Content of pre-compiled libraries

Question

Hi!

I have a board with a STM32F429IGT6 microcontroller and a 800x480 lcd. My hardware is different from the STM32F4-Discovery board your platform package is for. I started an Embedded Wizard project for the STM32F4-Discovery board and decided to change the given code to get it up and running. I thought all I have to do is changing GPIO, clock and lcd settings. I installed GCC Toolchain in Eclipse since Embedded Wizard makefiles use the GCC compiler and linker as I've read from a different qestion thread. The goal is also to be able to debug the code in eclipse for future projects.

Then I stumbled over the pre-compiled libaries in platform package. Is it possible to get Embedded Wizard running on STM hardware platforms that are not any discovery boards with evaluation or starter edition? Do I have to buy the Professional Edition in order to debug the code and use Embedded Wizard on any hardware platform I want?

Best regards,

Markus

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Correction: Do I have to buy the Professional Edition with F4-Platform Package in order to debug the code and use Embedded Wizard on any STM32F4 Hardware platform I want?
 

Answer 1

Dear Markus,

Both editions, the Starter as well as the Evalution Edition are deployed as pre-compiled GCC libraries only. However, this only applies to the so-called Platform Package, not the generated GUI source code from the Studio nor the platform specific parts. Hence you can fully debug your application specific code. And you can fully debug any platform related parts found within our build environment. That means that you can also port Embedded Wizard to your customer specific hardware with the Starter Edition as well as the Evaluation Edition. In order to port Embedded Wizard, mainly the C sources found within the BoardConfig folder and the main.c have to be adapted accordingly. Does that help?

Best regards,
Manuel

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Perfect! Thank you!