Fake Stlinks reaching me trough "legit" distributors. Which STCubeProgrammer version shall we use?

Javier1 · ‎2022-12-20

My company just purchased 10x new STLINKS in WINSOURCE.

We are having trouble using them with newer versions of STCubeProgrammer(v.2.10.0)

,they work fine with the old STlinkUtility.

I am also unable to upgrade the Fake STlink:

The BOX seems legit:

The plastic molding looks alright also, the back sticker is upside down.

Once i open the new stlink, i notice the mcu markings are erased.

we dont need to firmware by ourselves, lets talk

Peter BENSCH · ‎2022-12-20

Everything you have analysed points to a counterfeit. The "ST" logo on the front is also stretched vertically. But at the latest in view of the abraded marking, it should be clear that this is a fake.

The only thing to do is to send the parts back to the seller and demand a genuine replacement or the money.

Regards

/Peter

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Pavel A. · ‎2022-12-20

Hmm... Maybe, try this on it?

Javier1 · ‎2022-12-20

thanks @Pavel A. , lets try this.

I am not sure it will fix my issues, people in production use a lot the "automatic mode" from stmcubeprogrammer, this mode works slow/hangsup with the fake stlinks.

Edit:

I dont think im going to even try it, taking a look at the limitations:

we dont need to firmware by ourselves, lets talk

Peter BENSCH · ‎2022-12-20

Everything you have analysed points to a counterfeit. The "ST" logo on the front is also stretched vertically. But at the latest in view of the abraded marking, it should be clear that this is a fake.

The only thing to do is to send the parts back to the seller and demand a genuine replacement or the money.

Regards

/Peter

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Piranha · ‎2022-12-29

> the back sticker is upside down

If the hieroglyphs on it is not a big enough sign of being fake, then I don't know that is. And also a Chinese company cannot be a legit distributor...

Peter BENSCH · ‎2023-03-02

Update: meanwhile there is a knowledge base article on the topic: How to recognize a genuine ST-Link/V2 versus a cloned one?, created by Amel NASRI.

Regards

/Peter

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waclawek.jan · ‎2023-03-02

As STLink/2 are out of production, and ST stubbornly refuses to sell preprogrammed 'F103 for users to make their own, legit ones; maybe the last viable way to acquire them is to buy the lower-end Nucleos.

Meantime, we may try to scream here, but I'm almost sure ST does not care.

JW

Javier1 · ‎2023-03-02

Thats exactly what im doing, i buy the cheap nucleo64's and box them for the production team.

we dont need to firmware by ourselves, lets talk

Javier1 · ‎2023-03-02

Thanks @Peter BENSCH , i do know how to recognise them, ill pass your link to my team.

we dont need to firmware by ourselves, lets talk

Peter BENSCH · ‎2023-03-02

> As STLink/2 are out of production,

No, ST-LINK/2 are in full production, not discontinued and not on NRND - so all is well. Availability may of course be a different and to be solved problem.

> Meantime, we may try to scream here, but I'm almost sure ST does not care.

Also incorrect, ST does follow community communication, but it is primarily an E2E forum.

Regards

/Peter

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