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Visitor II
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

    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?

     

    TotouanAuthor
    Visitor II
    October 25, 2024
    Super User
    October 25, 2024

    So (almost) certainly not a genuine STM32

    TotouanAuthor
    Visitor 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 ?

     

    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.

    TotouanAuthor
    Visitor II
    October 25, 2024

    Okay thanks for your time and answer !

    TotouanAuthor
    Visitor II
    October 25, 2024

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

    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.

    TotouanAuthor
    Visitor II
    October 25, 2024

    Okay thanks a lot !