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User manual
Getting started with STM32CubeF7 firmware package
for STM32F7 Series
Introduction
The STMCube
™
initiative was originated by STMicroelectronics to ease developers life by
reducing development efforts, time and cost. STM32Cube covers the STM32 portfolio.
The STM32Cube Version 1.x includes:
• The STM32CubeMX, a graphical software configuration tool that allows to generate C
initialization code using graphical wizards
• A comprehensive embedded software platform, delivered per series (such as
STM32CubeF7 for STM32F7 Series)
– The STM32Cube HAL, an STM32 abstraction layer embedded software, ensuring a
maximized portability across the STM32 portfolio
– The Low Layer APIs (LL) offering a fast lightweight expert-oriented layer which is
closer to the hardware than the HAL. The LL APIs are available only for a set of
peripherals.
– A consistent set of middleware components such as RTOS, USB, TCP/IP and
graphics
– All embedded software utilities coming with a full set of examples.
This user manual describes how to get started with the STM32CubeF7 firmware package.
Section 1 describes the main features of the STM32CubeF7 firmware, part of the
STMCube
™
initiative.
Section 2 and Section 3 provide an overview of the STM32CubeF7 architecture and
firmware package structure.
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Contents UM1891
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Contents
1 STM32CubeF7 main features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 STM32CubeF7 architecture overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 STM32CubeF7 firmware package overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 Supported STM32F7 Series devices and hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Firmware package overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4 Getting started with STM32CubeF7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1 Running your first example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2 Developing your own application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.1 HAL application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.2 LL application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3 Using STM32CubeMX to generate the initialization C code . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 Getting STM32CubeF7 release updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4.1 Installing and running the STM32CubeUpdater program . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5 FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22