Easy & Powerful Arduino Alternative? STM32 Beginner's Guide

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In this video we will have a look at the Blue Pill development board that is based around an STM32 32-bit ARM uC. Along the way I will show you how to easily program it with the Arduino IDE and what advantages/disadvantages it offers in comparison to the traditional Arduino.
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@bzqp2 Жыл бұрын

One very important thing that wasn't mentioned: You need to install drivers for your programmator/USB>TTL converter. By default there is no USB driver which would translate the serial signal and you will be getting port errors while trying to upload your code. If you don't know this you might waste hours trying to debug the wrong things and might come to a false conclusion that your STM32 is broken.

@techwith_tj 9 ай бұрын

True❤

@nightrook5732 6 жыл бұрын

I have been following this channel since you had about just 8 videos. No other youtuber that I know of makes videos as good as you do. Your videos are in a class of its own. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

@Braeden123698745 6 жыл бұрын

How in the heck do you ALWAYS give me the exact information I needed for my new projects in every new video you put out? Interrupts are exactly what I'm looking for!

@turtleb01 5 жыл бұрын

I just love JLCPCB as a sponsor for your channel. It fits so well to this channel, you get that money for these videos and you don't overuse/overadvertise their services

@LazerLord10 6 жыл бұрын

Just ordered four of these. No clue when I'll use them, but I can see how these would be great for embedded systems in the future.

@NNNILabs 6 жыл бұрын

I simply don't know how you do it, but you make videos about a subject a few days after I come to know about it! I received my STM32 board a few days back.

@justinc2633 6 ай бұрын

i have no clue how he does it but he seems to make videos on a subject only 5 years before i learn about it!

@jamesmcfarland8975 6 жыл бұрын

This chip (STM32) is also used in the iconic Naze32 flight controllers for drones. It's known as an F1 board, we use the new versions of the STM, like the f405

@TheSolderingGuy007 6 жыл бұрын

Very happy to see the STM32 getting more attention. An additional thing to note is that most of these boards actually have 128KB memory instead of the documented 64KB. Thats a lot of space ! but your luck may vary. BTW, using an ST-Link to program the board is a lot easier than fiddling with FTDI boards and jumpers.

@nielsjohnson-laird6589 6 жыл бұрын

I had been considering the Blue Pill Arduino for a while now, but you convinced me to order some from Amazon. Thanks for you time and effort in creating this video guide.

@MrEdwardhartmann 6 жыл бұрын

Great Video. One of the Blue Pill's best benefits is that it has a WS2812 library that is timer/interrupt based. The Arduino utilizes program instruction timing to create the waveform needed, but that requires them to disable interrupts. The Blue Pill has no problem servicing external interrupts while driving the led strips.

@matracch 6 жыл бұрын

as I'm doing internship in STM I really appreciated this video :)

@SpecialEDy 6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video showing the nucleo stm32 boards? They range from the ARM Cortex M0, all the way up to the 400MHz Cortex M7. And even the M7 is cheaper than a Nano from Mouser Electronics. I work for Mouser incidently, I could mail you some Nucleo boards if you'll make a video. I'm too inexperienced to know how to make the jump from Arduino IDE to programming these things.

@traviscalvin431 6 жыл бұрын

I agree. I have a couple of the Nucleo boards (NUCLEO-F746ZG) to play with. I couldn't resist trying them based on the hardware specs, but find them to be a little harder to deal with at this stage in my microcontroller learning process. I was making decent progress but os.mbed.org quit compiling temporarily and I went back to Arduino...

@julienboucaron9780 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love my Nucleo boards (F411RE and F446RE). Nucleo boards are relatively well supported by mbed and few other real time OSes. What is cool on those Nucleo boards is to have the hardware to really be able to debug it, the price is competitive and you can have a lot of IOs and interesting features: Fast ADC, Correct DAC, I2S, CAN, Ethernet on the Nucleo-144 series. I am using mbed, www.openocd.net/ and github.com/texane/stlink to program.

@7xr1e20ln8 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love my stm32 nucleo boards. They are cheap, superior and powerful in every aspect.

