Programming STM32F103ZET6 or STM32F105VCT6 for the VERY first time (using ST-LINK utility)

[Isoux]

I have experience with several types of classic boards with STM32 microcontrollers (NUCLEO, Blue Pill...) that immediately connect with the stlink-v2 and st-info --probe command showing the characteristics of the controller and after that flashing is successful...

I recently bought the above mentioned two controllers and a boards (LQFP144/100 SMT to DIP Adapter PCB Board) where I soldered them with the necessary capacitors between all the VDD and VSS contacts. I properly connected SWDIO and SWCLK to PA13, PA14 pins, NRST to VDD over 10k resistors even boot0 over 10k resistors to VSS (This is how I noticed on all the schemаtics). There is no way I can read the microcontroller or flash it, although in addition to st-info and st-util, I also used STMCubeProgrammer and a linker on the Linux and Windows systems.

Result:

st-info --probe

Found 1 stlink programmers

 serial:   6e78010132124647524b4e00

 hla-serial: "\x6e\x78\x01\x01\x32\x12\x46\x47\x52\x4b\x4e\x00"

 flash:   0 (pagesize: 0)

 sram:    0

 chipid:   0x0748

On one site I found detailed instructions on how to program the new STM32f103c8t6 for the first time. Nothing special is stated there and I did it all and I don't succeed at all.

I found almost nothing on Google that would help me except for someone to mention somewhere to "Pay special attention to the pull-up resistor on the TDO line", (PB2 ?).

Is there any useful advice or experience?

[TDK]

You should have decoupling capacitors near the chip. You said you soldered them in your post but I don't see them on the boards anywhere. They're supposed to be close to the chip.

Rather than trying to solder this to a breakout board, buying a Nucleo board might be better and more cost efficient.

[Isoux]

Thanks

They are on the other side... 100nF ...

[TDK]

So no bulk capacitance? Design guide recommends 4.7uF min. VDDA connected to VDD?

https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/cd00164185-getting-started-with-stm32f10xxx-hardware-development-stmicroelectronics.pdf

[Isoux]

Blue Pill works great with all 100nf decoupling capacitors that's not a problem, I guess it's something else

[Isoux]

[TDK]

Blue pill schematics show it having 10uF downstream of the LDO.
https://github.com/dhylands/stm32-test/blob/master/board-STM32F103-Mini/STM32F103C8T6-Schematic.pdf

[Isoux]

An important question here is how to start a newly purchased controller for the first time. I have a few NUCLEO and Blue Pill boards, but definitely thanks for the advice!

[TDK]

Not trying to derail. Power, swdio and swclk is all it needs if you’re using stlink. Good luck.

[Isoux]

Ok, thanks a lot,

The only thing is that I didn't connect VDDA to VDD and I don't have 4.7uF between VDD and VSS, do you think that's why it won't work?