Use the same UART with STlink and with another module

[Fannyrsy]

Hi everyone !

I'm really new to STM32 and everything that goes around... I want to communicate with a SIMCOM A7670E with my NucleoWB55RG and UART1. I'm using PB6 and PB7 for USART1_TX and USART1_RX. But these pins (I kept the jumpers) are also connected to TX_STlink and RX_STlink right? That's why I can print on a tera term terminal what is happening on the UART right? (I followed a tutorial with no explenations that's why I'm not sure). 

My question is : is it a problem if I connect PB6 and PB7 on RX and TX of my 4G module? Maybe it will cause a conflict?

Thanks a lot!

[Fannyrsy]

[Tesla DeLorean]

You're going to have to make choices..

Can you use SWV/SWO ITM_SendChar() for diagnostic output?

Or find some other free UART-TX pin you can wire over to the ST-LINK output channel?

Go through the pin mapping options in the Datasheet, enumerate the pins available to you

https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32wb55rg.pdf

For example

PB5 LPUART1_TX

PA2 LPUART1_TX

PB11 LPUART1_TX

PC1 LPUART1_TX

[Andrew Neil]

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@Fannyrsy wrote:

My question is : is it a problem if I connect PB6 and PB7 on RX and TX of my 4G module? Maybe it will cause a conflict?

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Yes, it will cause a conflict.

You will be shorting your 4G module's TX output with the ST-Link's TX output - that will not end well.

As @Tesla DeLorean said, you need to consider options:

• Disconnect UART1 from the ST-Lik, and move your debug IO to SWV/SWO instead;
• Use a different UART for the 4G module.