WeAct Studio STM32F405 Core Board V1.0
Overview
The WeAct STM32F405 Core Board is an extremely low cost and bare-bones development board featuring the STM32F405RG, see STM32F405RG website [4]. This is the 64-pin variant of the STM32F405x series, see STM32F405x reference manual [5]. More info about the board available on WeAct Github [2].
Hardware
The STM32F405RG based Core V1.0 Board provides the following hardware components:
STM32F405RG in QFPN64 package
ARM® 32-bit Cortex® -M4 CPU with FPU, Adaptive real-time accelerator (ART Accelerator) allowing 0-wait state execution from Flash memory
168 MHz max CPU frequency
VDD from 1.7 V to 3.6 V
1 MB Flash
192+4 Kbytes of SRAM including 64-Kbyte of CCM (core coupled memory)
GPIO with external interrupt capability
3x12-bit, 2.4 MSPS ADC up to 24 channels and 7.2 MSPS in triple interleaved mode
2x12-bit D/A converters
16-stream DMA controller
Up to 17 Timers (twelve 16-bit, two 32-bit, two watchdog timers and a SysTick timer)
USART/UART (4)
I2C (3)
SPI/I2S (3)
CAN (2)
SDIO
USB 2.0 full-speed device/host/OTG controller with on-chip PHY
USB 2.0 high-speed/full-speed device/host/OTG controller with on-chip full-speed PHY and ULPI
10/100 Ethernet MAC
CRC calculation unit
96-bit unique ID
RTC with hardware calendar
8- to 14-bit parallel camera interface
LCD parallel interface, 8080/6800 modes
Supported Features
The Zephyr weact_stm32f405_core board configuration supports the following hardware features:
Interface |
Controller |
Driver/Component |
|---|---|---|
NVIC |
on-chip |
nested vector interrupt controller |
SYSTICK |
on-chip |
system clock |
UART |
on-chip |
serial port |
GPIO |
on-chip |
gpio |
PINMUX |
on-chip |
pinmux |
FLASH |
on-chip |
flash |
SPI |
on-chip |
spi |
I2C |
on-chip |
i2c |
ADC |
on-chip |
ADC Controller |
USB OTG FS |
on-chip |
USB device |
The default configuration can be found in boards/weact/stm32f405_core/weact_stm32f405_core_defconfig
Pin Mapping
Default Zephyr Peripheral Mapping:
UART_1 TX/RX : PA9/PA10
UART_2 TX/RX : PA2/PA3
I2C1 SCL/SDA : PB6/PB7
SPI1 SCK/MISO/MOSI : PA5/PA6/PA7
CAN1 TX/RX : Pb9/PB8
SDMMC1 D0..D4/CLK/CMD : PC8/PC9/PC10/PC11/PC12/PD2
USER_PB : PC13
USER_LED : PB2
Clock Sources
The board has two external oscillators. The frequency of the slow clock (LSE) is 32.768 kHz. The frequency of the main clock (HSE) is 8 MHz.
The default configuration sources the system clock from the PLL, which is derived from HSE, and is set at 168MHz, which is the maximum possible frequency to achieve a stable USB clock (48MHz).
Programming and Debugging
There are 2 main entry points for flashing STM32F4X SoCs, one using the ROM bootloader, and another by using the SWD debug port (which requires additional hardware). Flashing using the ROM bootloader requires a special activation pattern, which can be triggered by using the BOOT0 pin.
Flashing
Installing dfu-util
It is recommended to use at least v0.8 of dfu-util [3]. The package available in debian/ubuntu can be quite old, so you might have to build dfu-util from source.
There is also a Windows version which works, but you may have to install the right USB drivers with a tool like Zadig [1].
Flashing an Application
Connect a USB-C cable and the board should power ON. Force the board into DFU mode by keeping the BOOT0 switch pressed while pressing and releasing the NRST switch.
The dfu-util runner is supported on this board and so a sample can be built and tested easily.
# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b weact_stm32f405_core samples/basic/blinky
west flash
# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b weact_stm32f405_core samples/basic/button
west flash
# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b weact_stm32f405_core samples/subsys/fs/fs_sample
west flash
Debugging
The board can be debugged by installing the included 100 mil (0.1 inch) header, and attaching an SWD debugger to the 3V3 (3.3V), GND, SCK, and DIO pins on that header.