The pads of LQFP64 package will show the actual status by changing their own colors. Is not much right now, but combined with all the program has to offer, is infinitely better than what CubeMX for STM8 microcontrollers offers. The following image shows the pin setup of the l152_single_ds18b20 project, where 6 pins are set … Continue reading The pads are sensitive
Month: January 2019
What I am working these days…
When you prototype with the Nucleo board, it is nice to have the morpho connector configuration window, but not quite useful when you design your own board using the STM32L152RE microcontroller. So I had to add the LQFP64 "capsule" configuration window...Which it has its own dedicated button in the main window.But it will take awhile … Continue reading What I am working these days…
Oops!
Oops again! When creating or opening a project, re-editing the project settings, the "floating point" and "printf enabling floating point" checkboxes have no effect - forgot to process them. Now solved and committed.
Project promoted to version 1.0 Beta
"Open Project" and "Save As..." options are working fine but be aware that there is no user code preservation if the project is loaded again and code is regenerated. For your code to be preserved, you have to open the project and save it under a new name. Then copy all the code you added … Continue reading Project promoted to version 1.0 Beta
Oops, forced landing…
Program crashing when there is a nil value for an element in XML file. Didn't knew that... Back to drawing board. Reading FreePascal XML Tutorial again...A work around is easy (now that we know the problem) but lets do it right if possible. As of now, the XML files are created in a raw way, … Continue reading Oops, forced landing…
Be aware
There are two errors in the xml file (the saved project), I fixed them, but can't commit because I'm working at the save open procedure and right now the code is a mess. It won't affect you anyway, because you can't use the saved project until a way to load it exist.
The project can be saved
It is saved in XML format (.vpc file extension), as simple as possible, but it already has 817 lines of text. Writing the procedure to load all those values will be a little nightmare... if the XML library I use can handle that... So the progress is:1. Open project: underway;2. Save project: complete;3. Save project … Continue reading The project can be saved
Short video presentation of VPC features – with poor sound
Well, if you can endure the bad quality of the sound, you can have an idea about what this program can offer right now regarding the configuration of an STM32 microcontroller using the SPL driver/library. And take note of my level of spoken English 😛 ...
Some needs arised …
... during the video presentation (see previous article):1. The ".json" files needed an upgrade due to some new modifications in version 1.30.2 of Visual Studio Code. Instead of chasing VSCode, I try to identify variables that are consistent (contradiction?) throughout versions. This way, the new modifications won't affect older versions.2. VSCode has an Arduino extension … Continue reading Some needs arised …
Installing and using VPC – first video presentation
Well, there will be no audio for now. But a lot of text and action like in the first muted movies. After this one, other filmed projects will follow.
VPC - Visual Pin Configurator 