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ARM Development
Boards
Reference Document
for Electronic
Laboratory Work
First Edition

Jedzia
ARM Development Boards

Reference Document for

Electronic Laboratory Work
ARM Development
Boards
Reference Document
for Electronic
Laboratory Work
First Edition

Edited by
Jedzia

Jedzia
2020
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 Preface to the First Edition
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 Contents
Preface to the First Edition 5

List of Software 11
The Electronic/ARM Projects Directory Guide 12
Directory Structure 12
eclipse\blinkyF103 12
BlackPill\SW4Test 12
BlackPill\BlinkyCM3 12
BlackPill\BlackPill-libopencm3-blinky-template 12
eclipse 12
ToDo: 12

Black Pill, STM32F103 board 17

1. Black Pill Pin-Out 18
2. Black Pill Schematic 19
3. Getting Started 20
3.1. Schematic and Design 20
3.2. Comparison with the Blue Pill 20
3.3. Similarities 20
3.4. Differences 21
3.5. Advantages of the Black Pill 21
3.6. Advantages of the Blue Pill 21
4. Burning the bootloader 21
4.1. Required Hardware 21
4.2. Flashing the bootloader onto the Black Pill via ST-Link Interface 22
4.3. Flashing the bootloader onto the Black Pill via USB to Serial converter using UART1 22
4.4. Flashing the bootloader - Maple Mini 25
5. Notes 27
Notes
 List of Software
Following is an overview of the software-projects provided by me.

This is a draft. This chapter is only relevant, when

the “Projects” repository is published.

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printed 20/08/20.
2019
 The Electronic/ARM Proj-
ects Directory Guide
This is a helping hand for easy finding what you want to, without getting too much confused. For details refer to the documentation (if some exists) in the
referred sub-projects.
Note: Update this document with
E:\Projects\Elektronik\ARM>pandoc "!Contents.md" -s -o doc/Contents.icml
before updating it in ARM\doc\Software-Intro.indd.

Directory Structure
Abbrevations: - StdPeriph: Is build or based on the Standard Peripherals library. The following quote from ST Website means that if it uses StdPeriph,
then it also uses CMSIS, because StdPeriph is based on that. > The STM32F0xx Standard Peripherals library is full CMSIS compliant.

eclipse\blinkyF103
Blue Pill blink. uses stm32f1-stdperiph. Contains “diag/Trace.h”, debug-trace output code usage. Current battlefield for the blink template testing, that is
not working.

BlackPill\SW4Test
System Workbench for STM32 example Project. StdPeriph based Uses J-Link.

BlackPill\BlinkyCM3
Makefile based with libopencm3. - Git-Export: E:\Projects\Elektronik\ARM\BlackPill\BlackPill-libopencm3-blinky-template.zip.
- Git initialzed template, before i added eclipse support E:\Projects\Elektronik\ARM\BlackPill\BlackPill-libopencm3-blinky-tem-
plate.rar.

BlackPill\BlackPill-libopencm3-blinky-template
Based on BlinkyCM3 (Makefile based with libopencm3) with Eclipse support. - Git initialzed template E:\Projects\Elektronik\ARM\BlackPill\
BlackPill-libopencm3-blinky-eclipse-template.rar.

eclipse
My personal setup of eclipse notes. Version 2019-03
C:\Toolchain\eclipse\eclipse-cpp-2019-03-R-win32-x86_64\
run via
@echo off
REM set PATH=C:\Toolchain\ARM\gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_8-140708\bin;C:\Toolchain\mingw-w64\x86_64-w64-mingw32-
8.3.0-crt-6.0.0-multilib\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\Toolchain\OpenOCD\OpenOCD-20190210-0.10.0\bin;%PATH%
REM set PATH=D:\Users\Jedzia.pubsiX\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\arm-none-eabi-gcc\4.8.3-
2014q1\bin;C:\Toolchain\mingw-w64\x86_64-w64-mingw32-8.3.0-crt-6.0.0-multilib\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\Tool-
chain\OpenOCD\OpenOCD-20190210-0.10.0\bin;%PATH%
set PATH=C:\Toolchain\ARM\GNU MCU Eclipse\ARM Embedded GCC\8.2.1-1.4-20190214-0604\bin;C:\Toolchain\
mingw-w64\x86_64-w64-mingw32-8.3.0-crt-6.0.0-multilib\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\Toolchain\OpenOCD\Ope-
nOCD-20190210-0.10.0\bin;%PATH%

