Can I program STM32F042C6T6 via STM32F0DISCOVERY?

[alper ozel]

Posted on June 20, 2017 at 08:10

I am gonna use ST uM's for the first time. What I need is the simplest and cheapest PIC with CAN-BUS connectivity. So I found this:

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/STM32F042C6T6/497-14648-ND/4815295

I am used to use TI microcontrollers. And I am familiar with TI's datasheets, therefore I am kinda confused about ST's development kits. I feel like this

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/STM32F0DISCOVERY/497-12876-ND/3045359?WT.srch=1

 must be used to embed codes into STM32F0XXxx, but I must have failed to find the list of uControllers that it can program.

Could you confirm about this? Can I program STM32F042C6T6 via STM32F0DISCOVERY kit?

Regards.

#stm32f042c6t6 #stm32f0discovery

[waclawek.jan]

Posted on June 20, 2017 at 10:01

The Discovery (and Nucleo) kits all contain two STM32: the target chip, which is in the 'name' of the borad; and then another one, which serves as the USB-connected programmer/debugger, pre-programmed, called STLink.

STLink of every Discovery board allows you to program every STM32 chip, not only the family which is on that board. So you can pick any Discovery board, disconnect the jumper through which the on-board target chip is programmed, and connect your own target, and run the ST-Link Utility program on PC (or some of the IDEs which support the ST-Link), to program your target application.

There are two flavours of this STLink: the older STLink/V2 and newer STLink/V2-1. The newer STLink/V2-1 not only allows you to program the target chip from the STLink Utility/IDE, but also creates a virtual disk, which allows to program the target simply by copying the binary on the PC onto that virtual disk. It also creates a virtual serial port, which is materialized on two pins of the ST-Link, to be used for debugging messages from the target.

The Nucleo boards all contain the newer STLink/V2-1, while only the newer Discovery boards contain that. I'd recommend you to go for the

http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/evaluation-tools/product-evaluation-tools/mcu-eval-tools/stm32-mcu-eval-tools/stm32-mcu-nucleo/nucleo-f072rb.html

JW