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September 29, 2025
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STM32H7S3V8T6 timer triggered DMA

  • September 29, 2025
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Hi All, 

Trying to setup timer triggered DMA for the STM32H7S3V8T6 micro and cannot seem to get it working

I have tried a number of things and eventually resorted to asking chatGPT but so far no dice... What I want to achieve
1. Timer 1 toggles CH1 output (PA8) this works 
2. I want the DMA to trigger off of the TIMER_CH1 and shove the word into GPIOA->BSRR to toggle the GPIOA pins 0,1,2,3
Here's my main. c code - really stumped as to what is causing this to not work... Any thoughts??

 

/* USER CODE BEGIN Header */
/**
 ******************************************************************************
 * @file : main.c
 * @brief : STM32H7S3 GPIO output driven by TIM1 using GPDMA1 linked-list
 ******************************************************************************
 */
/* USER CODE END Header */

/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "main.h"
#include <stm32h7rsxx_hal_dma_ex.h>

/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/
DMA_HandleTypeDef handle_GPDMA1_Channel0;
TIM_HandleTypeDef htim1;

/* USER CODE BEGIN PV */
ALIGN_32BYTES(uint32_t waveform[] ) = {
 0x00000001, 0x00010000, // PA0 high / low
 0x00000002, 0x00020000, // PA1 high / low
 0x00000004, 0x00040000, // PA2 high / low
 0x00000008, 0x00080000 // PA3 high / low
};
#define WAVEFORM_WORDS (sizeof(waveform)/sizeof(waveform[0]))

DMA_NodeTypeDef Node;
DMA_QListTypeDef List;
/* USER CODE END PV */

/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
static void MPU_Config(void);
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void);
static void MX_GPDMA1_Init(void);
static void MX_TIM1_Init(void);

/* USER CODE BEGIN PFP */
/* USER CODE END PFP */

int main(void)
{
 /* MPU Configuration */
 MPU_Config();

 /* HAL Initialization */
 HAL_Init();
 SystemCoreClockUpdate();

 /* Initialize peripherals */
 MX_GPIO_Init();
 MX_GPDMA1_Init();
 MX_TIM1_Init();

 /* Clean D-Cache for DMA buffer */
 SCB_CleanDCache_by_Addr((uint32_t*)waveform, sizeof(waveform));

 /* Build DMA linked-list node */
 DMA_NodeConfTypeDef NodeConfig;
 NodeConfig.NodeType = DMA_GPDMA_LINEAR_NODE;
 NodeConfig.Init.Request = GPDMA1_REQUEST_TIM1_CH1;
 NodeConfig.Init.Direction = DMA_MEMORY_TO_PERIPH;
 NodeConfig.Init.Mode = DMA_NORMAL;
 NodeConfig.Init.SrcInc = DMA_SINC_INCREMENTED;
 NodeConfig.Init.DestInc = DMA_DINC_FIXED;
 NodeConfig.Init.SrcDataWidth = DMA_SRC_DATAWIDTH_WORD;
 NodeConfig.Init.DestDataWidth = DMA_DEST_DATAWIDTH_WORD;
 NodeConfig.Init.SrcBurstLength = 1;
 NodeConfig.Init.DestBurstLength = 1;
 NodeConfig.Init.TransferEventMode = DMA_TCEM_LAST_LL_ITEM_TRANSFER;
 NodeConfig.DataHandlingConfig.DataExchange = DMA_EXCHANGE_NONE;
 NodeConfig.DataHandlingConfig.DataAlignment = DMA_DATA_RIGHTALIGN_ZEROPADDED;
 NodeConfig.SrcAddress = (uint32_t)waveform;
 NodeConfig.DstAddress = (uint32_t)&GPIOA->BSRR;
 NodeConfig.DataSize = WAVEFORM_WORDS;

 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_BuildNode(&NodeConfig, &Node) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();
 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_InsertNode_Tail(&List, &Node) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();
 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_SetCircularMode(&List) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 /* Initialize GPDMA1 channel 0 */
 handle_GPDMA1_Channel0.Instance = GPDMA1_Channel0;
 handle_GPDMA1_Channel0.InitLinkedList.Priority = DMA_LOW_PRIORITY_HIGH_WEIGHT;
 handle_GPDMA1_Channel0.InitLinkedList.LinkStepMode = DMA_LSM_FULL_EXECUTION;
 handle_GPDMA1_Channel0.InitLinkedList.LinkedListMode = DMA_LINKEDLIST_CIRCULAR;
 handle_GPDMA1_Channel0.InitLinkedList.TransferEventMode = DMA_TCEM_LAST_LL_ITEM_TRANSFER;

 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_Init(&handle_GPDMA1_Channel0) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();
 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_LinkQ(&handle_GPDMA1_Channel0, &List) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();
 __HAL_LINKDMA(&htim1, hdma[TIM_DMA_ID_CC1], handle_GPDMA1_Channel0);


