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STM32L476G-Discovery Support

ECE 486 Specific Material

Instructions for using the Discovery board with the ECE 486 interface.
Sample sourcecode:
- ece486_example.c Sample source-code.
- Select ONE of the following makefiles to compile and flash the board:
  - Makefile uses st-flash. (not always reliable, or not available if you couldn't compile the st-link utilities)
  - Makefile uses the mbed USB disk image of the board. (Maybe more reliable? Avoids all st-link requirements. Still testing on various platforms. Let us know if it does not work.) Thanks Chris! You get 10,000 at-a-boy's, giving you a total of 10,001---Just remember, one "Ah Shit!" wipes the board clean and you start all over.
  - Makefile For folks using the Windows Subsystem for Linux, this makefile executes commands through the windows powershell to detect the correct USB drive and flash the board from the makefile: "make flash" should work directly from the subsystem. (Kent Seneres gets huge credit for this!)

Software Library Documentation

libece486 ECE 486 Sampling Library
CMSIS: The "Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard" from ARM provides a library of highly optimized DSP routines for Cortex-M4 (and other Cortex) processors.
HAL Driver User Manual: ST provides the "Hardware Abstraction Layer" (HAL) Library for use with their processors and boards. The ECE486 sampling library is built around the HAL Library.

Software and Installation Instructions

Instructions for installing an STM324xx cross-compiler and libraries on a Unix system.
- OS X
- Ubuntu
- Fedora
- Raspberry PI2
- Windows 10: Uses the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) option of Windows 10. (Thanks Kevin Wilder for investigating and putting together these instructions.)
stmdevel.zip Source Archive for STM32F4 Discovery Libraries and ECE 486 library
99-libusb.rules, 99-serial.rules (Install in /etc/udev/rules.d)

Documentation from STMicroelectronics and/or ARM

STM32L476G-Discovery board User Manual (Pinouts, capabilities, and schematics specific to the Discovery development board)
STM32L4xx Reference Manual (Details on how to use the microcontroller and peripherals. Processor architecture, memory maps, register configuration, etc. etc. etc.)
STM32L476xx Datasheet (Hardware information about the microcontroller: Device overview; Electrical characteristics such as voltage limits and current capabilities; Pinout; Memory Map; Package.)
ARM Cortex-M4 Technical Reference Manual (Processor information, instruction set, etc.)

ECE-486 Digital Signal Processing

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