@asderidelp 6 жыл бұрын

Julien Boucaron I would suggest you to try Keil Microvision to program them it works as well as atollic truestudio, but you can get it for free And with the STM HAL Library and CubeMX configuration Programm they can be quite easy to program Unless you want to get a stable CAN connection and you have to go back to the old Library's..

@trinirobotics 5 жыл бұрын

Here is a nice start: trinirobotics.com/category/stm32-microcontroller/

@captdev 6 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that the STM32 in this form existed, even though much of my work in embedded systems in the past has been centered around the cortex. I went and ordered a few of these to have some fun with - thanks for the suggestion @GreatScott!

@gshunlee5073 6 жыл бұрын

Do you know how good your straight lines and hand writing is MAN I AM JEALOUS!!

@ECOENERGI1 6 жыл бұрын

Great Scott!! Great video!Of all the stm32f103 videos I have viewed, you gave the most info and also using leaflabs makes it easier to continue learning about the board. Thanks for sharing

@JayEffW 6 жыл бұрын

Man. When I made a project with the nucleo dev board, I had to set up my own tool chain and I wrote the entire code for communicating with the peripherals myself. Good to know this exists!

@12co3dy21 6 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, I have a playlist of videos I have been compiling for some time based around electronics and you represent 95% of my list

@greatscottlab 6 жыл бұрын

+Cody Deforest Haha I like it

@Taran72 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the product review. It's always good to know there are alternatives that can meet more demanding PWM applications.

@phpn99 6 жыл бұрын

You gotta love the signatures from top KZfaqrs: "VSauce, Michael here..."; EngineeringExplained: "Hellooo everyone, aaand welcome!". I always make sure I stay till the end of GreatScott's videos, just to hear "Stay creative, and I'll see you next time !" - funky intonation and all.

@dakcn 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. I learned more in 10 minutes then hours of fumbling around on the internet. Thank you for sharing.

@leonardocorti1919 6 жыл бұрын

Finally you upgraded your highlighter, good job man

@TheMrFixMe 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you GreatScott, it was a great instructive video, I wanted to use STM32 in my projects but I haven't found a great beginner's guide like yours. Now I know exactly what I'm going to do to develop STM32 projects. Thank you.

@Gettobyte 3 жыл бұрын

This is a youtube channel on Firmware development for 8-32 bit MCU and IoT. Explanation of sensors , modules, pheriferals from datasheet Do have a look into it : kzfaq.info/love/aRUL90bhP-TdCLUlla3gMg

@keithofarns8738 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, I was interested in this microcontroller a while ago when I started to out grow the nano but was hesitant because of the scarce documentation and support

@_Higgs 6 жыл бұрын

Stm32f4 discovery boards are powerful little beasts. Used one with an Arduino in an autonomous vehicle class while at university.

@RyanJones-lv9dj 6 жыл бұрын

What’s the difference in power consumption?

@srtech2205 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video my friend!!! Just got my hands on a couple STM32 Boards to add to my Arsenal and I was a little worried that writing sketches would be significantly different from Arduino! This video cleared that up nicely!!!

@noealves8400 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for the testing. always good to have another board to look after.

@quranforlife4665 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to get a little bit complicated. One can also use ST link programmer along with STM CubeMX and Keil IDE. In that way you can get full outcomes from that ARM STM.

@vijaysulakhe5605 23 күн бұрын

Excellent explanation and video, many THANKS. Hope you make more video about STM32 projects.

@shutdahellup69420 5 жыл бұрын

lol i love your videos, they are so calming and satisfying to watch. And i always learn something new :)

@imnota 6 жыл бұрын

In IT class I'm learning on arduino's uno, so I would like one to experiment stuff at home, so would you recommend this one, or a regular arduino uno replica?

@pjak2000 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I've bought 4 of these to see what they can do :) cheers!

@danielkaffee00 3 жыл бұрын

is it possible to correct the misurements of a infrared ray termomether that does not measures the right temperatures? the termometer has a stm32 processor inside .. please let me know

@petertremblay3725 3 жыл бұрын

I am building a foot controller for a friend who lost his arms in an accident and i need to know if i can use only the STM32 to use as hid device to control 3 arcade push buttons?

