Re: Black STM32F407VET6 + STM32F407ZET6 dev boards
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:57 am
First, I'm an absolute newbee with coding. The last time I attempted anything was Basic on a Vic 20. Decades ago.
I applaud you for the work you have done with this board.
I'm an old car mechanic. Yes I still get my hands dirty.
I was looking into making a board that would act as a controller for a digital dash that the display could be configurable.
There are many ODBII boards for this, but not for analog inputs, unless you spend a great deal on pre made stuff and have to settle on their displays.
I had toyed with a few Arduino sketches with Mega boards and quickly found they are not going to be fast enough if I tied several sketches together.
I have used ST micro stuff before(EEproms) and have had very good success with them.
When I started to see STM32 dev boards, I just had to check it out.
I bought 2 of the Black STN32f407vet6 from Hiletgo through Amazon. They are the same as the boards you have shown with small differences. On the front silkscreen under the STM32_F4VE there is a SN. 171215. Both boards have the same number. On the back silkscreen has a cert mark left of the STM324VE. Under that "for.MCUDEV" On the right lower has the same STM32_F4VE. But under that ver 2.1 SN 171215.
Traces and solder mask are very clean.
Looks like a lot of time was spent setting these boards up. With all the features I'm surprised they don't have a native system/firmware on them. They look like they were set up for outsourced work by a high end company. The quality of these boards looks on par with genuine Arduino type boards.
I have been able to install Micropython on them and have started to run some of the examples. Using your pin config files. THANK YOU.
I have also been reading the tutorials, but it is going to take time for me to get it down.
What I intend.
2 counters. 1 for speedometer 1 for tach.
At least 6 ADC , with room for expansion, for gauges.
10 on/off channels for things such as turn signal, indicator lights.
I would use 2 separate boards and split the duties between them. 1 for speedo, 3 ADC, 5 on/off.
Then each board would need to output to an SPI port for a Nextion type display. The quick boot time of these boards is key.
Then I would like to output to another IO (USB) if I could, to drive a slimmed down version of Raspbian on a Pi for a main display. I have it's boot time down to 12 secs, but hasn't been stripped yet.
I will be monitoring this post.
And again Thank You.
I applaud you for the work you have done with this board.
I'm an old car mechanic. Yes I still get my hands dirty.
I was looking into making a board that would act as a controller for a digital dash that the display could be configurable.
There are many ODBII boards for this, but not for analog inputs, unless you spend a great deal on pre made stuff and have to settle on their displays.
I had toyed with a few Arduino sketches with Mega boards and quickly found they are not going to be fast enough if I tied several sketches together.
I have used ST micro stuff before(EEproms) and have had very good success with them.
When I started to see STM32 dev boards, I just had to check it out.
I bought 2 of the Black STN32f407vet6 from Hiletgo through Amazon. They are the same as the boards you have shown with small differences. On the front silkscreen under the STM32_F4VE there is a SN. 171215. Both boards have the same number. On the back silkscreen has a cert mark left of the STM324VE. Under that "for.MCUDEV" On the right lower has the same STM32_F4VE. But under that ver 2.1 SN 171215.
Traces and solder mask are very clean.
Looks like a lot of time was spent setting these boards up. With all the features I'm surprised they don't have a native system/firmware on them. They look like they were set up for outsourced work by a high end company. The quality of these boards looks on par with genuine Arduino type boards.
I have been able to install Micropython on them and have started to run some of the examples. Using your pin config files. THANK YOU.
I have also been reading the tutorials, but it is going to take time for me to get it down.
What I intend.
2 counters. 1 for speedometer 1 for tach.
At least 6 ADC , with room for expansion, for gauges.
10 on/off channels for things such as turn signal, indicator lights.
I would use 2 separate boards and split the duties between them. 1 for speedo, 3 ADC, 5 on/off.
Then each board would need to output to an SPI port for a Nextion type display. The quick boot time of these boards is key.
Then I would like to output to another IO (USB) if I could, to drive a slimmed down version of Raspbian on a Pi for a main display. I have it's boot time down to 12 secs, but hasn't been stripped yet.
I will be monitoring this post.
And again Thank You.