Why STM32Cube IDE doesn't support native apple silicon ?

[mhmmtdmr]

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[Bob S]

Because the STM32CubeIDE is intended/targeted only for ST devices - why would ST spend time making their IDE work for other company's products?  If you want generic ARM development, use generic Eclipse, or MCUXpresso if that works for you.

[mhmmtdmr]

If you read the question I asked carefully, I am talking about other companies' own IDEs that offer the necessary versions for macOS apple silicon. why ST doesn't do the same. the question I asked was very clear and I just showed an example.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Because most anyone can afford a $150-200 Windows box to get the job done..

There's probably much better ways to spend the development/quality assurance budget than pandering to the most expensive/least accessible equipment

[mhmmtdmr]

macos intel build already there ide and other stmcube tools it's not a problem to build aarch64 version for st. x86_64 version run using rosetta 2 but I don't want to go this way. I am mainly using windows, sometimes I use my mac and nxp side I don't have a problem seamless changes between devices .

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@mhmmtdmr wrote:

macos intel build already there ide and other stmcube tools it's not a problem to build aarch64 version for st. x86_64 version run using rosetta 2 but I don't want to go this way

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Please use punctuation and capitalization. Nobody can make anything from that word salad. I'm guessing with "support" in your initial post you mean run the IDE on, not the build target. STM32CubeIDE runs on Windows and Linux just fine in my experience and also supports MAC. You can use a virtual machine if you have an uncommon type of machine that is not supported. Or use a different IDE such as VsCode. I cannot answer for ST why apple silicon is not supported. But my guess is that it's not worth maintaining a version for a platform that less than 1% of its users use.

[korzi]

you totally missed it

[Raees]

Eclipse IDE—the core of STM32CubeIDE—has provided Apple Silicon binaries for quite some time now.

Other MCU vendors have already followed suit with native Apple Silicon support in their IDEs, such as NXP with MCUXpresso and Microchip with MPLAB X.

It’s surprising that ST hasn’t released a native Apple Silicon version of STM32CubeIDE yet. With Apple expected to eventually remove Rosetta from future macOS versions

[Ozone]

> If you read the question I asked carefully, ...

This is a headline, not a question.

> the question I asked was very clear ...

Obviously not. Nobody knew if you meant the target or the host.

None of the companies I've seen ever used an Apple Mac for embedded software development.
Apples might be very present in other niches, but in regards to embedded SW, they fall even below commercial Linux use. ST just concentrates resources where it makes most sense.