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User manual

STM32 ST-Link Utility

Introduction

The STM32 ST-Link Utility software facilitates fast In-System Programming of the STM32

microcontroller families in both development and production environments via the ST-Link

tool.

This is the STM32 ST-Link Utility user manual, describing its software functionality. When

working with the STM32 ST-Link Utility tool, you are encouraged to download the ST-Link

In-circuit debugger/programmer for STM8 and STM32 which provides more information

about the ST-Link tool.

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Getting started

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Getting started

This section describes the requirements and procedures needed to install the STM32

ST-Link Utility software.

1.1

System requirements

The STM32 ST-Link Utility PC configuration requires as a minimum:

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PC with USB port and Intel Pentium processor running a 32-bit Microsoft ® OS that

supports USB:

– Windows ® XP

– Windows 2000

– Windows 98SE

– Windows ME

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32 MB RAM

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10 MB hard disk space available

Note:

Windows 95, Windows 98 First Edition and NT4.0 ® do NOT support USB.

1.2

Hardware requirements

The STM32 ST-Link Utility is designed to work with:

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low density, medium density, high density, connectivity line, value line STM32 devices,

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an ST-Link.

1.3

Installing the STM32 ST-Link Utility

Follow these steps and the on-screen instructions to install the STM32 ST-Link Utility.

1. Download the compressed STM32 ST-Link Utility software from the ST website.

2. Extract the contents of the .zip file into a temporary directory.

3. Double-click the extracted executable, setup.exe , to initiate the installation, and follow

the on-screen prompts to install the STM32 ST-Link Utility in the development

environment. This executable installs all the necessary files for running the STM32 ST-

Link Utility.

Documentation for the utility is located in the subdirectory \Docs where the STM32 ST-

Link Utility is installed.

1.4

Uninstalling the STM32 ST-Link Utility

Follow these steps to uninstall the STM32 ST-Link Utility.

1. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel .

2. Doubleclickon Add or Remove Programs .

3. Select STM32 ST-Link Utility .

4. Click on the Remove button.

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2.1

Main window

Figure 1. STM32 ST-Link Utility user interface main window

Title bar

Menu bar

Main window

Status bar

The main window is composed of three zones and three bars as illustrated in Figure 1 :

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Memory display zone

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Device information zone

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Memory contents zone

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Title bar: The name of the current menu.

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Menu bar: Use the menu bar to access the following STM32 ST-Link Utility functions:

– File menu

– View menu

– Target menu

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(These menus are described in more detail in Section 2.2 )

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Status bar: The status bar displays:

– Connection status and debug interface.

–ie ID

The STM32 ST-Link Utility user interface also provides additional forms and descriptive

pop-up error messages.

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2.2

Menu bar

The Menu bar allows users to execute the STM32 ST-Link Utility software features.

2.2.1

File menu

Figure 2. File menu

Open File

Opens a binary file.

Save File as… Saves the content of the memory panel into a binary file.

Close File

Closes the loaded binary file.

Exit

Closes the STM32 ST-Link Utility program.

2.2.2

View menu

Figure 3. View menu

Binary file

Displays the content of the loaded binary file.

Device memory Displays the content of the device memory.

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2.2.3

Target menu

Figure 4. Target menu

Connect

Connects to the target device and displays the Device Type, Device ID

and the Flash size in the Device information zone.

Disconnect

Disconnects from target device.

Erase Chip

Performs a Flash mass erase and then displays the Flash memory

content in the memory panel.

Erase Sectors… Selects sector(s) to erase using the erase sector dialog window, erases

the sector(s) and display (See Section 3.3: Flash memory erase for

more details).

Program…

Loads a binary file into the device memory (Flash or RAM). To do this,

select a binary file, enter the start address (where to put the file in the

device) in the program dialog window and then click on program button

(see Section 3.4: Device programming ).

Program & Verify… Loads a binary file into the device memory (Flash or RAM) t hen

performs a verification of the programmed data.

Option Bytes… Opens the Option Bytes dialog window (See Section 3.5: Option bytes

configuration for more details).

MCU Core…

Opens the MCU Core dialog window (See Section 3.6: MCU core

functions for more details).

Settings...

Opens the Settings dialog box to select the debug interface (JTAG or

SWD).

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