I don't know id this is normal, but I got one of those cheap Chinese ST-Link clones. It worked at first when I plugged it into my PC and installed the drivers and STM32 Utility.
I tried connecting my MCU to STM32 Utility, but at the time I didn’t realize my MCU is an Artery one, not STM32. It still connected though, and when I tried to program it, I got an error saying “ELF loader not available.” I didn’t really know what that meant since I’m still pretty new to this stuff.
After that I started messing around with the option bytes settings, and I might’ve changed something I shouldn’t have. I don’t remember exactly what I did, but after that my ST-Link stopped working.
Now the LED on it is red, while I’ve seen other people say theirs is blue. From what I read it might be a driver issue, but I’m not sure. I even bought another ST-Link clone and it does the same thing, just red light and no connection.
When I try to connect in STM32 Utility, I get an error, whether the target is connected or not wich said
01:08:17 : Can not connect to target!
If you're trying to connect to an STM32W1xx device, please select Normal or HotPlug mode from Target->Settings menu.
If you're trying to connect to a low frequency application , please select a lower SWD Frequency mode from Target->Settings menu.
01:08:18 : No target connected
Not sure if this is a driver problem or if I messed something up in the settings. Please help!
