Stm8 Programming How To Get Started

If youve ever eyed up the very inexpensive STM8 processor, youll want to check out Shane Burrells video (see below) about how to get started with the STM8.

Shane uses SDCC (small device C compiler) to target the little chip.

Stm8 Programming Code And How

He also shows how he manages a fairly substantial piece of code and how he controls the build process.

He doesnt get into a lot of details, but he does talk about the motivation for some of the code.

Youll also pick up some tips like storing firmware with hardware designs in Git.

Weve seen the STM8 doing duty inside a soldering iron recently.

If you want to pick a processor beyond the obvious, check out Jay Carlsons comparison of 21 microcontrollers that cost under a buck.

The sucker is pin compatible except for pin 8, VCAP, so C5 is open on the otherwise identical board.

As long as you know what you are getting into they are great.

They are fairly easy to use, but not quite as friendly and idiot proof as an Arduino, so maybe not for beginners.

I opened it to check the mains PSU inside only to find a debug interface behind a easy to access cover in front and a STM8 controlling everything.

So if you do not want to deal with registers and want to use StdPeriph, check this.

We are developing on Linux and Windows, using SDCC and OpenOCD to flash and debug on Eclipse please give a look on our project page Flexible OpenSource EBike motor controller firmware.