@coreyh55 6 жыл бұрын

Love your videos bro! Many of your videos have helped me come up with new ideas on how to make my personal projects better :) keep up the great work :D

@eatdrinkwineguy 6 жыл бұрын

Another informative video! Thank you! I have just started getting interested in using micro controllers like Arduino recently but have not yet taken the plunge. Do you think going straight to this is a better option given price and availability? Or do you think Arduino is better to learn and practice on then when I am interested in more powerful projects I move to this? Or do you think it may be best for a beginner to start with Arduino Uno? I have read that the Nano and smaller boards can just be a bit fiddlier to work with.

@Neffers_UK 6 жыл бұрын

Good shout man. I'm not sure for now that anything I plan will require the better resolutions etc, but it's good to know that if I require a higher fidelity, there's a decent similarly priced option out there - without me having to go searching among all the other solutions out there. Cool vid, thanks.

@bbjodel3778 5 жыл бұрын

Hi you have an example for a STM32F103C8T6 and Rotary Encoder KY-040 for my Altimeter project ?

@ScottLahteine 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the helpful overview! We're learning all kinds of fun things about the STM32F1xxx processors as we're working on porting Marlin Firmware to various 32-bit MCUs including this one. The lack of 3rd-party libraries definitely makes it more challenging. Nevertheless, we're making progress and have it mostly running at this point. Considering the large size of Marlin compared to most Arduino applications, I'm impressed that it has been relatively quick and straightforward to refactor most of it. After we get past the first hurdle of getting everything running as well as AVR, then we will be able to start taking advantage of the extra timers and other capabilities offered by these more powerful platforms.

@lulebe7210 2 жыл бұрын

If you're one of those responsible for making Marlin 2.0 available for the ender3v2, thanks so much! It's a great firmware for those who want to customize lots of things but not attach a raspi to the printer like with Klipper etc. The stm32 boards are amazingly cheap as well and are really fun to use for all kinds of projects.

@Arinachipsquare 6 ай бұрын

STM32 minimum system is also very useful 😊

@jarontimmerman3 6 жыл бұрын

I personally use the NodeMCU ESP-12E and i love it! it functions pretty much like a uno, and has wifi built-in. plus they cost $2.40 on aliexpress

@vthrash7832 6 жыл бұрын

Really useful! i was looking for a faster board to try a "current chopper" like the one you made in the brushless edc video, but measuring the current with a shunt resistor

@stewartrv 6 жыл бұрын

Great job! I was wondering when you would try this board!

@davidabraham3873 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to pair rc receiver to arduino transmitter, I want an rc receiver because of how compact and cheap it is and also the wide voltage range I can input to it

@allimpuri2285 5 жыл бұрын

what is the device that he is turning with his fingers at the end and adjusting the frequency?

@TheBdd4 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Great video. I am a analog /digital engineer but have not used any of tyhe ne Arduin type stuff. This video excited me so much I am going to buy the parts you used in your demonstration right now, 2-12-19. What monitor did you use to see the potentiometer values?

@subhamroy5619 2 ай бұрын

I have a problem nothing is showing in my Serial monitor i checked baud and everyting else... should i am missing any library or something else?

@robr4662 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Definitely will be checking these out.

@pablo_costas 6 жыл бұрын

I purchased 2 of these a year ago, cool concept, but never used them with Arduino. In think that they are more useful using STM32CubeMx + eclipse + STlink. Proper IDE, proper HAL. I know that your channel is not oriented towards what im thinking, but I see it as the natural progression. You got yourself into electronics by arduino and later on you go deeper by learning what a microcontroller actually is. Discovery Boards are also a great way to get you into STM32 microcontrollers !!! cheers !

@lucasmcintyre1562 6 жыл бұрын

what output methods would I use if I was running it into a mux shield II for multiple channel reados

@dingof4147 6 жыл бұрын

Do you know what the power consumption of this board versus a the arduino pro mini is?

@DerLetsPlayer333 6 жыл бұрын

It would be awsome if you made a video about FPGA's

@shivashankar28 5 жыл бұрын

ya FPGAs for the WIN !!!!