REM set PATH=D:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin;%PATH%

REM set TOOL_PATH=/C/Toolchain/ARM/GNU Tools ARM Embedded/8 2018-q4-major/bin

REM Used by gdb to refer to your master C:\Users\<USER>\.gdbinit

set HOME=%USERPROFILE%

REM set CC=arm-none-eabi-gcc

REM set CFLAGS_arm-none-eabi=-EL -mips32 -msoft-float
REM set AR_arm-none-eabi=arm-none-eabi-ar

REM set MAKEFLAGS=-j8

REM call C:\D\ldc2vars64.bat

rem cd E:\Projects\D

start "" "C:\Toolchain\eclipse\eclipse-cpp-2019-03-R-win32-x86_64\eclipse.exe"

ToDo:

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Reference
1. Arduino IDE
Download: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software.
Boards Manager Package for STM32F1x series: http://dan.drown.org/stm32duino/pack-
age_STM32duino_index.json.
Prefered Installation: https://wiki.stm32duino.com/index.php?title=Installation.
Arduino STM32 files: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32/ar-
chive/master.zip.
2. ST-LINK/V2
https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/st-link-v2.html#tools-software
3. STM32duino-bootloader
https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader
With binaries at https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader/
tree/master/binaries.
Black Pill Bootloader: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-boot-
loader/blob/master/binaries/generic_boot20_pb12.bin?raw=true
Maple Mini Bootloader: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-boot-
loader/blob/master/binaries/maple_mini_boot20.bin?raw=true.

4. OpenBLT Bootloader
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openblt/
https://github.com/feaser/openblt

This is a draft. This chapter is only relevant, when

the “Projects” repository is published.

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 Black Pill, STM32F103 board
The Black Pill is the latest “pill” board. It is newer and less common than the Blue Pill and the Red
Pill. It is available on AliExpress, eBay and Taobao.

Level of support Moderate

Bootloader Flash with [3. STM32duino-bootloader] or [4. OpenBLT Bootloader]
Flash 64KB
RAM 20KB
User LED(s) PB12 (active LOW)
User button(s) None
RTC Crystal Yes
ST-Link header Yes
Voltage Regulator RT9193-33 (DE=A1D) - Max 300 mA
Manufacturer HWA YEH
Price (shipped) 2.15 USD
Part QTY Location Remarks

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 1. Black Pill Pin-Out

MCU Pin USART MISC

MAX 150mA

3V3
Board Hardware

GND
PA14
PA13
Pin Name SPI total source/-
PWM Pin sink for entire
Control I2C SWCLK 37 34 SWDIO 5V Tolerant CPU!
Analog CAN BUS not 5V Tolerant
JTCK JTMS Alternate function max ±20mA

Se r ial
Timer & Channel USB sink max 3mA per pin, ±8mA
! source 0mA recommended
PB12 LED
max 2MHz, 30pF
CK 3 T1BKIN NSS 2 SMBAI2 PB12 25 22 PB11 SDA 2 RX 3 T2C4N
CTS3 T1C1N SCK 2 PB13 26 21 PB10 SCL 2 TX 3 T2C3N
RTS3 T1C2N MISO 2 PB14 27 19 PB1 ADC9 T3C4 T1C3N
T1C3N MOSI 2 PB15 28 18 PB0 ADC8 T3C3 T1C2N

3V3

GND
MCO T1C1 CK 1 PA8 29 17 PA7 ADC7 MOSI 1 T3C2 T1C1N
T1C2 TX 1 PA9 30 16 PA6 ADC6 MISO 1 T3C1 T1BKIN

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44
T1C3 RX 1 PA10 31 15 PA5 ADC5 SCK 1
CANRX T1C4 CTS1 USB- PA11 32 14 PA4 ADC4 NSS 1 CK 2
CANTX T1ETR RTS1 USB+ PA12 33 13 PA3 ADC3 RX 2 T2C4

