by Geoffrey Brown. If they do, they will be treated to a great introduction to the STM32 processor. The lab manual for the course is freely available to download. The […]
Xmas tree with sound-controlled LED animations
Sound controlled LED light show for your Xmas tree. An STM32 microcontroller takes instructions from a PC via Bluetooth and animates the LEDs. This is my Christmas tree, it has over 400 lights (exactly 404) that are all individually controlled by an STM32 microcontroller. The computer plays the music and processes the sync track for […]
Tutorial: STM32 boards and TFT LCD touchscreens
Zizzle has completed a tutorial for working with the STM32 boards and the TFT LCD + touch screens that you see on Ebay. He reports, “I’ve made a download Ubuntu Virtualbox image with the toolchain, OpenOCD, Eclipse and an example project.” He notes that the Bus Blaster was very helpful in his research. The video […]
Dual-tone multi-frequency signal generator and detector
Robots wrote a open source Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency signal generator and detector for his STM32 based development board. The code is available via github. DTMF generator is based on AVR314 appnote, and the detector is my practice in signal processing using “Goertzel algorithm”. Everything is written for integer/fixedpoint arithmetics. (no floats at all)… Generator generates signal […]
Using Bus Blaster v2 to debug STM32s from CooCox
Arhi needed to do some debugging on an ET-STM32F103 board. He whipped out his Bus Blaster v2 and got it working with the CooCox IDE, a free tool for working with ARM Cortex M0 and M3 32bit microcontrollers. To summarize, if you want to program Cortex M0 or Cortex M3 on windows CooCox works perfectly […]
An introduction to STM32 development
If you got the free STM32F4 discovery kit this site dedicated to STM32 development might be helpful. Geoffrey provides tutorials and examples to get you started with your STM32 projects. Via the comments.