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10 years, 6 months ago.

Beginner - own hardware

Hello,

I have short question. If i build own hardware with the LPC1768, can i use mbed compiler on ?

1 Answer

Erik -
10 years, 6 months ago.

Yes. There are no licensing and no technical limitations there. Mbed bin files are just regular bin files that any programmer can use (well some require hex files, but you can convert them with bin2hex for example). There is no special bootloader like Arduino has, so as long as you can program your custom hardware, you can use the online compiler for it.

Accepted Answer

Does it mean that generated bin file can be flashed eg. with st-link? (with offset 0?) and once flashed (with st-link) it will be possible to program by drag and drop?

posted by Zdzisław Ka 18 Apr 2016

Assuming you are using an STM MCU, yes the generated bin file can be loaded using ST-link. Drag and drop programming is not in the bin file but in the interface chip. That works if you connect the ST-link part of a Nucleo board to your custom board.

posted by Erik - 18 Apr 2016