Getting started with 32F469IDISCOVERY

alw · ‎2026-04-20

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

mƎALLEm · ‎2026-04-23

Ok thank you for the confirmation. So, check you have JP2 is at the position 3-4

Check your cable, is it a data cable or power cable?

Refer also to How to solve connection errors when connecting and programming the STM32 target board

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Ozone · ‎2026-04-23

In other words, you have installed the drivers for the ST-Link, do you ?

Have you tried to connect the board in question to another PC, and see if the ST-Link shows up ?
Or connect another ST board with onboard ST-Link to the same PC ?

Sometimes even USB cables can cause problems.

alw · ‎2026-04-23

HI @Ozone

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm using a Mac so don't need the ST-LINK drivers.

However swapping between several USB hubs and cables I found a combination that did work and I was able to program the board ok. However the demo is a bit underwhelming...

I'm guessing some of the third party assets weren't included in the build for the STM32469I-Disco_Demo_V1.2.0_FULL.hex binary.

Anyway the board works, which was the main point of the exercise.

Thanks to @mƎALLEm @Andrew Neil

Kind regards,

Al

Ozone · ‎2026-04-23

> Thanks for the suggestions, I'm using a Mac so don't need the ST-LINK drivers.

I mostly use Linux, and a "lsusb" on the commandline should list the ST-Link. If not, something is wrong.
I suppose it is the same on a Mac.

mƎALLEm · ‎2026-04-24

Hello,

@alw wrote:

Anyway the board works, which was the main point of the exercise.

Thanks to @mƎALLEm @Andrew Neil

So please accept the post that answered your original question as solution.

Thank you.

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