Training - STM32 Microcontroller (reference 004692A)
 
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  • MVD is offering a cours on USB, reference 002606A
  • MVD is offering a course on CAN, reference 002601A
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    Practical labs
  • For on-site courses, labs can be run under 3 possible environments :
    • IAR
    • Keil
    • GNU/Raisonance
  • For open courses, labs are run under Keil environment
    
             
    Prerequisites
  • Experience of a processor or DSP is recommended
    
             
  Course Objectives
  • The course details the hardware implementation of the STRM32 microcontroller
  • The boot sequence and the clocking are explained
  • The course focuses on the low level programming of the Cortex-M3 CPU
  • Practical labs on integrated peripherals are based on I/O function package provided by ST
  • The various options of communication controllers are explained, particularly the USB and CAN controllers, so that drivers can be adapter to application needs
    
           
    Duration
  • 4-day course
    
           
    Topics

(The full description of this course can be provided on request)

INTRODUCTION TO STM32

  • ARM Cortex-M3 core based architecture
  • The main three blocks : platform, core and input / output peripherals

THE Cortex-M3 CPU

  • Presentation of the core, architecture and programming model
  • Icode, Dcode and system buses
  • Branch prediction mechanism
  • Thumb-2 instruction set
  • Access to memory-mapped locations, addressing modes
  • Conditional execution
  • Bit-banding
  • Memory map
  • C-to-Assembly interface
  • Exception mechanism
  • System tick timer
  • System Control Block
  • Keil linker parameterizing
  • Embedded software development with Keil
  • Debug facilities

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • AHB/APB Bridges, split transactions, error handling
  • Bus Matrix, round-robin arbitration scheme
  • Internal 20 KB SRAM
  • 128-KB Flash memory
  • Program and erase sequences
  • External interrupt/event controller, wake-up event management
  • System timers : Real Time Clock, Window Watchdog timer
  • Backup registers, tamper detection, RTC calibration

HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION

  • Power supplies, external 3.3V, internal generation of 1.8V, related pins
  • Low voltage detectors
  • Clocking
  • Selection of the boot mode through external pins
  • Reset causes
  • Start-up sequence, fetch of the first instruction
  • Low power modes
  • I/O Ports

NON COMMUNICATION ORIENTED INPUT / OUTPUT PERIPHERALS

  • Advanced control timer and General purpose timer
  • 16-bit timers, block diagram, clock selection and prescalers
  • Output compare and input capture capabilities, force compare modes
  • One pulse mode
  • Output PWM mode
  • Input PWM mode, pulse measurement
  • DMA start event
  • DMA controller
  • Request priority management between the 16 channels
  • Circular buffer operation
  • Memory-to-memory, peripheral-to-memory , memory-to-peripheral and peripheral-to-peripheral transfers
  • Error management
  • Analog-to-Digital Converter
  • High impedance-analog input configuration
  • ADC features : 12-bit resolution, 0 to 3.6 V range
  • One-shot or continuous conversion
  • Dual ADC mode
  • Conversion on external trigger
  • Utilization of a DMA channel

COMMUNICATION CONTROLLERS

  • I2C interface
  • I2C protocol basics
  • Slave mode vs master mode
  • Transmit and receive sequences
  • Serial Peripheral Interface [SPI]
  • SPI protocol basics
  • Queue mode operation
  • Transfer sequence
  • USART
  • Queue operation mode
  • Hardware flow control
  • Transmit and receive sequences
  • LIN mode
  • Smartcard interface
  • CAN controller
  • CAN protocol basics
  • CAN controller organization
  • Filtering of received messages, acceptance filters
  • FIFO mode management
  • Test modes : loop back / silent modes
  • Configuring the bit timing
  • USB Full Speed device interface
  • USB protocol basics
  • Buffer description block, buffer descriptor table
  • DMA controller used to move data between buffers and EndPoints
  • Endpoint initialization
  • Suspend / resume events
    
           
    Documentation

Training manuals will be given to participants during training. Precise and easy of use, those notes can be used as a reference afterwards. 		   
           
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