PB2 20
TRACE T2C1E NSS 1 JTDI PA15 38 12 PA2 ADC2 TX 2 T2C3
T2C2 SCK 1 JTDO PB3 39 11 PA1 ADC1 RTS2 T2C2
SWO T3C1 MISO 1 JTRST PB4 40 10 PA0 ADC0 CTS2 T2C1E WKUP
T2C2 MOSI 1 SMBAI1 PB5 41 7 NRST Reset Button
TX 1 T4C1 SCL 1 PB6 42 ! 2 PC13 TAMPER-RTC
BOOT1
RX 1 T4C2 SDA 1 PB7 43 BOOT0 46 PB9 SDA 1 T4C4 CANTX
Allways double check! 3V3 45 PB8 SCL 1 T4C3 CANRX
GND GND
Your layout may differ.
Possible +5V VCC instead

Boot Mode
B0- B0+ B0- B0+ B0- B0+
Main Flash System
Normal Serial SRAM
Figure 1. Black_Pill_Pinout-adv.ai B1- B1+ B1- B1+ B1- B1+
Operation Programming
 2. Black Pill Schematic
VCC3.3 U1
PA0 10 18 PB0
PA0-WKUP PB0
PA1 11 19 PB1
C1 C2 C3 C4 PA1 PB1 R1
PA2 12 20 BOOT1
104 1UF 104 104 PA2 PB2/BOOT1
PA3 13 39 PB3 10K
PA3 PB3/JTDO
PA4 14 40 PB4
PA4 PB4/JNTRST
PA5 15 41 PB5
GND PA5 PB5
PA6 16 42 PB6
PA6 PB6 VCC3.3 JP1 VCC3.3
PA7 17 43 PB7
PA7 PB7
1 2
PA8 29 45 PB8 BOOT0 BOOT1
PA8 PB8 3 4
PA9 30 46 PB9 5 6
PA9 PB9
Y1 PA10 31 21 PB10
PA10 PB10 BOOT
XTALA XTALB JP2 VCC3.3 USBDM 32 22 PB11
PA11 PB11 GND GND
USBDP 33 25 PB12
VCC3.3 4 PA12 PB12
8M SWDIO 34 26 PB13
3 PA13/JTMS/SWDIO PB13
R2 SWCLK 37 27 PB14
2 PA14/JTCK/SWCLK PB14
10M PA15 38 28 PB15
C5 C6 1 PA15/JTDI PB15 VCC3.3 VCC3.3
22PF 22PF R3
SWD XTALA 5 2 PC13
10K OSC_IN/PD0 PC13-TAMPER-RTC
GND XTALB 6 3 XTALC D1 D2
OSC_OUT/PD1 PC14-OSC32_IN
PC15-OSC32_OUT
4 XTALD 电源 测试
GND NRST R4 10K
BOOT0 44
Y2 BOOT0 R5 R6
XTALC XTALD 1K 1K
NRST 7
S1 NRST
32.768K C7 SW-PB
104 1
VBAT
PB12

C8 C9 24 23 GND
22PF 22PF VDD_1 VSS_1
36 35
VDD_2 VSS_2
48 47
VDD_3 VSS_3

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GND 9 8
GND VDDA VSSA
VCC3.3 STM32F103C8T6
GND
JP3 JP4
PB12 PB11
17 1
PB13 PB10
16 2 VCCIN
PB14 PB1 VCC5V
15 3 U2 microusb
PB15 PB0 U3 VCC3.3
14 4
PA8 PA7 1 5
13 5 VCC VOUT
PA9 PA6 C10
12 6
GND
ID
U+
U-
VCC

