2025-06-10 3:35 PM
Hello.
I've been struggling to flash a simple TouchGFX application through the STM32 VS Code extension. I am using the Nucleo-G071RB dev board with the GFX01M2 display board. My project was initially created using the TouchGFX designer, then generated the CMake project in CubeMX. In VS Code, I added the SPI_FLASH section in STM32G071RBTX_FLASH linker file, and the cmake/touchgfx sub directory in the CMakeLists. This allowed me to build the project with no errors. However, whenever I try to flash, I get the following:
I suspect this has something the do with the external flash. I am aware of an external loader file that you have to select in STM32CubeIDE, but I'm not too sure what would be the equivalent in VS Code.
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2025-11-05 2:01 AM
I meant launch.json. I came up with one but it doesn;t work with the STM32Cube plugin of VScode. It only works with the cortex-debug plugin:
2025-11-05 3:29 PM
{
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Build & Debug Microcontroller - ST-Link",
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"type": "cortex-debug",
"executable": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
// Let CMake extension decide executable: "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}"
// Or fixed file path: "${workspaceFolder}/path/to/filename.elf"
"request": "launch",
"servertype": "stlink",
"device": "STM32G071RBTx", //MCU used
"interface": "swd",
"serialNumber": "", //Set ST-Link ID if you use multiple at the same time
"runToEntryPoint": "main",
"svdFile": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STMicroelectronics_CMSIS_SVD/STM32G071.svd",
"v1": false, //Change it depending on ST Link version
"serverpath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STLink-gdb-server/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver",
"stm32cubeprogrammer":"${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STM32CubeProgrammer/bin",
"stlinkPath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STLink-gdb-server/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver",
"armToolchainPath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/GNU-tools-for-STM32/bin",
"gdbPath":"${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/GNU-tools-for-STM32/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb",
"serverArgs": [
"-m","0",
],
//"preLaunchTask": "Build + Flash"
/* If you use external loader, add additional arguments */
//"serverArgs": ["--extload", "path/to/ext/loader.stldr"],
},
{
"name": "Attach to Microcontroller - ST-Link",
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"type": "cortex-debug",
"executable": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
// Let CMake extension decide executable: "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}"
// Or fixed file path: "${workspaceFolder}/path/to/filename.elf"
"request": "attach",
"servertype": "stlink",
"device": "STM32G071RBTx", //MCU used
"interface": "swd",
"serialNumber": "", //Set ST-Link ID if you use multiple at the same time
"runToEntryPoint": "main",
"svdFile": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STMicroelectronics_CMSIS_SVD/STM32G071.svd",
"v1": false, //Change it depending on ST Link version
"serverpath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STLink-gdb-server/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver",
"stm32cubeprogrammer":"${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STM32CubeProgrammer/bin",
"stlinkPath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/STLink-gdb-server/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver",
"armToolchainPath": "${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/GNU-tools-for-STM32/bin",
"gdbPath":"${config:STM32VSCodeExtension.cubeCLT.path}/GNU-tools-for-STM32/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb",
"serverArgs": [
"-m","0",
],
/* If you use external loader, add additional arguments */
//"serverArgs": ["--extload", "path/to/ext/loader.stldr"],
}
]
}I don't think I touched my launch.json. I just used whatever MX generated.