ST FP-SNS-6LPNODE1, STM32Cube Quick Start Manual

Version 1.4 (April.10, 2019)

Quick Start Guide

STM32Cube Function Pack for IoT sensor node connection to
6LoWPAN networks through sub-1GHz RF communication
(FP-SNS-6LPNODE1)

Quick Start Guide Contents

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FP-SNS-6LPNODE1: STM32Cube Function Pack for IoT sensor node
connection to 6LoWPAN networks through sub-1GHz RF communication

Hardware and Software overview

Setup & Demo Examples

Documents & Related Resources

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Sub-1 GHz RF expansion boards

Hardware Overview (1/5)

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S2-LP

X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 Hardware description

• The X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 is an evaluation board

based on the S2-LP radio and operates in the 868
MHz ISM frequency band

• The expansion board is compatible with ST morpho

and Arduino UNO R3 connectors. The X-NUCLEO­S2868A1 interfaces with the STM32 Nucleo
microcontroller via SPI connections and GPIO pins.

• Ultra-low power consumption: 7 mA RX and 10 mA

TX at +10 dBm

Arduino UNO R3 connector

Key products on board

S2-LP

S2-LP narrow band ultra-low power sub-1 GHz

transceiver tuned for 860 - 940 MHz frequency

band

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-S2868A1

Sub-1 GHz RF expansion boards

Hardware Overview (2/5)

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SPSGRF-868 or
SPSGRF-915 (*)

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4/5 Hardware description

• The X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4, X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5

are evaluation boards based on the SPIRIT1 RF
modules SPSGRF-868 and SPSGRF-915

• The SPIRIT1 module communicates with the

STM32 Nucleo developer board host
microcontroller though an SPI link available on the
Arduino UNO R3 connector.

EEPROM

Arduino UNO R3 connector

Key products on board

SPSGRF

Sub-GHz (868 or 915 MHz) low power
programmable RF transceiver modules

SPIRIT1

Low data-rate, low-power sub-1GHz transceiver)
module

M95640-R

64 Kbit SPI bus EEPROM with high-speed clock

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5

(*) Identification of the operating frequency of the X-NUCLEO­IDS01Ax (x=4 or 5) is performed through two resistors (R14 and R15).

LPS25HB

HTS221

Key Product on board

LSM6DS0: MEMS 3D accelerometer (±2/±4/±8 g) + 3D gyroscope

(±245/±500/±2000 dps)

LIS3MDL: MEMS 3D magnetometer (±4/ ±8/ ±12/ 16 gauss)

LPS25HB: MEMS pressure sensor, 260-1260 hPa absolute digital

output barometer

HTS221: capacitive digital relative humidity and temperature

DIL 24-pin: socket available for additional MEMS adapters and

other sensors

DIL 24-pin

Motion MEMS and environmental sensors expansion board

Hardware Overview (3/5)

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X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 Hardware Description

• The X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 is a motion MEMS and environmental

sensor evaluation board system.

• It is compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 connector layout, and is

designed around ST’s latest sensors.

Arduino UNO R3 connector

ST morpho connector**

** Connector for the STM32 Nucleo Board

LSM6DS0

LIS3MDL

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1

Key Features

• The X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 is a motion MEMS and environmental

sensor evaluation board system.

• All sensors are connected on a single I²C bus

• Sensor I²C address selection

• Each sensor has separate power supply lines allowing power

consumption measurement

• Sensor disconnection (disconnect the I²C bus as well as the

power supply)

• Interrupt and DRDY signals from sensors

• DIL24 socket (Compatible to STEVAL-MKI***V* MEMS adapter

boards, i.e. STEVAL-MKI160V1)

OPTIONAL

Key products on board

LSM6DSL

MEMS 3D accelerometer (±2/±4/±8/±16 g) + 3D
gyroscope (±125/±245/±500/±1000/±2000 dps)

LSM303AGR

MEMS 3D magnetometer (±50 gauss) + MEMS 3D
accelerometer (±2/±4/±8/±16 g)

LPS22HB

MEMS pressure sensor, 260-1260 hPa absolute digital

output barometer

HTS221

Capacitive digital relative humidity and temperature

DIL 24-pin

Socket available for additional MEMS adapters and
other sensors (UV index)

DIL 24-pin

Motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion board

Hardware overview (4/5)

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X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 Hardware description

• The X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 is a motion MEMS and

environmental sensor evaluation board system.

• It is compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 connector layout,

and is designed around ST’s latest sensors.

Arduino UNO R3 connector

ST morpho connector**

** Connector for the STM32 Nucleo Board

HTS221

LPS22HB

LSM6DSL
LSM303AGR

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2

OPTIONAL

VL6180X

Proximity, gesture and ambient light sensor expansion board

Hardware Overview (5/5)

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X-NUCLEO-6180XA1 Hardware Description

• The X-NUCLEO-6180XA1 is proximity and

ambient light sensor evaluation and development
board system, designed around VL6180X, a
device based on ST’s FlightSenseTM, Time-of-
Flight technology.

