I was able to program and debug my board once with STM32CubeIDE. Then the SW complained of ST-Link firmware and wanted to upgrade. So I did and that killed the board. Now OpenOCD says: "Info : device id = 0x00000000, Warn : Cannot identify target as a STM32 family." Can I force the programming somehow? Just f***ing skip the whole device id check?
OK I am posting a new comment about mine. It seemed with my blue pill you had to release the reset at the same time the cube programmer was waiting after pressing connect. About half the time it would connect and then program. At this point I installed st32duino which is happly ever after. Mine seemed to have this critical ttl programming timing.
I bought an STM32 like in the video, I can program it in the Arduino IDE but the ST-link isn't recognized by the STM32 Programmer and the ports don't work.
A few of my troubles with Chinese "blue pill" clones. The CS32 work actually reliably once flashed, unlike many others that have grounding issues, some weird capacitance issues (wouldn't boot unless touched the right way), I had to throw away most of them as no amount of alcohol baths helped, but then found a good supplier on aliexpress selling those CS32 and every board worked perfectly. To flash them, you need to revert commit 3295ab4e5 in the texane/stlink repo (and fix the git conflict), optionally disable gtk3 GUI in CMakeLists, build it and then it works fine. And mine have 128K (Marlin wouldn't fit otherwise).
@@SianaGearz The boards I got are from "FXI Electronics Co., Ltd", item number 33004099975 (in URL). I ordered two to start with, both tested good, so I ordered 12 more and all seem to work fine. However this was some 5 months ago, so I might have been lucky with a good batch - no guarantees, no affiliation with the store.
Good to know. I did notice that all the boards I got have the proper usb resistors, which is good. I got a mixed bag, so I'll have to check which might have 128k. Once I got them running, they seem to work fine. I've been using one all day for some square wave testing, flashed dozens of times, and it is all good. It actually runs some operations a bit quicker than the 'legit' boards
@@AlexKenis FYI: All the boards I've received in the last year (incl. the bad ones) have had the correct USB resistors, so at least this plague may be over.
Sometimes I fantasize about the damage done, world wide, by use of these "write only" fonts. Like URLs in the address bar, passwords written down incorrectly, etc etc. Like a more insidious version of how doctor's poorly handwritten prescriptions kill patients.
I have one of this fake blue pills and there were no problems when programming with ST-LINK v2 (upgraded firmware). I am using Keil v5. Debugging also works. :)
@@Pragnesh_Papaniya Not sure what are you refering to exactly but I was literally using it like STM32F103C8 and everything worked ok. In STM32 Cube IDE i selected above mentioned MCU and MDK(Keil) for IDE.
thanks for taking the time and caring enough to letting us all know
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I was able to program and debug my board once with STM32CubeIDE. Then the SW complained of ST-Link firmware and wanted to upgrade. So I did and that killed the board. Now OpenOCD says: "Info : device id = 0x00000000, Warn : Cannot identify target as a STM32 family." Can I force the programming somehow? Just f***ing skip the whole device id check?
OK I am posting a new comment about mine. It seemed with my blue pill you had to release the reset at the same time the cube programmer was waiting after pressing connect. About half the time it would connect and then program. At this point I installed st32duino which is happly ever after. Mine seemed to have this critical ttl programming timing.
LOL, with the chip shortage the fakes are selling for $7 shipped, not falling for that!
I bought an STM32 like in the video, I can program it in the Arduino IDE but the ST-link isn't recognized by the STM32 Programmer and the ports don't work.
A few of my troubles with Chinese "blue pill" clones. The CS32 work actually reliably once flashed, unlike many others that have grounding issues, some weird capacitance issues (wouldn't boot unless touched the right way), I had to throw away most of them as no amount of alcohol baths helped, but then found a good supplier on aliexpress selling those CS32 and every board worked perfectly. To flash them, you need to revert commit 3295ab4e5 in the texane/stlink repo (and fix the git conflict), optionally disable gtk3 GUI in CMakeLists, build it and then it works fine. And mine have 128K (Marlin wouldn't fit otherwise).
Sorry, stupid me didn't listen close enough. It indeed seems to be fixed in newer texane/stlink releases, like you said.
What's your preferred store on Ali for CS32?
@@SianaGearz The boards I got are from "FXI Electronics Co., Ltd", item number 33004099975 (in URL). I ordered two to start with, both tested good, so I ordered 12 more and all seem to work fine. However this was some 5 months ago, so I might have been lucky with a good batch - no guarantees, no affiliation with the store.
Good to know. I did notice that all the boards I got have the proper usb resistors, which is good. I got a mixed bag, so I'll have to check which might have 128k. Once I got them running, they seem to work fine. I've been using one all day for some square wave testing, flashed dozens of times, and it is all good. It actually runs some operations a bit quicker than the 'legit' boards
@@AlexKenis FYI: All the boards I've received in the last year (incl. the bad ones) have had the correct USB resistors, so at least this plague may be over.
Sometimes I fantasize about the damage done, world wide, by use of these "write only" fonts. Like URLs in the address bar, passwords written down incorrectly, etc etc. Like a more insidious version of how doctor's poorly handwritten prescriptions kill patients.
5:18 Use a clean modern font... with a slashed zero. Modern, like the Teletype Model 33 or Baudot teleprinter from a century ago?
I have one of this fake blue pills and there were no problems when programming with ST-LINK v2 (upgraded firmware). I am using Keil v5. Debugging also works. :)
Hey, i'm probably late but I wanted to know how do I do it for cs32f1/cks32f1 in KEIL with stlink v2? I can't seem to find stm32f1x.cfg file for keil
@@Pragnesh_Papaniya Not sure what are you refering to exactly but I was literally using it like STM32F103C8 and everything worked ok. In STM32 Cube IDE i selected above mentioned MCU and MDK(Keil) for IDE.
Simple way to check original or fake : debug it by keilc or stm32cube
Do you know where to get REAL stm32 bluepills? Thanks!
Just dont buy bluepill
3D print a cell phone holder and tripod/clamp mount to eliminate shaking cam syndrome ;)
I ran into some fake Blue Pills :((( PWM doesn't work with some ports :((( This is the cheapest board!!!! How did someone come up to fake :(((((
I was trying get pwm to work on these😢 frustrated and given up and later realized later
But the question still remains........ Whats the name of that font!
You know its bad when the chinese are making clones of clones.
It's not counterfeit.the problem lies in cube ide if you are using that!
Thanks for good morning laugh