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README
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This README discusses the port of NuttX to the STMicro B-L475E-IOT01A
Discovery kit powered by STM32L475VG Cortex-M4. This board targets IoT
nodes with a choice of connectivity options including WiFi, Bluetooth LE,
NFC, and sub-GHZ RF at 868 or 915 MHz, as well as a long list of various
environmental sensors.
Contents
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o STATUS
o Board Features
o LEDs and Buttons
o Serial Console
o Configurations
STATUS
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o 2017-06-10: I have no hardware in hand and I am not sure that I will
even pursue this port. This README is really no more than a thought
experiment at the present time.
A few days ago, I did add support for the STM32L4x5 MCU family to
NuttX. But no work has yet been done for this board port other
than writing this README file.
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o 2017-06-13: I just learned that development boards will not be
available for another month.
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Board Features
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B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery kit key features and specifications:
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o MCU: STM32L475 Series MCU based on ARM Cortex-M4 core with 1 MB
Flash memory, 128 KB SRAM
o Storage: 64 Mbit (8MB)
o Connectivity:
- Bluetooth 4.1 LE module (SPBTLE-RF)
- Sub-GHz (868 or 915 MHz) low-power-programmable RF module (SPSGRF-868
or SPSGRF-915)
- Wi-Fi module based on Inventek ISM43362-M3G-L44 (802.11 b/g/n
compliant)
- Dynamic NFC tag based on M24SR with its printed NFC antenna
o Sensors:
- 2x digital omni-directional microphones (MP34DT01)
- Capacitive digital sensor for relative humidity and temperature
(HTS221)
- 3-axis magnetometer (LIS3MDL)
- 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope (LSM6DSL)
- 260-1260 hPa absolute digital output barometer (LPS22HB)
- Time-of-Flight and gesture-detection sensor (VL53L0X
o USB –
o Expansion –
o Debugging –
re-enumeration capability: mass storage, virtual COM port and debug
port
o Misc –
o Power Supply –
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The board supports ARM mbed online compiler, but can also be programmed
using IDEs such as IAR, Keil, and GCC-based IDEs. STMicro also provides
HAL libraries and code samples as part of the STM32Cube Package, as well
as X-CUBE-AWS expansion software to connect to the Amazon Web Services
(AWS) IoT platform.
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NOTES:
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1. The board usese Wi-Fi® module Inventek ISM43362-M3G-L44 (802.11 b/g/n
compliant), which consists of BCM43362 and STM32F205 host processor
that has a standard SPI or UART interface capability. It means you
will only use AT command to talk with Wi-Fi® module by SPI. All the
tcp/ip stack is built-in STM32F205 in Wi-Fi® module.
This cannot integrate cleanly with the NuttX network stack. A
USERSOCK option was recently added that would permit implementation
of the Inventek support in an applications. But that would then
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preclude the 6LoWPAN integration into IPv6.
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2. The board uses Bluetooth® V4.1 module (SPBTLE-RF), which has built-in
BLE stack. Similar with wifi, you only use simple AT command to talk
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with this BLE module.
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3. STMicro provides contiki 6lowpan for mesh.
http://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/osxcontiki6lp.html but mesh
network is not popular in the market, star network is the mainstream
for its simplicity and robustness.
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LEDs and Buttons
================
The black button B1 located on top side is the reset of the STM32L475VGT6.
The blue button B1 located top side is available to be used as a digital
input or as alternate function Wake-up. When the button is depressed the logic state is "0", otherwise the logic state is "1".
Two green LEDs (LD1 and LD2), located on the top side are available for the user. To light a LED a high logic state "1" should be written in the corresponding GPIO.
Reference Color Name Comment
B2 blue Wake-up Alternate function Wake-up
LD1 green LED1 PA5 (alternate with ARD.D13)
LD2 green LED2 PB14
These LEDs are not used by the board port unless CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS is
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selected. In that case, the usage by the board port is defined in
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include/board.h and src/lpc31_leds.c. The LEDs are used to encode
OS-related events as follows:
SYMBOL Meaning LED state
LED2 LED1
------------------- ----------------------- -------- --------
LED_STARTED NuttX has been started OFF OFF
LED_HEAPALLOCATE Heap has been allocated OFF OFF
LED_IRQSENABLED Interrupts enabled OFF OFF
LED_STACKCREATED Idle stack created ON OFF
LED_INIRQ In an interrupt N/C N/C
LED_SIGNAL In a signal handler N/C N/C
LED_ASSERTION An assertion failed N/C N/C
LED_PANIC The system has crashed N/C Blinking
LED_IDLE MCU is is sleep mode Not used
Thus if LED2 is statically on, NuttX has successfully booted and is,
apparently, running normmally. If LED1 is flashing at approximately
2Hz, then a fatal error has been detected and the system has halted.
