How to program Blue Pill (STM32F103C8T6) using C++ on STM32Cube IDE to blink its LED as the first embedded project

[Adev.1]

Hi all,

This is my first embedded programming project and Blue Pill is my first board to work on. Since I've got some experience in C++, I wish to use that language to make a project for blinking the Blue Pill's LED. Amongst various IDEs out there I picked up STM32CubeIDE because I suppose they both are from a family and they're better to be used together.

There are very many tutorials regarding Blinking Blue Pill's LED on the Web, but the problem with all I came across were two things: they all use the C language to program and also a pre-made code for the project. I want to use C++ and write the code myself.

After installing the IDE, I created a new STM32 Project called "Blinking LED" and then selected C++ as the target language and I'm stopped there.

What I need now is a guidance to conduct me from that point up to the IDE's code editor where I can put my own C++ code for the project to be run on the board.

[Peter BENSCH · Accepted solution]

This thread relates to a so-called Blue Pill, which uses illegally cloned STM32F103. ST resources are only dedicated to supporting genuine ST products. We are not committed to ensuring that clones/fakes products work properly with the firmware we provide.

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