/STM32F4-Discovery-example-code

STM32F4 Discovery example code using ChibiOS

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STM32F4-Discovery-example-code

This is a fork of ChibiOS/RT example project originally written by Mathias-L, available on GitHub (https://github.com/Mathias-L/STM32F4-Discovery-example-code).

I made it work on ChibiOS/RT 2.5.2unstable, on git revision 6a5d456e0fa5c6f6f20c69656bcf03ec3661a8b5. I also applied change from here: http://forum.chibios.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=514&start=10#p5363

Original README

This is my example code for the STM32F4 Discovers using the RTOS ChibiOS.

requirements

  • Chibios 2.5.0+ (or a recent development snapshot)
  • arm toolchain (e.g. arm-none-eabi from summon-arm)

features

  • serial over USB console
  • PWM initialization and control
  • ADC measuring, continuous and single scan
  • background blinker thread
  • code structured into separate files

usage

  • edit the Makefile and point "CHIBIOS = ../../chibios" to your ChibiOS folder
  • make
  • connect the STM32F4 Discovery with both USB connectors
  • flash the STM32F4: st-flash write build/ch.bin 0x8000000
  • use your favorite terminal programm to connect to the Serial Port (/dev/ttyACM0 for me, probably COM1 on Windows)

console commands

  • help
  • exit
  • info
  • systime
  • mem
  • threads
  • toggle 1/2/3/4 (toggles #led, short: t)
  • blinkspeed #speed (changes blinker period to #speed ms, short: bs)
  • cycle #duty (changes the duty cycle of PWM1 to #duty, short: c)
  • ramp #from #to #step [delay] (creates a ramp for PWM1 with the given parameters, short: r)
  • measure (measures 16384 analog samples on pin PC1 and prints the first and the average, short: m)
  • measureAnalog (measures 16384 samples and converts the average to Volts, short: ma)
  • measureDirect (measures 16384 samples and prints them all, short: md)
  • measureContinuous (starts a background analog conversion, short: mc)
  • readContinuousData (prints what has been collected by the background conversion, short: rd)
  • stopContinuous (stops the analog conversion, short sc)

disclaimer

Neither am I a good C programmer nor do I have extensive knowledge about ChibiOS, the STM32F4 or uCs in general. I wrote this code to make myself familiar with the STM32F4 Discovery and I figured ChibiOS was a usefull tool. From my POV the code is not that bad, but your opinion may differ. In that case, please don't laugh at my code but provide constructive criticism. I just realized: I'm no pro at Git, Github and Markdown either...

Since I started from the USB-CDC code example from ChibiOS which is GPLv3, I think I am forced to release this code under GPLv3 though I don't care what you do with the code. I asked Giovanni and he said "there is not much meat" in it anyways.