@Nortel4eva 4 жыл бұрын

Little did he know.... the comment came true.

@Ariel-mq1pg 4 жыл бұрын

Can we program this using 5V USB to TTL converter? From the pinouts, A9 and A10 are 5V tolerant.

@manuelcuri8173 5 жыл бұрын

What are the serial port pins at the end of the STM board for? Can they be used for programming ?

@MaxintRD 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another inspirational video! For those interested: in video #11 Andreas Spiess compared speed/power of ATmega vs. STM32 vs. ESP.

@Prestigeairsoft 6 жыл бұрын

We used the stm32 in a control systems lab at my university. Except we coded it in C. Now that was a challenge

@fieldsofomagh 6 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to some great projects in the future. There's gold in them thair hills!!

@bayumartiesrizaldo1290 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thank for explain it. I was do what you instructed but when i check again my port not active. When i used arduino my port is fine. Please. Help me.

@ProFix4u 6 жыл бұрын

Hello . Can you help me with programming example sketch TCS34725 to blue pill ? Arduino library it's not compatible because it's shows lots errors same about TCS3200. just need simple color view example . Thank you

@fahrurofiq6457 Жыл бұрын

very nice & clear explanation, Brother Scott ...

@jedandecko5585 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, so you can use it to make fogger with piezo disc?

@amangoyal3660 6 жыл бұрын

Sir I want to make a heart bit monitor project then which micro controller is better to use arduion pro mini or nano Please reply

@danb8966 5 жыл бұрын

how can I make nu win 7 see my stm 32 f 103 RC board? IT is a driver somewhere?

@evertonbarnes3780 6 жыл бұрын

I have watched a lot of your videos they are very interested however I am interested in running a Servo motor on one of these system are chip the thing is that I am not so good at programming can I copy a program from a stm32 chip and use it on another one

@mhzxtal922 5 жыл бұрын

Hi SCott, does this board allow to access the nRF24 libraries provided by arduino uno?

6 жыл бұрын

Since when Arduino ide supports this? I always used it bare metal with gcc and USB programmer/debugger.

@Jastejsingh 5 жыл бұрын

By mistake I bought STM8S103F3P6 board. How can it be programmed using an arduino or via usb.

@pixelflow 6 жыл бұрын

The magic of BOOT0 pin moved to '1' is that there is a serial bootloader installed on the chip by default at that location. For those with usb ST-LINK programmers, you can mostly ignore that OR use st-link to replace the bootloader with whatever you wish.

@mihaiadam4024 5 жыл бұрын

like always great explaining, great videos, GREAT SCOTT!

@Gabi-ct3sz 6 жыл бұрын

OMG a new video after 1000 light years . Dude i m so excited when You post a new video . You make a very grate job . Keep up the work 😃

@vizigr0u 6 жыл бұрын

light years measure a distance

@Gabi-ct3sz 6 жыл бұрын

i know.... a distance from the videos :))

@prashantsomaiya7580 5 жыл бұрын

Hey i need Help i am working on Esp8266 12E and trying to interface it with stm32 but its not working please help

@joejohns3543 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I'll be trying one of these soon.

@mkr32 3 жыл бұрын

can you help me how to connect Arduino with hoover board wiring diagram and code for Arduino for speed control

@irongarden8415 5 жыл бұрын

If I program the microcontroller through the Stlink, I can not use usb?

@stefanb.933 5 жыл бұрын

Hello. We built an arduino line watchman using the QTRSensors library. Instead of arduino I would like to use stm32. The question is: can i use the QTRSensors library from arduino for stm32? or is there a qtrsensors library for stm32?

@Hasitier 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. I did not know about this stm32 and that it can be programmed with the for me very familiar Arduino IDE. Ordered a few of them.

@prasaanthselvakumar5209 6 жыл бұрын

Is the USB to serial converter mandatory to program the board or can I just use the Arduino Uno Board as a USB to serial converter

@michalnemecek3575 6 жыл бұрын

Since it's 4.5 times faster than the Arduino, could it possibly output color composite video, instead of the black and white output of the Arduino?

