Posted on May 30, 2016 at 09:06Hi All,
First, I am completely new to ST Micro devices.
My experience is with microchip/atmel.
It is my hope that by joining & posting on this forum,
I can learn and grow with this procc family.
I recently received a PCB populated with a STR710FZ2T6 device
The PCB has some i/o eg leds and switches onboard, type of a eval board I guess.
Well, I would in fact like to use it to eval this proc.
Onboard is also a RS232 port (TX/RX only),
connected to Pin1 (P0.11) and Pin2 (P0.10)
I know that it is working because on Power-On, I receive a
sign-on msg 'Connected' and when I press spacebar, response is '!'
Comms params 4800/8/n/1
On Power-up I observe that 2 leds blink alt on/off. So I assume the brd is functional.
I would like to know if there is windows s/w available to prgrm the procc,
with my future test code, via the existing RS232, like having boot-loader onboard?
If the existing RS232-port cannot be used for programming the device,
which port/configuration and s/w tool is std to be used to prgm the device?
Recommended circuit for prgm and the required s/w prgm module?
There is proto space available on the brd, so I can solder on comp/conn
to make-up a prgm port interface.
At this time I don't want to buy a prgmer/debugger/sw for my inital eval, until
I can at least get a led to blink with my code. ~)
Therefore, I am hoping that there is a 'freeware/public domain' prgm sw tool available?
Any pointers or advise will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Gerhard
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