Getting started with 32F469IDISCOVERY

[alw]

It looks like I have the 32F469IDISCOVERY board that looks to be powered ok via USB connector CN13, however the board doesn't appear to have demo software preloaded. COM LED LD6 flashes red.

I note on the ST website that there is the 32F469IDISCOVERY compiled demo binary, which I have downloaded.

The Readme says: The QSPI external flash loader is not integrated with supported toolchains, it ís only supported with
STM32 ST-Link Utility V3.7 or later.

But the ST website says that the ST-Link Utility is NRND and to use STM32CubeProg instead. I've tried the latest version of STM32CubeProg and it can't connect to the board via USB:

Error: Establishing connection with device failed.

What is the best way of programming the board with this file please?

Kind regards,

Al

[alw]

Thanks @Ozone 

Will try powering with the CN6 input and report back.

Kind regards,

Al

[Andrew Neil]

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@alw wrote:

I was just looking for clarity on how to load the demo binary

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As already noted, do that via the built-in ST-Link, on CN1.

The User Manual tells you that the board is designed to be powered this way.

The original demo won't require anything other than the board itself.

[Ozone]

> The original demo won't require anything other than the board itself.

And not even to flash this demo.
All discovery boards I have (F303 and F407) came pre-loaded with the respective demos.

[Andrew Neil]

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@Ozone wrote:

All discovery boards I have (F303 and F407) came pre-loaded with the respective demos.

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Indeed.

@alw if your board is new, and it doesn't have the demo loaded, you should contact the supplier to get it replaced.

[alw]

Hi @Andrew Neil @Ozone 

I just tried powering via VIN on CN6, with the same result.

So I am guessing that it wasn't programmed with the demo.

There's a small test label on the side of CN7 which maybe tells us all we need to know...

T1: Tick     T2: Tick    T3: Tick     T4: Tick     QA:

So no Quality Assurance check. I will take the issue up with the ST distributor.

Thanks for all your help.

Kind regards,

Al

[mƎALLEm]

Hello ,

Please confirm that: are you able to connect to the board over CN1 (STLINK-USB)? forget about VIN, and other power supply sources for now..

We need to avoid unnecessary ping pongs.

[alw]

Hi @mƎALLEm 

It doesn't work with powering via CN1 (ST-LINK USB) either via a USB power adapter, or connected to my Mac as it doesn't connect to STM32CubeProg regardless of whether I select UART, ST-LINK, J-Link/Flasher or USB. 

Neither does anything appear to be functioning if I try to do an ST-LINK firmware upgrade via STM32CubeProg.

Kind regards,

Al

[mƎALLEm]

OK.

So let's summarize: 

1- You have a brand new 32F469IDISCOVERY board.

2- You are not able to connect to the MCU with STM32CubeProgrammer over CN1 (ST-LINK USB)

Could you confirm the two points? Am I correct?

[alw]

Both are correct, I received the board some months back but it's the first time I've tried using it.

Kind regards,

Al

[Andrew Neil]

Have you done the basic connectivity checks to see if your Host system can even see the ST-Link at all ?

This is written in Windows terms, but Mac must be similar...