Category Archives: STM32

ARM Cortex text book

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Peter Harrison

The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3Joseph YiuThis is one of a very small number of books about the relatively new ARM processor, the Cortex-M3. Now in a second edition, the book covers all the essential information required to get … Continue reading →

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STM32 USART basics

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Peter Harrison

A USART is a universal synchronous asynchronous receiver transmitter. A serial port if you like. On the STM32 however, it really is universal. This peripheral has a raft of features for a huge range of serial protocols including all the … Continue reading →

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ARM STM32 JTAG

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Peter Harrison

JTAG is a common standard for communicating with modern electronic devices like FPGAs and microcontrollers. A JTAG connection will allow you to do in-circuit debugging in a bewildering variety of ways and will generally allow you to program your device. … Continue reading →

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Crossworks projects startup and debugging

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Peter Harrison

Crossworks or, more accurately, CrossStudio for the Arm, running on a mac is probably one of the better development environments. It has its quirky side but, so far, I am really happy with it. Now might be a good time … Continue reading →

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Crossworks Blinky Project 3 – PLL and HSE

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Peter Harrison

Last time, the STM32 was set up to use the Internal RC oscillator, HSI. This runs at 8MHz. The PLL multiplier was told to use the HSI/2 as its input and the multiplier value was set to x 5. The … Continue reading →

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Crossworks Blinky Project 2 – RCC and Systick

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Peter Harrison

In the previous post, the STM32 development board was turning a LED on and off in response to a button press. Not very exciting but satisfying anyway. Next, I want to have a look at setting up the system oscillator … Continue reading →

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Crossworks Blinky Project 1

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Peter Harrison

With the Rowley Crossworks software set up, it is time to make some code. As usual, it is easiest to start out with a simple LED flasher. Why break with tradition. The target board for this project is the IAR … Continue reading →

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Crossworks for the ARM on a mac

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Peter Harrison

After much messing about, I finally decided how to do my STM32 ARM development. While there is a certain amount of appeal in the DIY approach, in the end I just want to write code for my processor and not … Continue reading →

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Another STM32 Project Template

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Peter Harrison

Earlier this year, I wrote about the fun I had setting up the GCC ARM compiler to run under MAC OS X. This kept me occupied for a few days and, eventually, I got it all working. Francois Gervais read … Continue reading →

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Simple ADC use on the STM32

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Peter Harrison

Here is a bit of a look at how to use the ADC on the STM32 for simple applications. The ADC peripheral on the STM32 processor is a flexible but complex beast. The peripheral driver library should make it relatively … Continue reading →

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