Portenta H7: debug with STLINK-V3MINIE or STLINK-V3SET

Official Hardware Portenta Family Portenta H7
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FYI: I bought and tried STLINK-V3MINIE:

IT WORKS
When you need a debugger on Portenta H7, coming with a cable (no need to solder) - this STLINK-V3MINIE is not 100 percent pin compatible with Portenta H7 debug header - but possible to make it work.

Just:
offset the STLINK-V3MINIE female header by one row!
(see drawing)

STLINK-V3MINI_P7_2
STLINK-V3MINI_P7_21488×1984 227 KB

Here, how the headers look like - see that it needs to "shift" the female cable header by one row.

STLINK-V3MINIE_P7
STLINK-V3MINIE_P71356×1953 146 KB

The SWD works, including SWO for ITM prints. Just the debugger VCP is not usable. (OK)

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BTW: when you buy a STLINK-V3SET:

it comes with different cables:
one of them is a correct one for Portenta (from the 2x7pin to a 2x10pin for Portenta).

I tried the cable on STLINK-V3MINIE - IT WORKS
The STLINK-V3SET works as well as a debugger on Portenta H7 (I tried as well now).
(it would be nice if ST could put this cable also into the STLINK-V3MINIE package)

STLINK-V3SET_P7
STLINK-V3SET_P71488×1984 508 KB

This is so cool now: no need to solder my own cable and ST debugger STLINK-V3SET matches with Portenta H7.

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