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October 17, 2024
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STM32CubeIDE shows "NO ST-LINK DETECTED."

  • October 17, 2024
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Screenshot 2024-10-17 181446.pngWhatsApp Image 2024-10-17 at 6.14.52 PM.jpegWhatsApp Image 2024-10-17 at 6.35.11 PM.jpegWe're using the STM32F407VET6 microcontroller. When I connect it to my Windows laptop and attempt to debug with STM32CubeIDE, it shows "NO ST-LINK DETECTED, CONNECT AND RESTART DEBUGGING." I’m unsure how to resolve this issue. The user manual states it has a built-in debugger, but CubeIDE isn’t recognizing it. We need help, as this is crucial for our final year engineering project.

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    Super User
    October 17, 2024

    What board is that? It doesn't look like a genuine ST board.

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

    Does the board actually have an ST-Link?

    If it is supposed to have an ST-Link, does Windows detect it?

    https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus/how-to-solve-debugger-connection-issues/tac-p/698105/highlight/true#M956

     

    Please see this for how to capture a screenshot - far better than photographing the screen!

    https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-take-screenshots-in-windows-10/

     

    EDIT:

    I missed this:

     


    @sanjay890 wrote:

    The user manual states it has a built-in debugger


    But that doesn't seem to be true from the photo.

    Perhaps they (and/or you) are confusing the internal debug features within the STM32 chip with the external hardware (eg, ST-Link) needed to access those features from tools like CubeIDE?

    Please provide a link to this User Manual - and the other board details.

    Super User
    October 17, 2024

    @Andrew Neil wrote:

    What board is that? It doesn't look like a genuine ST board.


    It looks like one of these:

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007550369339.html

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001593938285.html 

    So definitely not an ST board - and it has no ST-Link.

    Note also that these are also not genuine ST-Links:

    https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus/how-to-recognize-a-genuine-st-link-v2-versus-a-cloned-one/tac-p/703663/highlight/true#M965

    Graduate II
    October 18, 2024

    This board does not provide an ST-LINK, but rather has a 20-pin ARM JTAG header to which you can attach an ST-LINK,  J-LINK or U-LINK etc, that you supply.

    If there is no ST-LINK your PC isn't going to find one.