Systems Check

You will need A Windows Laptop (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8) with Administrator rights and Internet Access USB Type A to Mini-B Cable. Note these cables are fairly common but if you dont have one you can purchase one here STM32F429I-Discovery Kit (order code STM32F429I-DISCO). Please do NOT install the STM32F429I-Discovery Kit until instructed. *The first 1,000 qualified attendees of Day 1 & 2 (US or Canada- attended by 12/3 5pm PST) will receive a Free STM32F429 Discovery Board for the hands-on workshop sessions 3-5. Kits may also be purchased here Ready to begin?

IAR Tool Installation

Download and install the time-limited license (30-day time-limited evaluation) version of EWARM 6.7 from here (note the Discovery board requires EWARM Version 6.6 or later, so if you already have an earlier version of EWARM, we suggest you install EWARM 6.7 in a different directory for use in these classes to protect your existing environment.)

When the download is complete double-click on the file EWARM-CD-6701-5794.exe to begin the IAR installation. If this is the first time the IAR Tools are installed on this PC than the installer puts the toolchain on the local hard disk in the C:\Program Files\IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench 6.7 directory. However if you have an existing installation then you should change the directory to be C:\Program Files\IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench 6.7. Click through the default options and accept the license agreement when prompted. If you have a valid IAR license your new IDE will select this license automatically. If this is the first time that you installed the IAR tools, you will be prompted to register on the IAR website. If you are not prompted to register Open the License Manager from the information Center main window by selecting: Help/License Manager. Open the Get Evaluation License by selecting: License/Get Evaluation license from the license manager. Select the Register and you will be prompted to IAR registration website

When you have registered you will receive an email asking to confirm your email address and then you will receive your 30-day evaluation license. You may see a message asking if you wish to extract IAR Library Source for ARM. This is not needed for the hands -on workshop so you can click no. When EWARM 6.7 has been installed and registered you may proceed to the next step.

ST-LINK/V2 Windows Driver Installation

Important - the STM32F429I-Discovery board should be unplugged. STM32F429I-Discovery includes an ST-Link/V2 embedded programming and debug tool. The USB driver for the ST-Link/V2 can be found here in Related Tools and Software. Note: Please select the correct ST-LINK/V2 USB driver for your operating system. There is one version for Windows 7, Vista and XP and one version for Windows 8. Once the correct ST-Link/V2 driver has been downloaded, right click on the file stlink_v2_usbdriver.exe (for Windows 7) OR stlink_winusb_install.bat (for Windows 8) and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. Click through until the driver installation is complete.

Connect the Discovery Kit, Enable ST -Link

Using the USB cable, connect the mini-B male connector into the STM32F429I-Discovery USB port at the top of the board (next to the ST Logo), and connect the USB A male connector into your computer. Wait for Windows to recognize the ST-Link device and follow any steps required to install the driver.

Upon successful driver recognition, the ST-Link device should be fully enumerated in the Windows Device Manager as shown If the ST-Link is not fully enumerated see the ST-Link driver troubleshooting section at the end of this document.

Process check
ST-Link is recognized by your system. LD1 and LD2 (at top edge of board) should be ON and solid RED (indicating board power available and ST-Link is functional). LD3 and/or LD4 should be blinking in this demo LCD should display an interactive demo that you can try by touching the on-screen icons

MicroXplorer Installation
MicroXplorer can be found here in the Get Software section Quick steps to install and run MicroXplorer Installation Double-click the MicroXplorer-Setup.exe file to launch the installation wizard that will guide you through the installation steps. If you do not have an up to date version of the Java Runtime Environment the wizard suggests that you download it and stops. You can get the latest version of the Java Runtime Environment here. Restart the installation after the installation of Java. When the installation is successful, a MicroXplorer icon is displayed on your desktop and the configuration files (.ioc files) are associated with it. Run From your desktop, double-click MicroXplorer shortcut.

Download the Hands-On Example Package

Download the package from here. Unzip the folder \STM32Seminar to your root c:\ folder C:\STM32Seminar\ Edit folder properties and remove Read-only attribute for all sub-folders Congratulations you are now ready for Session 3 in the Fundamentals of Microcontrollers (MCUs): Hands-On Workshop! Additional information and resources for the STM32F429I-Discovery Kit can be found here.

ST-Link Driver Trouble Shooting

Step #1 Open Device Manager Right-click on the STM32 STLink Driver icon Select Update Driver Software

Step #2 Select Browse my computer for driver software Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers of my computer Click Next

Step #2a The following screen might display a list of device types If you see such a screen, scroll down and select the following: o Universal Serial Bus Controllers Click Next and proceed to the next step

Step #3 The STMicroelectronics ST-Link dongle should be listed Click Next

Step #4 A warning message may appear Select Install this driver software anyway

Step #5 You should receive a message: Windows has successfully updated your driver software Re-check device manager to ensure STMicroelectronics ST-Link dongle is functioning normally