Thanks for your reply! I dived a bit more into how to properly store DMA values and ended up using this source, https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/projects/getting-started-with-stm32-working-with-adc-and-dma/f5009db3a3ed4370acaf545a3370c30c
I used their method and came up to this conclusion
Here is the new relevant bit of code.
#include "main.h"
/* Private includes ----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN Includes */
#include <st7789.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h> //for va_list var arg functions
/* USER CODE END Includes */
/* Private typedef -----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PTD */
/* USER CODE END PTD */
/* Private define ------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PD */
#define ADC_BUF_LEN 4096
/* USER CODE END PD */
/* Private macro -------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PM */
/* USER CODE END PM */
/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/
ADC_HandleTypeDef hadc1;
DMA_HandleTypeDef hdma_adc1;
I2C_HandleTypeDef hi2c1;
SPI_HandleTypeDef hspi1;
SPI_HandleTypeDef hspi2;
DMA_HandleTypeDef hdma_spi1_tx;
DMA_HandleTypeDef hdma_spi2_tx;
DMA_HandleTypeDef hdma_spi2_rx;
UART_HandleTypeDef huart1;
UART_HandleTypeDef huart2;
/* USER CODE BEGIN PV */
uint16_t adc_buf[ADC_BUF_LEN];
/* USER CODE END PV */
/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
void SystemClock_Config(void);
static void MPU_Config(void);
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void);
static void MX_I2C1_Init(void);
static void MX_SPI1_Init(void);
static void MX_SPI2_Init(void);
static void MX_USART1_UART_Init(void);
static void MX_DMA_Init(void);
static void MX_USART2_UART_Init(void);
static void MX_ADC1_Init(void);
/* USER CODE BEGIN PFP */
void myprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
/* USER CODE END PFP */
/* Private user code ---------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN 0 */
uint32_t value;
/* USER CODE END 0 */
/**
* @brief The application entry point.
* @retval int
*/
int main(void)
{
/* USER CODE BEGIN 1 */
/* USER CODE END 1 */
/* MPU Configuration--------------------------------------------------------*/
MPU_Config();
/* MCU Configuration--------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Reset of all peripherals, Initializes the Flash interface and the Systick. */
HAL_Init();
/* USER CODE BEGIN Init */
/* USER CODE END Init */
/* Configure the system clock */
SystemClock_Config();
/* USER CODE BEGIN SysInit */
/* USER CODE END SysInit */
/* Initialize all configured peripherals */
MX_GPIO_Init();
MX_I2C1_Init();
MX_SPI1_Init();
MX_SPI2_Init();
MX_USART1_UART_Init();
MX_DMA_Init();
MX_USART2_UART_Init();
MX_ADC1_Init();
/* USER CODE BEGIN 2 */
ST7789_Init();
ST7789_Fill_Color(WHITE);
HAL_ADC_Start_DMA(&hadc1,(uint32_t*)adc_buf, ADC_BUF_LEN);
static void MX_ADC1_Init(void)
{
/* USER CODE BEGIN ADC1_Init 0 */
/* USER CODE END ADC1_Init 0 */
ADC_MultiModeTypeDef multimode = {0};
ADC_ChannelConfTypeDef sConfig = {0};
/* USER CODE BEGIN ADC1_Init 1 */
/* USER CODE END ADC1_Init 1 */
/** Common config
*/
hadc1.Instance = ADC1;
hadc1.Init.Resolution = ADC_RESOLUTION_12B;
hadc1.Init.ScanConvMode = ADC_SCAN_DISABLE;
hadc1.Init.EOCSelection = ADC_EOC_SINGLE_CONV;
hadc1.Init.LowPowerAutoWait = DISABLE;
hadc1.Init.ContinuousConvMode = ENABLE;
hadc1.Init.NbrOfConversion = 1;
hadc1.Init.DiscontinuousConvMode = DISABLE;
hadc1.Init.ExternalTrigConv = ADC_SOFTWARE_START;
hadc1.Init.ExternalTrigConvEdge = ADC_EXTERNALTRIGCONVEDGE_NONE;
hadc1.Init.ConversionDataManagement = ADC_CONVERSIONDATA_DMA_CIRCULAR;
hadc1.Init.Overrun = ADC_OVR_DATA_PRESERVED;
hadc1.Init.LeftBitShift = ADC_LEFTBITSHIFT_NONE;
hadc1.Init.OversamplingMode = DISABLE;
if (HAL_ADC_Init(&hadc1) != HAL_OK)
{
Error_Handler();
}
/** Configure the ADC multi-mode
*/
multimode.Mode = ADC_MODE_INDEPENDENT;
if (HAL_ADCEx_MultiModeConfigChannel(&hadc1, &multimode) != HAL_OK)
{
Error_Handler();
}
/** Configure Regular Channel
*/
sConfig.Channel = ADC_CHANNEL_17;
sConfig.Rank = ADC_REGULAR_RANK_1;
sConfig.SamplingTime = ADC_SAMPLETIME_1CYCLE_5;
sConfig.SingleDiff = ADC_SINGLE_ENDED;
sConfig.OffsetNumber = ADC_OFFSET_NONE;
sConfig.Offset = 0;
sConfig.OffsetSignedSaturation = DISABLE;
if (HAL_ADC_ConfigChannel(&hadc1, &sConfig) != HAL_OK)
{
Error_Handler();
}
/* USER CODE BEGIN ADC1_Init 2 */
/* USER CODE END ADC1_Init 2 */
}static void MX_DMA_Init(void)
{
/* DMA controller clock enable */
__HAL_RCC_DMA1_CLK_ENABLE();
/* DMA interrupt init */
/* DMA1_Stream3_IRQn interrupt configuration */
HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(DMA1_Stream3_IRQn, 0, 0);
HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(DMA1_Stream3_IRQn);
}