/STM32-with-no-IDE

Programming our ARM based microcontrollers without an IDE.

Primary LanguageC

Yes, IDEs make the job easier, but..

If you are an embedded developer, you should know what is going under the hood.

Get rid of that IDE and do it like a boss 😎

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🎉 GOOD NEWS 😁 : FROM NOW ON WE'LL USE OpenOCD & GDB FOR FLASHING AND DEBUGGING, UNDER BOTH LINUX AND WINDOWS!

What you will need :

✪ Any Text Editor

✪ CMSIS / HAL Drivers (You can use your own HAL!)

✪ Startup File + Linker Script (You can always use you own)

✪ GNU Make (Makefiles)

✪ GNU ARM Embedded Toolchain (Compiler/Other Tools)

✪ OpenOCD (If You Want to Flash/Debug Directly From the Command Line)

✪ The GNU Debugger - GDB (arm-none-eabi-gdb OR gdb-multiarch)

STEPS :

  • DOWNLOAD (CLONE) THIS REPOSITORY :
$ git clone https://github.com/JihedChaibi/STM32-with-no-IDE
  • ENTER THE STM32-with-no-IDE FOLDER :
$ cd STM32-with-no-IDE
  • COMPILE THE DEMO CODE (src/main.c) :
  $ make
  • FLASH :
  $ make flash
  • CLEAN BINARIES (OPTIONAL) :
  $ make clean
  • ERASE THE CHIP'S CONTENT (OPTIONAL) :
  $ make erase
  • START THE DEBUGGING SESSION :
  $ make debug
  • OPEN ANOTHER TERMINAL WINDOW, AND LET THE FUN BEGIN :
  $ make gdb

Short term goals :

  • Debugging from the command line [✔️ DONE!]
  • Windows support [✔️ DONE!]
  • Using CMake+GNU Make or CMake+Ninja as a main builder [♻️ IN PROGRESS]

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