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Warning

Since core release 2.8.0, only Arduino IDE 2 is supported. To use Legacy IDE (1.8.X), see the [[Getting Started_V1]]

Install Arduino.cc IDE

Download and install Arduino IDE 2 for the required OS. (Windows, Linux or macOS instructions)

About Boards manager concept

Arduino.cc IDE allows to add easily new board thanks the "Boards Managers". More information about "Boards Managers" is available on Arduino.cc official website:

Installing a Board Package in the IDE 2

The corresponding STM32 cores packages are provided thanks to:

https://github.com/stm32duino/BoardManagerFiles

Follow the below steps to get STM32 boards installed to your Arduino IDE.

Add STM32 boards support to Arduino

This is the needed step to get STM32 targets added to Arduino. So carefully follow the following steps.

Installing STM32 Cores

1- Launch Arduino.cc IDE. Click on "File" menu and then "Preferences".

[[img/v2/preferences.png|alt=Preferences]]

The "Preferences" dialog will open, then add the following link to the "Additional Boards Managers URLs" field:

https://github.com/stm32duino/BoardManagerFiles/raw/main/package_stmicroelectronics_index.json

Click "Ok"

2- Click on "Tools" menu and then "Boards > Boards Manager" or use the underlined icon on the left side bar:

[[img/v2/menu_bm.png|alt="BoardsManager Menu"]]

The board manager will open and you will see a list of installed and available boards.

Select "Contributed" type.

[[img/v2/boardsmanager.png|alt="BoardsManager dialog"]]

Select the "STM32 MCU based boards" and click on install.

[[img/v2/boardsmanager2.png|alt="BoardsManager dialog"]]

After installation is complete a "<version> installed" tag appears below the core name.

You can close the Board Manager.

[[img/v2/boardslist.png|alt="Boards list"]]

Now you can find the STM32 boards package in the "Board" menu.

Select the desired boards series: Nucleo-64 / Nucleo-144 / Discovery / ...

[[img/v2/SelectBoard.png|alt="Select boards"]]

Then you can find the Nucleo-64 boards available in a sub-menu of the "Tools" menu.

Extra step

To upload through SWD (STLink), Serial or DFU, STM32CubeProgrammer needs to be installed. See [[Upload methods|Upload-methods#stm32cubeprogrammer]].

Troubleshooting

If you have any issue to download/use a package, you could file an issue on Github.

Proxy

If you have any issue to download a package, ensure to not be behind a proxy.

Else configure the proxy in the Arduino.cc IDE (open the "Preferences" dialog and select "Network" tab).

Configuring IDE

  1. Connect a board to the computer USB port. For this example: Nucleo L476RG

  2. Launch the Arduino software

    [[/img/v2/arduino.png|alt="Arduino icon"]]

  3. Select the Nucleo L476RG board in two steps:

a. From the "Tools > Board" menu, select the STM32 boards groups: Nucleo-64

[[/img/v2/boardslist.png|alt="Board selection"]]

b. Then from the "Tools > Board part number" menu, select the Nucleo L476RG

[[/img/v2/SelectBoard.png|alt="Board selection"]]

  1. Select the serial port from the "Tools > Port" menu

    • On Mac, it's something like /dev/tty.usbmodem-1511.
    • On Windows, it's often the highest-numbered COM port. In this example, it's COM40
    • On Linux, it's something like /dev/ttyACM0.

    (Or unplug the board, check the menu, and then plug the board and check what new port appears)

[[/img/v2/SelectPort.png|alt="Port selection"]]

Upload methods

Depending of the board, several upload methods could be proposed, thanks the "Tools > Upload Method" menu.

See [[Upload methods]] for more details.

[[/img/v2/UploadMethod.png|alt="Upload Method"]]

Examples

  • [[Blink-example]]