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October 25, 2024
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Problem with STM32F401CCU6 board

  • October 25, 2024
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Hello, I am working on a diy simracing project which use the STM32F401CCU6 board. I just bought this board and It worked fine until today for a reason I ignore. The board is stuck on the red led, the blue led doesn't light up anymore. I can still find the board in the device manager ( picture under ) but not it is not detected as it shall be in game controller configuartor ( picture under ). I can still erase the sketch on STM32 Cubeprogrammer and upload it but when I disconnect it it stays with the red led.

Have anyone any idea on what to do ?

Thanks you for your answers, and sorry for my english which isn't very good !

 

 

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Best answer by Andrew Neil

@Totouan wrote:

But does it really change something ? 


It means the chip may not function correctly

 


@Totouan wrote:

There aren't any other option than to buy a real one ? N


That would be the best route if you want to avoid a load of grief!

eg, see:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-products/blue-pill-stm32f1-board-gets-programmed-through-arduino-ide-but/td-p/667923

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-products/debug-blue-pill-with-stlink-v3minie/m-p/711320/highlight/true#M258518

 


@Totouan wrote:

The board is stuck on the red led, the blue led doesn't light up anymore. I can still find the board in the device manager ( picture under ) but not it is not detected as it shall be in game controller configuartor

 

Totouan_0-1729846487233.png


That picture shows that it is stuck in Bootloader mode - ie, it's waiting for you to download firmware.

Because it's stuck in Bootloader mode, it won't be detected as a game controller - or anything else - until you've successfully loaded good firmware.

6 replies

Andrew Neil
Super User
October 25, 2024

@Totouan wrote:

 the STM32F401CCU6 board.


What board?

If not an ST board, give link to full description, schematics, etc.

https://community.st.com/t5/community-guidelines/how-to-write-your-question-to-maximize-your-chances-to-find-a/ta-p/575228

 


@Totouan wrote:

I just bought this board


Where from?

 

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.
TotouanAuthor
Associate II
October 25, 2024
Andrew Neil
Super User
October 25, 2024

So (almost) certainly not a genuine STM32

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.
TotouanAuthor
Associate II
October 25, 2024

But does it really change something ? There aren't any other option than to buy a real one ? No idea of what to do anyway ?

 

Andrew Neil
Andrew NeilBest answer
Super User
October 25, 2024

@Totouan wrote:

But does it really change something ? 


It means the chip may not function correctly

 


@Totouan wrote:

There aren't any other option than to buy a real one ? N


That would be the best route if you want to avoid a load of grief!

eg, see:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-products/blue-pill-stm32f1-board-gets-programmed-through-arduino-ide-but/td-p/667923

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-products/debug-blue-pill-with-stlink-v3minie/m-p/711320/highlight/true#M258518

 


@Totouan wrote:

The board is stuck on the red led, the blue led doesn't light up anymore. I can still find the board in the device manager ( picture under ) but not it is not detected as it shall be in game controller configuartor

 

Totouan_0-1729846487233.png


That picture shows that it is stuck in Bootloader mode - ie, it's waiting for you to download firmware.

Because it's stuck in Bootloader mode, it won't be detected as a game controller - or anything else - until you've successfully loaded good firmware.

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.
TotouanAuthor
Associate II
October 25, 2024

Okay thanks for your time and answer !

TotouanAuthor
Associate II
October 25, 2024

And do you have any idea of how to unstuck it from the bootloader mode ?

Andrew Neil
Super User
October 25, 2024

Load some code into it!

You'll have to find out what app(s) is/are required to do that.

Or use an ST-Link (or similar) to program directly.

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.
TotouanAuthor
Associate II
October 25, 2024

Okay thanks a lot !