2026-04-12 11:47 AM
I have a 14-pin connector and a 6-pin fall back connector. I can connect the 6-pin SWD via st-link V2 on a nucleo board but I cannot connect with a V3 MINIE on the 14-pin. Any ideas? I followed the schematic for a 14-pin connector I found on a NUCLEO board, which had a 100 ohm resistor on GND detect. I have bypassed it but the result is still the same. Apart from that and the TX/RX, the wires are the same for the 6-pin connector that works?
Here's my output:
CDLiveWatchSetup
Info : auto-selecting first available session transport "hla_swd". To override use 'transport select <transport>'.
Info : The selected transport took over low-level target control. The results might differ compared to plain JTAG/SWD
Warn : The selected adapter does not support debugging this device in secure mode
adapter speed: 24 kHz
none separate
Info : Listening on port 50004 for tcl connections
Info : Listening on port 50005 for telnet connections
Info : clock speed 24 kHz
Info : STLINK V3J14M5 (API v3) VID:PID 0483:3754
Info : Target voltage: 3.272000
Error: init mode failed (unable to connect to the target)
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2026-04-13 12:47 PM
I've just noticed that the footprint of the connector has pins 5 and 6 mixed up. Anyone have any ideas for removing the trace connecting pins 6 and 7 under the 14-pin connector (hahaha!)? Thank God for the 6-pin fallback the board has. And thank you for your willingness to help.
2026-04-12 2:24 PM
Can STM32CubeProgrammer connect?
If not, probably a wiring mismatch or bad connection somewhere.
It detects voltage, so that part is good.
2026-04-13 5:40 AM
It can't, although I connected my MINIE V3 to a nucleo board so that's not the problem.
I followed this schematic (https://www.st.com/resource/en/schematic_pack/mb1549-u575ziq-c03_schematic.pdf) but the 100 nF capacitor on NRST doesn't seem to go to zero when I connect the debugger. It gets to about 1.8V. One thing I didn't do is add the ESD protection.
2026-04-13 6:48 AM
When the board is connected to the MINIE V3, how is it powered? The programmer does not provide power.
2026-04-13 6:51 AM
Yes. With a battery. The power is stable.
2026-04-13 6:54 AM - edited 2026-04-13 6:56 AM
@WellLeithed wrote:I have a 14-pin connector and a 6-pin fall back connector.
Please show the schematics.
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@WellLeithed wrote:I can connect the 6-pin SWD via st-link V2 on a nucleo board but I cannot connect with a V3 MINIE on the 14-pin.
What about the other combinations ?
| 14-pin | 6-pin | |
| st-link V2 | ? | OK |
| V3 MINIE | fail | ? |
PS:
Can the V3 MINNIE connect to anything else?
2026-04-13 7:08 AM
I copied the nucleo schematic I linked earlier.
As I mentioned the MINIE is fine as I connected to nucleo board and visualised it on CubeProgrammer.
I cannot complete the table as I'm unable to connect the parts in the manners suggested.
2026-04-13 7:12 AM
And here's the 6-pin connector.
2026-04-13 9:04 AM
Schematic is okay. Maybe the footprint on the connector is wrong, or it's installed in reverse.
2026-04-13 9:17 AM
Or an error in the wiring between the ST-Link and the connector ...
Can the V3 MINNIE connect to anything else?