 /* Start DMA linked-list */
 if(HAL_DMAEx_List_Start_IT(&handle_GPDMA1_Channel0) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 /* Enable TIM1 CC1 DMA request and start timer */
 __HAL_TIM_ENABLE_DMA(&htim1, TIM_DMA_CC1);
 if(HAL_TIM_OC_Start(&htim1, TIM_CHANNEL_1) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 /* Infinite loop */
 while (1) {}
}

/* GPDMA1 Initialization Function */
static void MX_GPDMA1_Init(void)
{
 __HAL_RCC_GPDMA1_CLK_ENABLE();
 HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(GPDMA1_Channel0_IRQn, 0, 0);
 HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(GPDMA1_Channel0_IRQn);
}

/* TIM1 Initialization Function */
static void MX_TIM1_Init(void)
{
 TIM_ClockConfigTypeDef sClockSourceConfig = {0};
 TIM_MasterConfigTypeDef sMasterConfig = {0};
 TIM_OC_InitTypeDef sConfigOC = {0};
 TIM_BreakDeadTimeConfigTypeDef sBreakDeadTimeConfig = {0};

 htim1.Instance = TIM1;
 htim1.Init.Prescaler = 0;
 htim1.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP;
 htim1.Init.Period = 5000;
 htim1.Init.ClockDivision = TIM_CLOCKDIVISION_DIV1;
 htim1.Init.RepetitionCounter = 0;
 htim1.Init.AutoReloadPreload = TIM_AUTORELOAD_PRELOAD_DISABLE;
 if(HAL_TIM_Base_Init(&htim1) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 sClockSourceConfig.ClockSource = TIM_CLOCKSOURCE_INTERNAL;
 if(HAL_TIM_ConfigClockSource(&htim1, &sClockSourceConfig) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 if(HAL_TIM_OC_Init(&htim1) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 sMasterConfig.MasterOutputTrigger = TIM_TRGO_RESET;
 sMasterConfig.MasterOutputTrigger2 = TIM_TRGO2_RESET;
 sMasterConfig.MasterSlaveMode = TIM_MASTERSLAVEMODE_DISABLE;
 if(HAL_TIMEx_MasterConfigSynchronization(&htim1, &sMasterConfig) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 sConfigOC.OCMode = TIM_OCMODE_TOGGLE;
 sConfigOC.Pulse = 0;
 sConfigOC.OCPolarity = TIM_OCPOLARITY_HIGH;
 sConfigOC.OCNPolarity = TIM_OCNPOLARITY_HIGH;
 sConfigOC.OCFastMode = TIM_OCFAST_DISABLE;
 sConfigOC.OCIdleState = TIM_OCIDLESTATE_RESET;
 sConfigOC.OCNIdleState = TIM_OCNIDLESTATE_RESET;
 if(HAL_TIM_OC_ConfigChannel(&htim1, &sConfigOC, TIM_CHANNEL_1) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.OffStateRunMode = TIM_OSSR_DISABLE;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.OffStateIDLEMode = TIM_OSSI_DISABLE;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.LockLevel = TIM_LOCKLEVEL_OFF;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.DeadTime = 0;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.BreakState = TIM_BREAK_DISABLE;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.BreakPolarity = TIM_BREAKPOLARITY_HIGH;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.BreakFilter = 0;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.BreakAFMode = TIM_BREAK_AFMODE_INPUT;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.Break2State = TIM_BREAK2_DISABLE;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.Break2Polarity = TIM_BREAK2POLARITY_HIGH;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.Break2Filter = 0;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.Break2AFMode = TIM_BREAK_AFMODE_INPUT;
 sBreakDeadTimeConfig.AutomaticOutput = TIM_AUTOMATICOUTPUT_DISABLE;
 if(HAL_TIMEx_ConfigBreakDeadTime(&htim1, &sBreakDeadTimeConfig) != HAL_OK) Error_Handler();

 HAL_TIM_MspPostInit(&htim1);
}

/* GPIO Initialization Function */
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void)
{
 GPIO_InitTypeDef GPIO_InitStruct = {0};
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOA_CLK_ENABLE();

 HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_0|GPIO_PIN_1|GPIO_PIN_2|GPIO_PIN_3, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = GPIO_PIN_0|GPIO_PIN_1|GPIO_PIN_2|GPIO_PIN_3;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Speed = GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_LOW;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(GPIOA, &GPIO_InitStruct);
}

/* MPU Configuration */
static void MPU_Config(void)
{
 MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct = {0};
 HAL_MPU_Disable();
 MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x0;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4GB;
 MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x0;
 MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL0;
 MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;
 MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_ENABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;
 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);
 HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);
}

/* Error Handler */
void Error_Handler(void)
{
 __disable_irq();
 while (1) {}
}
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    Technical Moderator
    October 28, 2025

    Hello @JShro 

    Please make sur that the dma work fine when trigged by software before adding TIM trigger.