Hardware/STM32F746G-DISCO

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Welcome to the HES-SO STM32F746G-DISCO wiki

Presentation

STM32F746G-DISCO is the name of a small embedded computer board targeted at teaching embedded and real time operating system programming. This board has been bought (less than 60.- CHF) and an extension board has been developed to offer more functionalities to the user.

Stm32F746G-disco.jpg

We, the ARM team, provide a comprehensive solution for

  • Practical work for HEI courses Embedded systems and Real time programming
  • All kind of project featuring a mid-sized micro-controller.


What can be done with the STM32F746G-DISCO ?

The board is powerful enough to run applications with:

  • LCD and touch screen interface
  • Audio filtering
  • MP3 decoding
  • USB master/slave/OTG
  • TCP/IP networking
  • FIXME complete this list

Hardware details

Here is a list of the main STM32F746G-DISCO's characteristics

  • CPU ST STM32F746NGH6
    • ARM Cortex-M7 with floating point unit, running at 216 MHz
    • 1MB internal flash
    • 320kB internal RAM
    • USB
    • Ethernet
    • SPI/UART/CAN/...
    • ...
  • Onboard USB debugger (ST-LINK)
    • Compatible with Keil
  • LCD Display
    • 480x272
    • Capacitive touch screen
  • Board memory
    • Quad-SPI flash 128Mbit
    • 64 Mbit DRAM
  • Networking and communication
    • Ethernet
    • USB slave and master
    • SD card
    • Audio in/out
    • CAN (on extension board)
    • RS232 (on extension board)
    • PS2 keyboard (on extension board)

Extension board

Here is a link to the description of the extension board Extension board manual

Software details

  • Supported host environment (Windows 7, Windows 10)
  • Keil uVision based debugging (could be downloaded at keil (http://www2.keil.com/mdk5/uvision/)
  • Don't forget to install the ST-Link driver (http://www.st.com/en/development-tools/st-link-v2.html)
    • Ask Pascal Sartoretti for Keil license installation
  • Extension pack (functions to use the extension board)
    • Click hereto setup the pack installation (save file and open it)
  • uGFX pack (graphics library) - library itself is not included in the pack

Bugs, issues, questions and comments

Feel free to contact the ARM team when you encounter a problem.

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