NOTE: That LED2 is not used after completion of booting and may
be used by other board-specific logic.
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Of course, if CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS is not selected, then both LEDs are
available for use by other logic.
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Serial Console
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Arduino Serial Shield
---------------------
An TLL-to-RS232 Converter shield may be used with UART4:
UART4:
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
STM32L475VGTx Board Signal Arduino Connector
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
UART4_RX PA1 ARD.D0-UART4_RX CN3 pin1 RX/D0
UART4_TX PA0 ARD.D1-UART4_TX CN3 pin2 TX/D1
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
Virtual COM Port
----------------
The serial interface USART1 is directly available as a virtual COM port
of the PC connected to the ST-LINK/V2-1 USB connector CN7.
USART1:
-------------- ---------------- --------------
STM32L475VGTx Board Signal STM32F103CBT6
-------------- ---------------- --------------
USART1_TX PB6 ST-LINK-UART1_TX USART2_RX PA3
UAART1_RX PB7 ST-LINK-UART1_RX USART2_TX PA2
-------------- ---------------- --------------
The virtual COM port settings are configured as: 115200 b/s, 8 bits data,
no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
Other Options
-------------
USART2 - Available on CN10 if solder bridges closed.
-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
STM32L475VGTx Board Signal PMOD / Solder Bridges
-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
USART2_RX PD4 PMOD-UART2_RX CN10 pin1 or 2 (SB12, SB14)
USART2_TX PD5 PMOD-UART2_TX CN10 pin2 TX/D1 (SB20)
-------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
USART3 - Dedicated to ISM43362-M3G-L44 Serial-to-Wifi Module.
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
STM32L475VGTx Board Signal Arduino Connector
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
USART3_RX PD9 INTERNAL-UART3_RX CN3 pin1 RX/D0
USART3_TX PD8 INTERNAL-UART3_TX CN3 pin2 TX/D1
-------------- ---------------- ------------------
Configurations
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Information Common to All Configurations
----------------------------------------
Each B-L475E-IOT01A configuration is maintained in a sub-directory and
can be selected as follow:
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tools/configure.sh [-l|c|u|n] /b-l475e-iot01a/<subdir>
Where:
-l selects the Linux (l) host environment. The [-c|u|n] options
select one of the Windows environments. Default: Use host setup
in the defconfig file
[-c|u|n] selects the Windows host and a Windows environment: Cygwin (c),
Ubuntu under Windows 10 (u), or Windows native (n). Default Cygwin
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Before building, make sure that:
1. The PATH environment variable include the correct path to the
directory than holds your toolchain binaries.
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2. Check the .config file. Make sure that the configuration is set for
your build platform (e.g., Linux vs. Windows) and that the toolchain
is set for the toolchain type you are using.
The <subdir> that is provided above as an argument to the
tools/configure.sh must be is one of those listed below.
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And then build NuttX by simply typing the following. At the conclusion of
the make, the nuttx binary will reside in an ELF file called, simply,
nuttx.
make
NOTES:
1. These configurations use the mconf-based configuration tool. To
change any of these configurations using that tool, you should:
a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
reconfiguration process.
