Does anyone actually use the register names to program?

[aerospacengineer]

Posted on September 20, 2013 at 03:12

That may seem like a bit of a pretentious question, but it is not intended to be so.  I am new to STM32 products, coming from PIC and dsPIC devices.  There are some changes that I am wrapping my head around, though nothing too bad. 

I have noticed that there is a tendency to not use the actual register names to set a value, but to use the structs and the defines in the header files to accomplish the programming.  This is not bad per say, though I really dislike digging through header files as documentation.  I like to be able to use a datasheet/addendum to have all the registers and then setting a value in that register.

Perhaps I am just missing something.  I would really love to hear some thoughts on this.  Perhaps there is other documentation that I am missing.  Thanks again.  I am looking forward to getting beyond the blinking lights and really using this device for something useful.

Adam

[John F.]

Posted on September 21, 2013 at 21:12

''there is a CHM file, but on the two computers I tried this does not work''. Was the chm file on your local hard drive? I think they won't work over a network - it's a windows thing. It's worth making it work.

[aerospacengineer]

Posted on September 21, 2013 at 22:18

John,

Yes it was on my local drive.  I will mess with it some more to see if I can get it to work.

[jpeacock2399]

Posted on September 21, 2013 at 23:02

CHM files are normally blocked when copied.  Right click on the file, there's a button to unblock it.

  Jack Peacock

[dthedens23]

Posted on September 23, 2013 at 16:32

Yea, and there are some interesting behaviors with CHM files in Win 8.

They open but show no content.

copy them to your user/Documents and they may work. 

[aerospacengineer]

Posted on September 25, 2013 at 23:53

That did the trick.  This is the first time that I had do every deal with this.  I have used quite a few CHM files, but now I can read the contents of the file.  For reference, though, these are two Win7 boxes that I had trouble with.  The file would open and show the titles of the contents available, but would not actually display the content itself.

Adam