Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:58Hi Greg-
Thanks - no holidays for us - worked/working just about everyday.
My goal was to make it easier for STOne-32 to see/know what his forum felt was ''hot.'' Believe that's been pretty much accomplished - thanks to all who participated.
My display firm - and most of our clients seek these:
a) ''automatic/hardware'' generation of SPI-CS - perhaps even with multiple CS so that we don't have to add hardware or ''bit-bang'' STM pins
b) improved I2C operation - both master & slave - especially a more ''graceful'' recovery should the process ''hang.'' (perhaps a reasonable, programmable time-out could achieve without sacrificing our normal timers)
c) we'd love 2-3 programmable ''strobe'' outputs (like /RD or /WR) for the non-FSMC devices. It is in-elegant to drop bit then raise it (or vice-versa) - as it now stands we must do this in a cpld to achieve strobe & other hardware functions. Believe someone else mentioned, too.
d) wish that CAN & USB were ''not'' self-annihilating.
e) welcome a detailed Ap-Note on ''double-buffering'' USB. (enables higher through-put) If the STM32 requires a ''tweak'' believe this is worthwhile.
f) AND - many would LOVE a semi-automated ''smart'' header file (or similar)which would ease, speed & enhance our use of Alternate or Remapped Function Pins. We all love the multi-function ''options'' - however with this flexibility comes (imho) ''undue & often unforgiving'' complexity. I would love to see the appropriate clocks being automatically enabled (as one example). Perhaps even something as simple as a spreadsheet Ap could achieve much of this process.
Hope that others find this of value - thanks to all who post and participate. We've learned much and there is a great spirit of friendliness & helpfulness here - best wishes to all...
