HackUMass 2015¶

ST is proud to be a part of Team mBed™ at HackUMass. Join us at the event in the University of Massachusetts Amherst And if you are going to be a part of the Hackathon, read up on ST’s microcontrollers beforehand here to increase your chances of winning one of the prizes.

Detailed information on how to get started with the STM32F411 Nucleo is listed below as well as information on hardware necessary to build a connected embedded device.

Please check back occasionally as ST will be updating the content of this page

Tutorials¶

Overview : 5 Steps to Create Your Connected Embedded Device
Tutorial #1: Preparing the STM32F411 Nucleo Board for Development with ARM mbed
Tutorial #2: Getting Started with mbed and the STM32F411 Nucleo Board
Tutorial #3: "Hello World!" Creating Console Output
Tutorial #4: ESP8266 Wifi Driver and Example code
Tutorial #5: Getting Started with Seeed Studio Grove Sensors
Tutorial #6: Getting Started with Nucleo Sensors
Tutorial #7: Getting Started with AT&T M2X
Tutorial #8: Putting it all Together: From Device to Cloud

How-to Videos:¶

• Getting Starting With your Nucleo Board

ST Nucleo F411RE¶

The STM32 Nucleo board is a low-cost and easy-to-use development platform used to quickly evaluate and start a development with an STM32 microcontroller in LQFP64 package.

• All mbed information for this board can be found here:
  mbed ST Nucleo F411RE Platform Page
• A complete description of the features of this board, including schematics is found here:
  STM32F411 Nucleo User Manual
• Additional information on the STM32F411 Nucleo board can be found here:
  STM32F411 Nucleo Home page

STM32F411 Microcontroller¶

Grab the board from the Hardware checkout desk!¶

The STM32F411xC/xE family is based on the high-performance ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit RISC core operating at a frequency of up to 100 MHz. Its Cortex-M4 core features a Floating point unit (FPU) single precision which supports all ARM single-precision data-processing instructions and data types. It also implements a full set of DSP instructions and a memory protection unit (MPU) which enhances application security.

• Download the datasheet here:
  STM32F411 Datasheet
• Download the reference manual here:
  STM32F411 Reference Manual
• Addition information, including application notes, programming manual, tools and software can be found here:
  STM32F411 Home Page

ST-Link Utilities¶

ST-Link is the USB device interface that allows the STM32 Nucleo to be programmed by mbed.
It is recommended that you pre-install the ST-Link PC driver and update the ST-Link firmware before using your STM32 Nucleo with mbed.

ST-Link Nucleo Firmware
ST-Link PC Driver

ST-Link/V2 is a software utilities that allows you to connect to the STM32 microcontroller on the Nucleo board. It allows you to read and write the embedded flash contents of the STM32.
STM32 ST-Link Software Utility
STM32 ST-Link Software Documentation

Connectivity¶

For this event we have a limited number of ESP8266 Wifi modules.

Sensors¶

mbed Application Shield¶

Grab the Application Shield from the hardware checkout desk!

• RGB LED
  
• Potentiometer
  
• 5 way joystick
  
• 128x32 LCD
  
• Speaker, pwm connected
  
• xbee socket
  
• Temperature Sensor
  
• 3 axis +/- 1.5g accelerometer

Grove Sensor Information from Seeed Studio
Use the Grove Shield board to connect to the STM32 Nucleo Arduino connector. This Arduino Shield board provides the base to connect multiple Grove sensor modules to the STM32 Nucleo board

Come on by and pitch us your idea to get sensors!

AT&T M2X¶

AT&T M2X is a fully managed data storage service for internet connected machine-to-machine devices that leverages the power and scale of AT&T's global network.

• AT&T M2X Website
• M2X Documentation