Startup kit for making Car's ECU

[Naronglit Wisetrojana]

Posted on July 25, 2017 at 10:28

Hi, I'm new with STM and I feel lost  about where to start with it.

As my subject, I would like to make my own Car's ECU.

First I would like to select the startup board.

I think I will choose SPC56M-Discovery

If there's any others model that more interesting please advice.

Second thing to download and debugging tools that I need

Software development is SPC5 Studio right? 

Where can I get users guide? (UM1602, DocID 024185)

I saw that 

Hightec GNU 'C' compiler, with a 30-days full free trial license.

How much it cost?

debugging tool(JTAG).. What I need to buy?

Is it 

SPC-UDESTK-FULL?

Thank you in advance,

[Roger FORCHHAMMER · Accepted solution]

Posted on August 01, 2017 at 15:24

Hello,

To propose a better start-up board depends on what you plan to do. With this I mean in which segment of the car do you plan to work in.

The link (

http://www.st.com/en/automotive-microcontrollers/spc5-32-bit-automotive-mcus.html?querycriteria=productId=SC963

) brings you to the overview. Here you can select the most appropriate segment and then the corresponding best start-up tool.

The SPC5Studio tool is the best tool to start with. You can download it for free from the web. The UM referenced in the App Note is embedded in the download file. UM 1602 is an incorrect doc reference. Thanks for pointing this out.

The GNU compiler is for free. Once you have installed the SPC5Studio you need to go to the Free Market Place inside SPC5Studio and separately install the compiler.

Concerning the debugging tool: This really depends on how much debugging you need to do. I recommend to go to the PLS website (

http://www.pls-mc.com/spc5-udestk

) and check what is best for you.