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AndrewR
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January 28, 2025
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Question about NUCLEO-G031K8 board usage

  • January 28, 2025
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I'm just looking for some clarification on a few points, having watched one or two of the training videos.  I have bought a NUCLEO-G031K8 dev board, but was wondering if I could just go straight to my target board

1. in the project setup, it asks what board I want to use.  Can I not just use my target as the dev board and if so how do I do that

2. I have made the assumption that the SWDIO and SWCLK are fully functional even if I use my target.  Is this

correct?

3. Will the IDE debugger will work with my target board, or will it only work with the NUCLEO

4. Asking the more experienced people here, is it just safer and quicker all round to go with the NUCLEO for s/w dev, and then flash the binary to the target?

(the s/w is about 1000 lines of code, so it's a porting + partial rewrite exercise for this first project)

Thankyou

AndrewR

 

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    Best answer by Andrew Neil
    @AndrewR wrote:

    was wondering if I could just go straight to my target board

    Yes, you can.

    However, the fact that you need to ask the questions suggests that it would be better not to.

    The whole point is to start on a well-known platform where all these questions are already taken care of, so that you can get used to the products, the tools, the environment, etc.

    Then, once you've gained that experience & familiarity, you will be better placed to face the unknowns of a custom board...

     

    @AndrewR wrote:

    Asking the more experienced people here, is it just safer and quicker all round to go with the NUCLEO for s/w dev, and then flash the binary to the target?

    I would strongly suggest that you start on the Nucleo board.

    That doesn't mean that you have to complete the entire development on the Nucleo - just until you've got sufficient experience to move on to the custom target.

    I will typically be using both Dev Boards (eg, Nucleo) and custom hardware throughout a Project.

    Typically, Dev Boards give much better access for test equipment, etc - so are easier for trying things out, prior to moving to custom hardware.

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    Andrew NeilAnswer
    Super User
    January 28, 2025
    @AndrewR wrote:

    was wondering if I could just go straight to my target board

    Yes, you can.

    However, the fact that you need to ask the questions suggests that it would be better not to.

    The whole point is to start on a well-known platform where all these questions are already taken care of, so that you can get used to the products, the tools, the environment, etc.

    Then, once you've gained that experience & familiarity, you will be better placed to face the unknowns of a custom board...

     

    @AndrewR wrote:

    Asking the more experienced people here, is it just safer and quicker all round to go with the NUCLEO for s/w dev, and then flash the binary to the target?

    I would strongly suggest that you start on the Nucleo board.

    That doesn't mean that you have to complete the entire development on the Nucleo - just until you've got sufficient experience to move on to the custom target.

    I will typically be using both Dev Boards (eg, Nucleo) and custom hardware throughout a Project.

    Typically, Dev Boards give much better access for test equipment, etc - so are easier for trying things out, prior to moving to custom hardware.

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    AndrewRAuthor
    Explorer II
    January 28, 2025

    Thanks - I'll go with the NUCLEO :)

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