Getting started with STM32CubeIDE

[KareemAlkhouri202]

Hi I am just getting started with STM32CubeIDE for a project I am doing at my university!
I have made an account and installed the software, and I got the board (NUCLEO-L552ZE-Q), I wanted to start a new project with the board to try and blink and LED.

But somehow I cant find it anywhere where to create a new project that is not an empty project because I want my board automatically connected to my project, because I have read some online where they said a question "Initialize all peripherals with their default Mode?" will appear once you created a new project and want to connect the board.

The alternatives I get when pressing Create/Import STM32 Project is:

1. STM32CubeIDE Empty Project

2. C++ Project

3. C project

4. STM32 CMake Project


Please let me know if I have done something wrong with the installation or if there is something I missed.

Thanks in advance!

[unsigned_char_array · Accepted solution]

Use STM32CubeMX to create a project.

[KareemAlkhouri202]

Ok because I got the link to install STM32Cube from my Employer
https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html, which I just installed and that is where I am today.

That was just the regular STM32CubeIDE, are you sure it is not compatible with my NUCLEO-L552ZE-Q?

[unsigned_char_array]

MX is no longer integrated in IDE. So get MX separately.
https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubemx.html

[Andrew Neil]

As @unsigned_char_array already noted, you now need to use CubeMX as a separate tool to create & configure a project.

See STM32CubeIDE 2.0.0 New workflow tutorial.

Note also that STM32CubeIDE 2.1.0 has just been released today

[KareemAlkhouri202]

Ok so you guys dont recommend installing an older version, since I will need to use both MX and STM32CubeIDE to debug and start a project.

Thanks for the help so far

[Andrew Neil]

You could do that.

IIRC, that last CubeIDE version before the split was 1.19 ?

But, as you're just starting out, it would seem more sensible to start with what's current than to start with something that's already out-of-date!

On the other hand, using older versions would be compatible with a whole load of older tutorials.

It's up to you really.

You mention this is a university project, and an employer is involved. Therefore you should discuss with your tutors/supervisors - they might have specific reasons for one approach or the other ...

[KareemAlkhouri202]

Thanks!

I actually already asked the employer and here is what he said : "It seems that ST has separated
MX from the IDE in the latest release of its IDE. MX is for configuring clocks, pins,
peripherals, etc. So either you download both and configure in one
and hack/debug in the other. Or you download
an older version of Cube IDE that contains both."

So what I was asking is what you guy recommend for me to use, since I am doing a secure boot project with OTA updates, so lots of debugging and registers.., I was wondering if I should just use the older versions for this or just install both STM32CubeIDE and MX and do the tasks on each one by itself or just download and older version and do everything in the same place!

[Andrew Neil]

Like I said, The New Way is to have CubeIDE and CubeMX as separate tools.

This is the way it is intended to work going forwards.

As you're just starting out, it makes most sense for you to start using the current tools as currently intended - rather than stepping back into history.

IME, the vast majority of your time will be spent in CubeIDE.

Once you've defined your hardware config, there will not be much (if any) need to use CubeMX.

There will not be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between them beyond the early stages of getting the hardware set up.