2. Unless stated otherwise, all configurations generate console
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output on USART1 (i.e., for ST-Link Virtual COM port). The
relevant configuration settings are listed below:
CONFIG_STM32_USART1=y
CONFIG_STM32_USART1_SERIALDRIVER=y
CONFIG_STM32_USART=y
CONFIG_USART1_SERIALDRIVER=y
CONFIG_USART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_USART1_RXBUFSIZE=256
CONFIG_USART1_TXBUFSIZE=256
CONFIG_USART1_BAUD=115200
CONFIG_USART1_BITS=8
CONFIG_USART1_PARITY=0
CONFIG_USART1_2STOP=0
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3. All of these configurations are set up to build under Windows using the
"GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors" that is maintained by ARM
(unless stated otherwise in the description of the configuration).
https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded
That toolchain selection can easily be reconfigured using
'make menuconfig'. Here are the relevant current settings:
Build Setup:
CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y : Window environment
CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y : Cywin under Windows
System Type -> Toolchain:
CONFIG_ARMV7M_TOOLCHAIN_GNU_EABIW=y : GNU ARM EABI toolchain
Configuration sub-directories
-----------------------------
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nsh:
Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at examples/nsh. This
configuration is focused on low level, command-line driver testing.
spirit-6lowpan
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This is another version of nsh that is similar to the above 'nsh'
configuration but is focused on testing the Spirit1 integration with
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the 6LoWPAN network stack. It supports point-to-point, 6LoWPAN
communications between two b-l47e-iot01a boards. Additional differences
from the 'nsh" configuration are summarized below:
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NOTES:
1. You must must have two b-l475e-iot01a boards.
2. IPv6 networking is enabled with TCP/IP, UDP, 6LoWPAN, and NSH
Telnet support.
3. Configuration instructions: NSH does not configuration or
bring up the network. Currently that must be done manually.
The configurations steps are:
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a) Assign a unique 8-bit node address to the Spirit1 board in the
WPAN:
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nsh> ifconfig wpan0 hw 37
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Where 37 the address is an example. It should be different for
each radio, but in the the range 1..ed and ef..fe (ee and ff are
the reserved for multicast and broadcast addresses, respectively.
Zero is a valid address but not recommeded).
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b) Bring each the network up on each board in the WPAN:
nsh> ifup wpan0
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You can entry nsh> ifconfig to see if the node address and
derived IPv4 are set correctly (the IPv6 address will not be
determined until the network is UP).
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4. examples/udp is enabled. This will allow two Spirit1 nodes to
exchange UDP packets. Basic instructions:
On the server node:
nsh> ifconfig
nsh> udpserver &
The ifconfig command will show the IP address of the server. Then on
the client node use this IP address to start the client:
nsh> udpclient <server-ip> &
Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got above.
NOTE: There is no way to stop the UDP test once it has been started
other than by resetting the board.
5. examples/nettest is enabled. This will allow two Spirit1 nodes to
exchange TCP packets. Basic instructions:
On the server node:
nsh> ifconfig
nsh> tcpserver &
The ifconfig command will show the IP address of the server. Then on
the client node use this IP address to start the client:
nsh> tcpclient <server-ip> &
Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got above.
NOTE: Unlike the UDP test, there the TCP test will terminate
automatically when the packet exchange is complete.
6. The NSH Telnet deamon (server) is enabled. However, it cannot be
started automatically. Rather, it must be started AFTER the network
has been brought up using the NSH 'telnetd' command. You would want
to start the Telent daemon only if you want the node to serve Telent
connections to an NSH shell on the node.
nsh> ifconfig
nsh> telnetd
Note the 'ifconfig' is executed to get the IP address of the node.
This address derives from the 8-bit node address that was assigned
when the node was configured.
7. This configuration also includes the Telnet client program. This
will allow you to execute a NSH one a node from the command line on
a different node. Like:
nsh> telnet <server-ip>
Where <server-ip> is the IP address of the server that you got for
the ifconfig commna on the remote node. Once the telnet session
has been started, you can end the session with:
nsh> exit
STATUS:
2017-08-01: Testing began. The Spirit1 no configurations with no
errors, but there are no tests yet in place to exercise it.
2017-08-02: The nettest, udp, telnet test programs were added.
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2017-08-05: Successfully exchanging packets, but there there are
issues with address filtering, CRC calculation, and data integrity
(like bad UDP checksums). Lot's more to be done!
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Test Matrix:
The following configurations have been tested:
TEST DATE
COMPRESSION ADDRESSING UDP TCP
----------- ---------- ---- ----
hc06 short --- ---
extended --- ---
hc1 short --- ---
extended --- ---
ipv6 short --- ---
extended --- ---
telnet short N/A --- (hc06)
extended N/A ---
Other configuration options have not been specifically addressed
(such non-compressable ports, non-MAC based IPv6 addresses, etc.)
