Project for controlling temperature in thermal chambers using STM32 microcontrollers. It includes tools and configurations for firmware development, debugging, and serial communication.
- CMake >= v3.22.0
- Ninja >= v1.11.0
- gcc-arm-none-eabi >= v13.3.0 (host to ARM cross-compiler for STM32)
- GCC/MSVC >= v14.2.1/v19.40.33811 (optional native compiler for docs, admin and test suite)
- Qt Framework >= v6.7.0 (optional for admin)
- Doxygen >= v1.12.0 (optional for docs generation)
- Graphviz >= v12.2.0 (optional for docs generation)
- PuTTY, Minicom or similar program to read serial COM port
- STM32CubeProg >= v2.17.0 used for flashing FW
- STM32CubeIDE (optional Eclipse based IDE used for programming and debugging STM32 projects)
- STM32CubeMX (optional auto project generator)
You can use the winget pkg manager to get the previously mentioned prerequisites via command:
winget install Kitware.CMake Ninja-build.Ninja Arm.GnuArmEmbeddedToolchain DimitriVanHeesch.Doxygen PuTTY.PuTTY Graphviz.Graphviz
For native compiler please consider installing a compatible version of Windows SDK or consider using Cygwin, MSYS2 or MinGW-W64
For Qt Framework you can use their official online installer or unofficial Python based aqtinstall.
Make sure to reload the PowerShell session after installation, or add any additional missing installation directories to your $env:PATH. Alternatively, run the PowerShell script under misc\env.ps1, which temporarily adds gcc-arm-none-eabi and STM32CubeProg (installed in default locations) to your $env:PATH.
# apt install cmake ninja gcc-arm-none-eabi g++ qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools doxygen graphviz minicom
If you plan on using STM32CubeIDE, STM32CubeProg comes bundled with it.
Note: A myST account is required to download STM32Cube Development Tools from the ST website.
You can get them under following links:
Configure the project by issuing following command with optional -DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DENABLE_DOCS=ON -DENABLE_ADMIN=ON flags, these are set to OFF by default:
cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DENABLE_DOCS=ON -DENABLE_ADMIN=ON
Compile the project by issuing following command:
cmake --build build -j [num of CPU threads]
To flash the firmware first connect the STLink via USB to your PC and issue command:
cmake --build build --target flash
In order to list all available COM ports issue the following command:
Get-WmiObject Win32_SerialPort | Select-Object DeviceID, Caption, Description
Look for device with caption Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM7). Launch PuTTY by issuing following command:
putty -serial COM7 -sercfg 115200,8,n,1,N
List available serial ports:
$ ls /dev/ttyUSB*
Launch minicom and listen to /dev/ttyUSB0:
$ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0
cmake --build build --target docs