PA10 PA5 D3 105 2 C11 C12

11 7 ZENER3 GND GND
PA11 PA4 5 104 105
4
1

10 8
PA12 PA3 GND VCCIN 3 4
9 9 VCC5V EN BP
PA15 PA2
8 10 VCC3.3
PB3 PA1 R7 RT9193 C13 GND
7 11
USBDP 3
USBDM2

PB4 PA0 22nf

6 12 VCC5V
PB5 RST 1.5K
5 13
PB6 PC13
4 14
PB7 PB9 GND
3 15
PB8 Title
2 VCC3.3 16
1 17
HEADER 17 HEADER 17 Size Number Revision
GND GND
A4
Date: 2016/9/20 Sheet of
File: .SchDoc
F:\项目文档\..\STM32F103C8T6 核心板Drawn By:
1 2 3 4

Figure 2. Black_Pill_Schematic.pdf
 Comment Description Designator Footprint LibRef Quantity
[NoValue], [NoValue],
104 [NoValue], [NoValue], C1, C3, C4, C7, C11 0603C CAP 5
Capacitor
1UF C2 0603C CAP 1
22PF SMD-CAP C5, C6, C8, C9 0603C CAP-0.1UF 4
105 Capacitor C10, C12 0603C CAP 2
22nf Capacitor C13 0603C CAP 1
电源 D1 0603D LED 1
测试 D2 0603D LED 1
ZENER3 Zener Diode D3 0805D ZENER3 1
BOOT JP1 HDR2X3 HEADER 3X2 1
SWD 4 Pin Header JP2 HDR1X4 4 HEADER 1
HEADER 17 JP3, JP4 HEADER 17 2
Res2 Resistor R1, R4 0603B Res2 2
10M R2 0603B RES1 1
10K R3 0603B RES1 1
1K Resistor R5, R6 0603B Res1 2
1.5K R7 0603B RES1 1
SW-PB S1 贴片按键 SW-PB 1
STM32 ARM-based 32-bit
MCU with 64 Kbytes Flash,
STM32F103C8T6 U1 LQFP48_N STM32F103C8T6 1
48-pin LQFP, Industrial
Temperature
microusb U2 MICRO-USB microusb 1
RT9193 U3 SOT23-5 RT9193 1
8M 晶振 Y1 49SMD XT 1
32.768K 晶振 Y2 32.768K晶振 XT 1

3. Getting Started
via https://wiki.stm32duino.com/index.php?title=Black_Pill using Arduino IDE. For installing and setup
refer to [1. Arduino IDE]. Note: The Boards-Manager method is deprecated and not supported in forum.
Use the dedicated download package if you want support for other devices.
•  Buy a Black Pill
•  Burn the bootloader
•  Under ‘Tools→Board’ select “Generic STM32F103 series”
•  Under ‘Tools→Upload method’ select “STM32duino bootloader”
•  Select the correct COM port
•  Open up the blink sketch, change the pin number to PB12
•  Hit upload
It is also possible to upload sketches via UART and JTAG, though this will overwrite the bootloader.

3.1. Schematic and Design

Like the other pill boards, the design is closed source and the designer is unknown.
However, a File:Black Pill Schematic.pdf is available for this board (see Figure 2 on page 19).

3.2. Comparison with the Blue Pill

The Black Pill is similar to the more popular Blue Pill.

3.3. Similarities
•  STM32F103C8T6 32 bit ARM M3 microcontroller
•  4-pin ST-Link header
•  Micro-USB
•  No USB reset circuitry (reset over USB is still possible, though less reliable than the Maple Mini)

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3.4. Differences
•  Different pinout
•  User LED on PB12 vs PC13 on a Blue pill
•  Black pill does not have a VIN pin, it can only be powered from USB or a 3.3 V source.

3.5. Advantages of the Black Pill

•  All components are on one side of the board
•  Stronger Micro-USB connector
•  Mounting holes
•  Ships with the correct pull-up resistor on PA12 for USB port

3.6. Advantages of the Blue Pill

•  More widely available, and more widely used
•  Slightly cheaper
•  Vbat pin can be connected to a battery for the RTC. The black pill has Vbat hardwired to 3.3V.
•  Shorter and narrower
•  Two additional IO pins: PC14 and PC15

