I Hope everyone is ready to work with STM32F411RE Microcontroller before we need software, which helps to configure and interface with your microcontroller!
Let’s start the installation with step by step procedure for STM32CUBE IDE:-
1. Visit this Link to get software to download!
https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html#get-software
Fig 1 Install page https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html#get-software
2. Download the software STM32CubeIDE-Win
Fig 2 Get software
Note: In this Blog, stm32cube IDE is going to install in Windows. So specifically install by stm32cube IDE Windows Installer 1.16.0 Get latest
Fig 3 choose the latest version
After reach out the software make sure go download with a latest version
3. Create an account
After you give GET LATEST, accept the License Agreement,
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Go with Download as a guest
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Note: Either you can create an account or use it to go with a guest.
After going to the download as a guest
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Give the details asked and GET LINK TO DOWNLOAD
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Give Download now
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It starts to Download as a zip file. Now keep away the stm32cube ide. We are going to install the modules which require for stm32cube ide.
4.Install the MSYS2
Go to the https://www.msys2.org/
Scroll down
Step 1: Download the Installer msys2-x86_64-20240727.exe
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Step 2:
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Step 3: Choose the right path
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Make sure the path is prominent! And give Next
Step 4: Start to Install
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Step 5: Finish the installation
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Step 6: Now MSYS2 is ready for you and a terminal for the UCRT64 environment will launch.
MSYS2 offers various environments, and the first decision you’ll need to make is which one to use.
Eg.MINGW64
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Step 7: Don’t need to visit here, you can directly to the terminal
You’ll likely want to install tools such as the mingw-w64 GCC to begin compiling projects. To do this, run the following command:
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$ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc
Step 8: Terminal will start to install the packages
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Give yes
Step 9: You can now use gcc to compile software for Windows.
$ gcc –version
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5.Open MSYS2 using command prompt
After successfully installing the packages, Just whether you can open your MSYS2 using command prompt. Here go with a procedure
Step 1: Go to THIS PC in your laptop or system
Step 2:Go to the MSYS2 folder
Step 3: Select the path and copy the path
Step 4:Paste the path in your command prompt which you already opened
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After paste the path give “ENTER” you can see the MSYS2 has opened
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After opened MSYS2 synchronizing packages database
Step 6: Give the command pacman -Syu
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Step 7: Give the command pacman -S –needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
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Enter a selection(default=all) : 3 (Give 3 and enter)
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Give Y and Enter
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Finally updating the info directory file.
6. Paste the path of MSYS2 in Environment variable in control panel
Previously, we had to paste the path in the command prompt. Now going to paste the MSYS2 path in the environment variable in control panel
Step 1: Go to the Window in your PC or laptop
Step 2: Go to the environment variables
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Step 3: Select the advance and select the environment variable
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Step 4: Click the path and select the edit
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Step 5: Give new and paste the path
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Give ok and close
7.Extract the STM32CUBE IDE
Now Just think in the beginning we download one zip file yes!!!.. Stm32cube IDE and it’s time to extract it.
Step 1: Go to the zip file and extract that file
Step 2: Extract the file
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Step 3: Wait for Setup to Load
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Step 4: Agree
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Step 5: Install
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Step 6: Finish it off! Finally we have successfully installed the stm32cube ide in your pc or laptop. I Hope you have installed it. Thank you.