I'm trying to use the Arduino IDE (both v1.8.19 and AppImage v2.3.5) to program up an STM32 microcontroller board but without success. Both of the IDEs have the Tools/Port option greyed out.
I have ensured that I am a member of the dialout group, that openocd, libusb, and java are all installed.
The command lsusb does seem to find the board, as shown below.
stuart@localhost:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0483:3748 STMicroelectronics ST-LINK/V2
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 89e5:1001 USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:3005 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR3011 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6436 Microdia Sony Visual Communication Camera
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
stuart@localhost:~$
Using the Board Manager, I have managed to get both IDEs to add the options for the STM32 boards. I can now select my board from the newly added list of STM32 boards.
Is there anything else I need to do ? For example, set a particular connection mode in the IDE Tools menu, something else ?
I have decided to abandon this due to the vast amount of error messages generated when I tried to compile & download Files/Examples/Basic/Blinky to the board. If I knew how to attach a file to this posting, I would do so to let you see just how many errors there were.
I don't have much experience using 3rd party STM32 boards, but I can tell you that the ST-LINK/V2 alone is not a serial port device (though the STMicroelectronics dev boards with an integrated ST-LINK do have a serial port capability), so it is expected that you won't see a port in Arduino IDE from an ST-LINK/V2. However, you can still use Arduino IDE to upload to STM32 boards via an ST-LINK/V2 programmer. You only need to make sure to configure Arduino IDE for use with an ST-LINK/V2 programmer.
Select the appropriate family from Arduino IDE's Tools > Board menu.
Select the appropriate part number from Arduino IDE's Tools > Board part number menu.
Select Tools > Upload method > OpenOCD STLink (SWD) from the Arduino IDE menus.
Select Sketch > Upload from the Arduino IDE menus.
There is more information about uploading to STM32 boards here:
Do you mean File > Examples > 01.Basics > Blink?
Please do this:
Select Sketch > Verify/Compile from the Arduino IDE menus.
Wait for the compilation to fail.
You will see a "Compilation error: ..." notification at the bottom right corner of the Arduino IDE window. Click the "COPY ERROR MESSAGES" button on that notification.
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