4. Burning the bootloader

Most STM32F103 boards do not come with a USB bootloader installed. The main exception is the Maple
mini. The STM32F4 series MCU has a built in Serial and USB (DFU) bootloader, so there is no need to
install an additional bootloader.
On the STM32F103 there are 2 ways to flash the bootloader onto the board
1. Using the native bootloader (built into the STM32F103), by connecting to USART1 using a USB to
serial TTL adapter.
2. Using a SWD programmer tool like the ST-Link or Black Magic Probe.
Currently it is not possible to burn the bootloader from within the Arduino IDE.
The source for the DFU-Bootloader used is the STM32duino-bootloader provided by Roger Clark [3.
STM32duino-bootloader]. An alternative Bootloader to be installed is the [4. OpenBLT Bootloader].
When using OpenBLT you compile the bootloader first and have to substitute the binary file in the instruc-
tions for the one you created. For in-depth instructions refer to https://www.feaser.com/openblt/doku.
php?id=manual:demos.

4.1. Required Hardware

It is possible to flash the bootloader using any of the following hardware:
•  A USB to TTL serial adapter
•  A CH340G, CP2102, or FT232RL board can be bought for less than a dollar
Note: Some versions of Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 and older) have a CH340G driver with no parity. You
will need to update to a modern kernel or recompile the driver from source to allow uploading us-
ing this adapter. See section 4.3 on page 22 for instructions.
•  An Arduino Nano or Uno can act as a USB to serial adapter
•  The adapter would preferably be 3.3 volt, but some STM32 chips have 5V tolerant USART pins.
•  A JTAG adapter
•  ST-Link section 4.2 on page 22
•  Black Magic Probe
Most STM32 boards can be reprogrammed as a BMP
If you don’t own any of the above hardware, it might be easier to start out with a Maple Mini, which
comes with a USB bootloader pre-installed.
See below and/or Uploading a sketch for more on the serial and ST-Link upload methods.

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4.2. Flashing the bootloader onto the Black Pill via ST-Link
Interface

USB DM
USB DP

MOSI 2
MISO 2
SCK 2
Obtain the software from [2. ST-LINK/V2], install driver and STM32 ST-LINK utility.

SS 2
RX 1
TX 1
We need 3 wires for basic ST-Link functionality, the actual colours of the wires are not important.
•  Programmer -> Target
PA15
PA12
PA10
PA11
PA9
PA8
•  Ground (orange) -> GND

5V Tolerant
PWM
Serial
Analogue
Digital
•  SWDIO (yellow) -> PA13 - SWDIO

PB15
PB14
PB13
PB12
PA15
PA12
PA10
PA11
GND
PB7
PB6
PB5
PB4
PB3

•  SWCLK (red) -> PA14 - SWCLK

PA9
PA8
3V3

SWCLK
Jumper
GND 3V3
PA14 SWCLK open for
PA13
3V3 GND
SWDIO
External
SWD
SWDIO
Reset
N.C.
WARNING: When developing, and powering the STM32
Reset
PC13

PB10
PB11
GND
PB8
PB9

PB0
PB1
PA0
PA1
PA2
PA3
PA4
PA5
PA6
PA7

target board from the programmer, if you intend to plug

in the USB port at the same time, then remove the power
PA0
PA1
PA2
PA3
PA4
PA5
PA6
PA7

wire(brown) first, and power the board from USB. Other-

RX 3
TX 3

wise you may see some magic smoke.

MISO 1
MOSI 1
SCK 1

SDA 2
SCL 2
RX 2
SS 1
TX 2

To flash the Bootloader you can use the GUI-Utility, File→Open File(CTRL-O) generic_boot20_
pb12.bin and transfer it to the device with Target→Program & Verify(CTRL-P).
Or use the command-line interface tool:
ST-LINK_CLI.exe -c SWD -P generic_boot20_pb12.bin 0x8000000 -Rst -Run

under Linux:
./stlink/st-flash write generic_boot20_pb12.bin 0x8000000
./upload-reset

4.3. Flashing the bootloader onto the Black Pill via USB to Serial
converter using UART1
Windows
The Black Pill does not come with any USB bootloader. This process should be roughly the same for all
F103 boards.
1. Download the correct bootloader binary, in this case generic_boot20_pb12.bin [https://github.
com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader/blob/master/binaries/generic_boot20_pb12.
bin?raw=true]
2. Set the ‘boot 0’ pin/jumper high, and ‘boot 1’ low
•  B0+ to center pin
•  B1- to center pin