@dernicolas6281 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, everything so well explained and thanks for all the links.

@m.4074 Жыл бұрын

Can anybody tell what the power consumption would be with nothing in the loop and only an interrupt function, which pulls an output pin to high?

@jbraMoVal 6 жыл бұрын

I'm about to finish my first Arduino class and even though I find this interesting, the terms used in here are new to me. I really learning from people's comments!!!

@jbraMoVal 6 жыл бұрын

Would this micro controller be suitable for beginners? I am looking for inexpensive Arduino arlternatives for different projects I'm planning on doing based on GreatScott projects

@diys788 Жыл бұрын

I am failed programming stm32f103c8 for SPI using arduino IDE. I don't acces SDcard module. Can you help me? Thanks before🙏

@errolandrade7633 6 жыл бұрын

Hello I'm a complete noob to this. I'm planning to do computer controlled Christmas lights with ws2811 using 4000 leds. I've the lights, even a rasp with FPP software. But I'm stuck in choosing the ideal controller which would be not only economic but best with good refresh rate and good amount of RAM so that as many LEDs can be controlled. I first checked FalconF16v3 but it's USD200 that's not affordable for me. Now I'm left with either Arduino Due, Teensy 3.6 or Stm32 Blue pill. Please suggest an option. P.S. - Can a blue pill board be daisy chained or i2c ed with another blue pill or Arduino. Can I know how.

@anibalvilelarj 6 жыл бұрын

It is a great vídeo. Thank you. Recently I bought 3 stm32 from aliexpress. I am waiting for them.

@migace7 5 жыл бұрын

Is there any way you can show how i can control several servos with its own switch? At time I will need to press two switches to activate two servos. The switches must detect state change. Press one time and the servo moves to some degree, press another time and it moves back. This has been killing my brain cells for the past week,

@ralfjahns3777 6 жыл бұрын

I never see you use the DIY soldering station you built. I liked this project. Is something wrong with it?

@KishoreKumar-uz8ir 4 жыл бұрын

Does the STM32 board have support for Wifi Modules, gryos and stuff?

@unglaubichuberlieber8048 6 жыл бұрын

in terms of ram, io capabilities, how does this stm32 compares with pcduino 3b???

@bayumartiesrizaldo1290 3 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me about stm8. I buy some but when i use it. I dont know how to. Like how to upload the code, please tell me how.

@jaydex9470 3 жыл бұрын

is it possible for Aduino code to work in stm32f4 microcontroller ?

@ashangstrom8362 6 жыл бұрын

Nice comparison of the general feature. What's missing IMO is a comparison of power consumption, for example if one wanted to run those boards on batteries. Granted, as the STM32 will get a job done faster due to the higher clock speed it's not an easy comparison, but a base line of maybe one of your sketches would be nice.

@amitpatelpatel144 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks GreatScott for uploading this kind of video.

@arnavmarchareddy1831 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott, this may seem a bit irrelevant but I was just wondering when you plan for projects, do you design your project on a 3d modeling software, if so what is the name of it???

@alokverma3102 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you make a video on 3 axis mobile gimbal using STM32 or Arduino and MPU 6050 or 9250? That would a great help. I don't want to use servo motors and its internal feedback mechanism, but a brushed DC motor with gears and the feedback should come from sensor to STM32 and external motor drivers will drive the motors.

@essouaiedameur7642 4 жыл бұрын

Hello sir i have a problem with the STM i changed from arduino to stm32 cause i needed higher memory but i couldnt control it i tryed using the ST-LINK methode to upload my program but i need a serial communication so i changed to yours i used the boot0 on 1 downloaded the biblio nd used serial methode but i cant transfer the code keep geting this message "an error occurred while transferring the sketch" can you give me any idea of the reason i need it for a school project and, thank you so much.

@themouseisinthehouse 6 жыл бұрын

I've been seeing several variant of these chip the STM32F103C8T6, STM32F103RC8T6, and STM32F103RCT6. They also vary in price the one without "R" being the cheapest. Could anyone enlighten me about their difference? Which should I get?