Tag Archives: STM32

More surprises with STM32 micro-controllers

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

It turns out that the STM32 micro-controllers I bought a few weeks ago (in order to replace the ones on “Blue pill” boards that can’t run firmware built for the STM32F103C8T6 micro-controller) are, in fact, re-branded CS32F103CBT6 micro-controllers. The funny … Continue reading →

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STM32 decapping results

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

As announced in a previous post, one of the STM32 micro-controllers from a “Blue pill” batch that I bought recently was sent to Finland for decapping. Well, Tommi received it, decapped it and took the following picture: This is clearly … Continue reading →

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Yet another batch of blue pills with counterfeit MCU

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

Today I received another batch of 20 blue pill boards, and what do you know? The MCU is another fake. This time the fact the MCU is counterfeit can be easily spotted: The font used is too narrow, the first … Continue reading →

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STM32F10C8T6 module fixed after installing a genuine MCU

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

As I had received a handful STM32 MCUs, I managed to solder one on the “blue pill” board from which I had desoldered a fake/defective one. The new MCU seems to be working fine, having tested the DC2N5-LC firmware with … Continue reading →

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More shenanigans from the East

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

I had ordered a few STM32 MCUs to try and replace a few of the ones that are on the blue pill boards that are not working. Well, today I received such MCUs but I reckon they are in a … Continue reading →

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Quite a satisfying result for the day

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

I finally got the time to desolder the MCU from one of the STM32F103C8T6 boards I recently received. Here’s what the board looks like after the operation: The MCU will soon be on its way to Finland for de-capping, which … Continue reading →

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STM32F103C8T6 Minimum System Development Board Module – More Shenanigans

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Luigi Di Fraia

For years I used to buy the so called “STM32F103C8T6 Minimum System Development Board Module” on eBay and had no issues with it. However, I recently made an order and I am frustrated to say that it seems Chinese manufacturers … Continue reading →

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Update on the replacement device for my USBhost-64 project

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Luigi Di Fraia

It was last August when I was getting back to the replacement device for my USBhost-64 project. At the time I was distracted by my work for the crack of Rubicon, for TAPClean, and for my IFFL code, among other things. … Continue reading →

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Quite an update!

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Luigi Di Fraia

Back in January I was working at a replacement device for my USBhost-64 project, in order to be able to come up with something relatively inexpensive that would re-use the code I had written on the C64 side for interfacing … Continue reading →

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SysTick with STM32CubeMX

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Luigi Di Fraia

OK, so it appears that with projects generated through STM32CubeMX the place where to insert custom SysTick code is not within the HAL, but in one of the auto-generated “User” files, stm32f1xx_it.c. This file contains the definition of active IRQ … Continue reading →

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