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 PA14
PA13
GND

3V3
3. Connect the board to the PC using a USB to serial converter:
SWCLK 37 34 SWDIO
Boot Mode JTCK JTMS

VCCIO
B0+ S e r i a l

GND
DCD
DSR

RXD

DTR
RTS
TXD
B0- B0+ B0- B0- B0+
Main Flash System

RI
! SRAM

I/O
Output
Input
Control

Chip Pin
Normal Serial PB12 LED
Set System
B1- B1+
to 10
B1- B1+ B1- B1+

7..
9
6
5
4
3
2
1
Operation Programming PB12 25 22 PB11
PB13 26 21 PB10
3.3 V! PB14 27 19 PB1

GND
5V

3V3
USBDM USBDP

PB15 28 18 PB0
7.. GND PA8 29 17 PA7
20 3V3 11 CTS PA9 30 16 PA6
16 4 VCCIO PA10 31 15 PA5

BOOT1 PB2 20
44
15 1 TXD PA11 32 14 PA4
5V

7.. 5 RXD PA12 33 13 PA3

2 DTR PA15 38 12 PA2
GND

PB3 39 11 PA1
check thiŝ

BOOT0
PB4 40 10 PA0
Output
Select

PB5 41 7 NRST
PB6 42 ! 2 PC13
14 PWREN CBUS 3
13 TXDEN CBUS 2
12 Sleep CBUS 4
17
20
22 RXLED CBUS 1
23 TXLED CBUS 0
7..
11

Programming the Black Pill pin

PB7
3V3
43 46
45
PB9
PB8
active low

USB
Board Hardware

PA14
PA13
GND GND
with an FTD232RL Adapter

GND
GND

3V3
CTS
3V3
5V

SWCLK 37 34 SWDIO
Boot Mode JTCK JTMS
B0- B0+ B0- B0+ B0- B0+
Main Flash System
Normal Serial PB12 LED
SRAM
B1- B1+ B1- B1+ B1- B1+
Operation Programming PB12 25 22 PB11
PB13 26 21 PB10
PB14 27 19 PB1

GND

3V3
PB15 28 18 PB0
5V

3V3
USBD-

6 PA8 29 17 PA7
VDD PA9 30 16 PA6
7 26 TXD PA10 31 15 PA5

BOOT1 PB2 20
44
5 25 RXD PA11 32 14 PA4
4 3 GND PA12 33 13 PA3
USBD+

3 7 5V PA15 38 12 PA2
PB3 39 11 PA1
GND

BOOT0
PB4 40 10 PA0
CP2102 USB to TTL Converter PB5
PB6
41
42 !
7
2
NRST
PC13
Programming the Black Pill PB7
3V3
43 46
45
PB9
PB8
GND GND
with an CP2102 Adapter

•  RX to PA9
•  TX to PA10
•  GND to G on the ST-Link connector
•  3.3V to V3 on the ST-Link connector
•  Ensure the USB to serial converter is in 3.3 V mode
4. Reset the board, the user LED should now be off
5. Download and install Flash Loader Demonstrator from here: [http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/
products/development-tools/software-development-tools/stm32-software-development-tools/stm32-
programmers/flasher-stm32.html]

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 6. Use Flash Loader Demonstrator to flash the bootloader:

•  Select the correct COM port, yours will be different from the screenshots
7. For normal use, set both boot pins low
•  B0- to center, pin B1 stays the same, B1- to center.

Linux
Steps 1-4 and 7 are the same for both Windows and Linux
For steps 5-6, use the command from the Maple Mini Linux procedure section 4.4 on page 25, chang-
ing the paths and filenames as necessary.

