STM32F103 dev board

[zamzoni]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 08:34

Dear all,

I have bought STM32F103RB development board LC Studio from a supplier, but i can't find any software to download my program to the board. Does anyone know what the software that i have to download and it's links. I am newbie in STM32 especially it's 32-bit mcu. I really hope many advice.

Thanks in advance

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[waclawek.jan]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 08:50

I would expect the supplier of the board to provide basic software for their product.

It is not unlikely that software from other devboards would fit, but it's hard to say without knowing anything about your board. You might perhaps want to post a link.

JW

[zamzoni]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 10:20

Thank you sir for the reply.. My board is like at http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARM-Cortex-M3-STM32F103RBT6-MINI-Development-Board-/150546035386?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D2939388789457996000%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D150546035386%26

There is no CD or any documentation sheet in the packet. :(

[Andrew Neil]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 12:03

but there is a download link on that ebay page!

To be frank, these cheap boards are really only suitable if you know what you're doing - otherwise buy a properly-supported board from a reputable local supplier.

After all, a Discovery board is only $10...

[zamzoni]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 16:36

@neil.andrew  thank you very much sir. i have downloaded that file, but i found it contains a lot of example project files. that is great, but what i need is the device driver or software that can be used to communicate computer with dev board. i bought that board because i am totally beginner, so i don't need any peripherals yet, and i can learn it easily. that board only consist of STM32F103RBT and MAX3232 chip. another components are voltage regulator, crystal, resistor, capacitor. on the board, i found three connector : JTAG , DB9 and USB connector. in my opinion, think i can program it from serial or usb if i have the software. or is the only way i have to use JTAG to download the hex file? unfortunately, i don't have J-Link, U-Link or another tools.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 16:54

i can program it from serial or usb if i have the software.

You could use the Flash Loader Demonstrator tool from ST, programming via the serial port, and switching the device into System Loader mode via the BOOTx pins.

Manuals and Software for the chip are downloadable from ST's site. I'd recommend reading the Reference and Programming Manuals for the part.

If you need to do any debugging, which you're bound too, you'll need a JTAG/SWD debug pod.

You would have done much better getting the STM32 VL-Discovery board which has a built-in programmer/debugger.

[zamzoni]

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 16:59

@clive1 Ok, I will download it. Thank you very much for your help, sir.

[zamzoni]

Posted on October 24, 2012 at 04:34

After I download Flash Loader Demonstrator, learn the schematic to configure it's jumpers and finally it works. Thank you very much sir. I'm very glad :D :D :D