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Visitor II
July 30, 2022
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STM32F207VCT6 reference schematics

  • July 30, 2022
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The MCU STM32F207VCT6 reference schematics used in our design is made exactly in the same as NUCLEO reference design except for the feedback resistor for the 8MHz oscillator; our design doesn't have that resistor. MCU doesn't connect via SWD.

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    Visitor II
    July 30, 2022

    First Debug test step: disconnect all clocks going to the mcu, it should use internal one, then check if debug probr works.

    Graduate II
    July 30, 2022

    The MCU doesn't need an external clock to start or function.

    Check voltages at VCAP pins.

    Check level of NRST

    Check part orientation

    Check supplies to VDDA

    Graduate
    July 31, 2022

    The nucleo boards often have a second stm32 microcontroller pre-programmed to act as an ST-Link programmer so you can just plug it into USB and fire up stm32cubeIde.

    As you don’t mention this, can I ask do you have an ST-Link (either stand-alone or broken off a genuine Nucleo) that you know works, that you are interfering through?

    SAgra.2Author
    Visitor II
    August 1, 2022

    Yes, I made a PCB following the nucleo f207g reference design and program it through SWD using another ST-Link broken off the same version of nucleo board.

    SAgra.2Author
    Visitor II
    August 1, 2022

    It seems like the reference design does not use the right amount of load capacitances for the oscillators used and hence I am able to program the MCU on PCB through SWD at some random moments and it shows 'target not connected' rest of the time.

    Would appreciate any thoughts on the above.