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 cd ~/.arduino15/packages/stm32duino/tools/stm32tools/1.0.9/linux/stm32flash
./stm32flash -w ~/Downloads/generic_boot20_pb12.bin -v -g 0x0 /dev/ttyUSB0

4.4. Flashing the bootloader - Maple Mini

Download the bootloader binary from here: [https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-boot-
loader/blob/master/binaries/maple_mini_boot20.bin?raw=true]
1. Connect Serial1 to your computer using a USB/TTL converter.
2. Connect the adapter TXD to RX1 and RXD to TX1.
3. A video of the connection procedure is here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_RF0a0hrak]
4. Jumper the Boot1/PB2/D2 pin to ground.
5. Power the board from the 3.3v pin on the USB adapter. The on board USB connector should be
disconnected.
6. Note: Some USB/TTL adapters (notably CP2102) have the RX and TX pins reversed, so RX con-
nects to RX1 and TX to TX1.
7. Press and hold Button1 then press reset.
Windows: Download the STM Demonstrator GUI for windows from here [http://www.st.com/content/
st_com/en/products/development-tools/software-development-tools/stm32-software-development-tools/
stm32-programmers/flasher-stm32.html] to upload the bootloader.
After flashing is complete, disconnect the USB/TTL adapter from your computer and connect a
USB cable directly to the Maple Mini. You should be able to upload using Tools→Bootloader
Version→Bootloader 2.0 (20K Ram 120K Flash).
Linux: The jumpers and wiring are the same as for Windows. Immediately after connecting the USB/
TTL converter, open a terminal window and enter dmesg. Note the port assigned to the adapter. If this is
the only USB serial device, it will likely be /dev/ttyUSB0. You can give the full path to the flash utility, but
it’s probably easier to go to the folder and run the program from there. Assuming the maple bootloader
bin is in your ~/Download folder and your serial port is on /dev/ttyUSB0, run these commands:
cd ~/.arduino15/packages/stm32duino/tools/stm32tools/1.0.9/linux/stm32flash
./stm32flash -w ~/Downloads/maple_rev5_boot20.bin -v -g 0x0 /dev/ttyUSB0

The console should show that the board is detected and that the bootloader was written successfully.
stm32flash Arduino_STM32_0.9

http://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/arduino_stm32

Using Parser : Raw BINARY

Interface serial_posix: 57600 8E1
Version : 0x22
Option 1 : 0x00
Option 2 : 0x00
Device ID : 0x0410 (Medium-density)
- RAM : 20KiB (512b reserved by bootloader)
- Flash : 128KiB (sector size: 4x1024)
- Option RAM : 16b
- System RAM : 2KiB
Write to memory
Erasing memory
Wrote and verified address 0x08001bc0 (100.00%) Done.

Starting execution at address 0x08000000... done.

Now connect your USB cable to the board and run dmesg. You should see the Maple pid/vid:

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[Sat Oct 22 12:20:45 2016] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1eaf, idProduct=0003
[Sat Oct 22 12:20:45 2016] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[Sat Oct 22 12:20:45 2016] usb 3-3: Product: Maple 003
[Sat Oct 22 12:20:45 2016] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: LeafLabs
[Sat Oct 22 12:20:45 2016] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: LLM 003

The above procedures works for any STM32 board. You will need to download the correct bootloader bi-
nary to match your board and change the jumpers to Boot0=1 and Boot1=0 for the flash procedure. Once
the flash procedure is complete, set both Boot jumpers to 0.

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5. Notes

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Reference
1. Arduino IDE
Download: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software.
Boards Manager Package for STM32F1x series: http://dan.drown.org/stm32duino/pack-
age_STM32duino_index.json.
Prefered Installation: https://wiki.stm32duino.com/index.php?title=Installation.
Arduino STM32 files: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32/ar-
chive/master.zip.
2. ST-LINK/V2
https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/st-link-v2.html#tools-software
3. STM32duino-bootloader
https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader
With binaries at https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-bootloader/
tree/master/binaries.
Black Pill Bootloader: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-boot-
loader/blob/master/binaries/generic_boot20_pb12.bin?raw=true
Maple Mini Bootloader: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/STM32duino-boot-
loader/blob/master/binaries/maple_mini_boot20.bin?raw=true.

4. OpenBLT Bootloader
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openblt/
https://github.com/feaser/openblt

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