CubeMX and STM32H753I-EVAL2 issues

[armDevCP]

Having some issues with CubeMX not showing properly the DevKit hardware features. For example:

1. The devkit has an ST-LINK V3 chip (per documentation and according to silk screen) yet CubeMX has the ST-LINK V2 setting available only, ST-LINK V3 is greyed out ?!?
2. The crypto engine per documentation supports e.g. HMAC, yet it is greyed out in CubeMX
3. External Flash shows as 1152 Mbit in CubeMX which is incorrect, yet it is fixed/unchangeable.
4. Don't see the SDRAM (8Mx32bit) and SRAM (1M x 16bit) as a separate item in CubeMX 

Both the STM32CubeMX and the H7 package has the latest version on my computer 6.21.1 & 1.11.2 respectively. 

Running under Win11 Pro.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Pavel A.]

Is this your first encounter with CubeMX?

 

[armDevCP]

Not really sure what is your point ... I used it lightly on an M4 project a few years back.

My assumption was that if I choose the eval board that CubeMX will have the features properly loaded for that hardware. 

To be on the same page, here are the steps I took in CubeMX:

1. Opened a new project
2. Chose the Board Selector tab
3. Picked the Commercial Part number for my eval board, i.e.  STM32H753I-EVAL2
4. Set the PRODUCT INFO {Type, Supplier, MCU/MPU Series} ... probably unnecessary 
5. Then looked into the FEATURES to enable what I expected for my test ...

... and noticed inconsistencies with the Devkit features. 

So what I am missing?

[Pavel A.]

My point is that CubeMX does not display the board (unless they made radical changes in latest versions).

Even when you selected the board, the central picture shows only the MCU chip, and hardware components in the left pane are components of the chip.

The ST-LINK on STM32H753I-EVAL2 is not part of the chip so it is not shown. But Cube allows you to select the debug interface options (SWO or JTAG, with optional pins).

So I suspected that you over-estimate capabilities of CubeMX or have unrealistic expectations.

 

 

[armDevCP]

Please humor me and tell me that there is at least some advantage in picking a DevKit or board vs. just the MCU? Because If I have to enter manually STM's board configuration than why you have the option in CubeMX to pick the board? 

Thanks