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Andrew Neil
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January 27, 2026
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This question stumped Side Kick

  • January 27, 2026
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It's been sat there "thinking" for several minutes now!

Just putting "NUCLEO-G474RE VCP" did get an answer

Best answer by Lina_DABASINSKAITE

Hi @Andrew Neil,

Thanks for letting us know. I just have tried to replicate, and I got the answer rather fast with your orginal imput. Perhaps it's a network issue. Can you please try again and see if it happens again?  

Thanks,
Lina 

CC: @STOne-32 

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Andrew Neil
Super User
January 27, 2026

@Andrew Neil wrote:

It's been sat there "thinking" for several minutes now!


and it's still "thinking" - over 15 minutes later!

 


@Andrew Neil wrote:

Just putting "NUCLEO-G474RE VCP" did get an answer


But the answer is incorrect:

https://community.st.com/t5/feedback-forum/sidekick-give-incorrect-answer-for-nucleo-g474re-vcp/td-p/874063

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Lina_DABASINSKAITE
Community Manager
January 27, 2026

Thanks for confirming. @STOne-32 , please check this on out too. Thanks. 

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Lina_DABASINSKAITE
Community Manager
January 27, 2026

Hi @Andrew Neil,

Thanks for letting us know. I just have tried to replicate, and I got the answer rather fast with your orginal imput. Perhaps it's a network issue. Can you please try again and see if it happens again?  

Thanks,
Lina 

CC: @STOne-32 

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Andrew Neil
Super User
January 27, 2026

I tried again with the original question, "What UART is connected to the STLink VCP on NUCLEO-G474RE?", and did get the answer within its usual "thinking" time this time

And, this time, it did give the correct answer!

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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
STOne-32
Technical Moderator
January 27, 2026

Dear @Andrew Neil  @Lina_DABASINSKAITE ,

Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated. We fully analyzed the case, and here are our comments:

  • 15 minutes waiting is not normal and is not related to STM32 Sidekick, but we got at that time a global platform glitch and all contents view disappeared on ST Community. it is fixed now. 
  • UART2 or UART1, indeed the sources reference of the answer was using a generic document that need to be updated AN4989 page 69. we will use it to improve our documentation with different variants of MCUs.

Thanks again and wish you a great day,

STOne-32.

Andrew Neil
Super User
January 27, 2026
@STOne-32 wrote:

UART2 or UART1, indeed the sources reference of the answer was using a generic document that need to be updated AN4989 page 69. 


So it is:

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But interesting that it managed to get the correct answer with the long-form question!

 

PS:

But, as @waclawek.jan says, UART2 is also available on PA2 & PA3 - see:

https://community.st.com/t5/feedback-forum/sidekick-give-incorrect-answer-for-nucleo-g474re-vcp/m-p/874113/highlight/true#M2850

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.