STM32 Guide #1: Your first STM32 dev board

First steps with STM32 in the STM32CubeIDE environment.
This video aims to take away some overwhelming choices when picking out your first piece of hardware.

[roldanmarco]

I'm looking for starter tutorials on STM32 and now I found it. Please continue this series.

[aviv]

One of the best tutorials channels! i wish there were more videos like that.
thank you for the quality content mitch!

[mientuspug]

I was using STM32F4 at work a long time ago. Now I forgot most of my knowledge so I'm very happy to learn it again from your tutorials.

[partial_]

Insanely well made tutorial. Your channel deserves several times more subscribers.

[southgrove]

Sometimes you really get lucky and find exactly what you're looking for, this was so perfect.
I'm interested in STM32 and I didn't really know where to start, now I know.
Thanks. :)

Regards
New subscriber

[SeniorAsJunior]

Apart from the fact that I am going back in time about 30 years, at the beginning of my professional career and then I followed other paths according to local job opportunities and I moved away from Hardware.
Now Taking advantage of the fact that I am already beginning my retirement and resuming as a hobby the MCUs and perhaps some freelance jobs.
Thank you very much, a great presentation regarding the ARM/STM32 MCUs, it clarified everything regarding this line of MCUs and it helped me a lot to decide to buy the development board and an associated book. And I look forward to seeing the rest of your videos. Very outstanding presentation. ;-)

[electronicsprojects-gcmg]

This was an absolute god mode amazing tutorial and guide video on this complex STM32 topic. Huge thanks man. Never gunna forget.

[picklerix]

The ST-Link is for programming and debugging. If you snap the ST-Link off of your Nucleo board, the main board will probably not work because the ST-Link and the processor share an oscillator. Please note the missing oscillator on the Nucleo board which you will probably have to populate if you separate the two boards. BTW, I recommend the Black Pill based off of the STM32F411.

[MactheGeek]

Thanks for such an outstanding video tutorial series Mitch! Like everyone else, I am looking forward to your next videos, as your schedule permits. Keep up the great work!

[aakarsh]

Top tier guide! Going with the blue pill because of its form factor and popularity, will be integrating it into a project.

[cyclpsrock]

I wish this video had existed before I bought my first STM32!! Enjoying this channel

[mibo]

Great video that came at the right time for me!
I previously worked on Microchip PIC32 controllers, but not really sure if there will be further developments based on this architecture - so time to look for alternatives.
STM offers free all-in-one software suite including compiler, configurator, HAL and programming tools - similar to MPLabX for PIC32.
I selected STM32 F103 (BluePill), F411 (BlackPill) and STLinkV2 to get started before I found this video.
The information here is well chosen and presented in a compact manner. Looking forward to more videos ...

[davidbrooks]

Great Video! We can immediately see that you have the ability to teach, you have great knowledge and high intelligence. You are the optimal person to give lectures on the YouTube channel

[markday]

I've mostly been using the Nucleo-64 boards because they are relatively inexpensive, include the STLink, and have Arduino Uno compatible headers.

There are a couple of "black pill" boards that are similar in size and price to the "blue pill." They feature F4 processors (faster, more peripherals), and buttons instead of jumpers for programming.

Another possibility is Adafruit's feather STM32F405 express. It's fast, has lots of flash and RAM, small, is compatible with the "feather wing" series of add-on boards, includes a LiPo battery connector and charger, a Neopixel LED, and a Qwiic connector for plug-and-play I2C. It also runs CircuitPython (the "express" in the name), with an external flash module that can be used as a disk.

The F3 series has extra support for analog (OpAmps, comparators, fast ADCs). The L series is capable of low power, but still reasonably fast, and has analog support similar to the F3's. The G4 series is the faster replacement for the F3 series.

[giovannimela]

I just bought an STM32 and I see this video in my feed. Awesome 😍

[davidesp]

Hey Mitchel, glad to see you started a STM32 series. You sure will make a great guide.

Waiting for the next video!

Thanks.

[soundforce_nicolas]

FYI, all the "bare" STM32 chips come with the bootloader pre-programmed. So you can program your boards with serial and for some models with USB. It's a DFU bootloader. The F103 doesn't have a USB compatible bootloader out of the box, but they are some around.

[ventor]

Straight to the point. Loved the explanation

[MinimoPlayer]

Best video I've ever seen for starters! congratulations

[richardbrown]

Great video. Just purchased a F103RB. This is just for learning, and some testing. Thanks again Richard Brown