• The VL6180X communicates with STM32 Nucleo

developer board host microcontroller through an
I2C link available on the Arduino UNO R3
connector.

ALS or Range VL6180X satellites

Key Products on board

VL6180X

Proximity, gesture and Ambient Light sensor (ALS)
Selection between Ranging and ALS measurement
Possibility to add 3x VL6180X external satellite

boards (order code: VL6180X-SATEL – 2 satellites)

Arduino UNO R3 connectors

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-6180XA1

OPTIONAL

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Software Overview

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Overall Software Architecture

Latest info available at www.st.com

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 Software Description

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 is an STM32Cube Function Pack. Thanks to
this package you can connect your IoT node to a 6LoWPAN

Wireless Sensors Network and expose the sensors and actuator

resources using standard application layer protocols. This software
package provides a sample application that allows RESTful access
to the sensors and actuators resources on the IoT node by the
means of the OMA Lightweight M2M (LWM2M) standard protocol,
using the IPSO Smart Objects Guidelines for data representation.

Key features

• Complete firmware to connect an IoT node with sensors and

actuators to a 6LoWPAN network, using sub-1GHz RF
communication technology

• Middleware library with Contiki OS and Contiki 6LoWPAN

protocol stack 3.0

• Support for mesh networking technology by the means of the

standard RPL protocol

• IPSO Smart Objects data representation of the node resources

(sensors and actuators)

• Access to the node from a remote server by the means of the

OMA Lightweight M2M (LWM2M) standard

• Example implementation available for X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 or X-

NUCLEO-IDS01A4 or X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5 RF boards, X­NUCLEO-IKS01A1 or X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2, and X-NUCLEO­6180X1 sensors boards, when connected to a NUCLEO-F401RE
or NUCLEO-L152RE board

• Easy portability across different MCU families, thanks to

STM32Cube

• Free, user-friendly license terms

Quick Start Guide Contents

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FP-SNS-6LPNODE1: STM32Cube Function Pack for IoT sensor node
connection to 6LoWPAN networks through sub-1GHz RF communication

Hardware and Software overview

Setup & Demo Examples

Documents & Related Resources

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Setup & Demo Examples

HW prerequisites (1/2)

• 1x STM32 Nucleo Sub-1GHz RF expansion board

(X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 or X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4 or X-

NUCLEO-IDS01A5)

• 1x Motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion

board (optional)
(X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 or X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2)

• 1x STM32 Nucleo proximity, gesture and ambient light

expansion board (optional) (*)
(X-NUCLEO-6180XA1)

• 1x STM32 Nucleo development board

(NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L152RE)

• 1x PC with Windows 7, 8 or 10

• 1x USB type A to Mini-B USB cable

• The FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 package contains some

sample applications for demonstration and evaluation
purpose for three different wireless node configurations,
as shown in the following pictures

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Mini USB

NUCLEO-F401RE

or NUCLEO-L152RE

X-NUCLEO-

IKS01A1

(optional)

Node Configuration “ipso-nosensors”

NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L152RE

+ X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4

(or X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5)

Node Configuration “ipso-mems”

NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L152RE

+ X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4

(or X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5)

+ X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1

Node Configuration “ipso-flightsense”

NUCLEO-F401RE (*)

+ X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4

(or X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5)

+ X-NUCLEO-6180XA1

X-NUCLEO-6180XA1

(optional)

X-NUCLEO-S2868A1

X-NUCLEO-

IKS01A2

(optional)

(*) configuration only available with NUCLEO-F401RE

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4
X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5

Setup & Demo Examples

HW prerequisites (2/2)

• Important Note

If using X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 and X-NUCLEO-S2868A1, to avoid a resource

usage conflict, the 0 Ω resistor at position SB21 on the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 must be

removed

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Setup & Demo Examples

SW prerequisites

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• STSW-LINK009:

• ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver

• STSW-LINK007:

• ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade

• FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

• Copy the .zip file content into a folder on your PC

• The package will contain source code example (Keil, IAR, System Workbench for STM32) based

only on NUCLEO-F401RE

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Start coding in few minutes

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Download & unpack

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Go to www.st.com/stm32ode-fp

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Select FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

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3

4

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Open project example, e.g. “ipso-mems”

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Download and install

STM32 Nucleo

ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver

Modify and build the application

HTML Docs
BSP, HAL and Drivers

6LoWPAN stack

Application examples

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 package structure

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

System Overview – End-to-End Deployment Example

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6LoWPAN-WiFi Bridge

Hardware: B-L475E-IOT01A + X-

NUCLEO-S2868A1 (sub-1 GHz)

Software: FP-NET-6LPWIFI1 package,

“WiFi-Bridge” sample application

Wireless Sensors Node (example)

Hardware: NUCLEO-F401RE or

NUCLEO-L152RE + X-NUCLEO-S2868A1
(sub-1 GHz) + X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2
(Environmental & Motion sensors)

Software: FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 package,

“ipso-mems” application

Application

Server

(e.g. Leshan LWM2M)

IPv6/6LoWPAN

Network

REST Access to the

Wireless Nodes Resources

Wi-Fi

Router

internet

Wireless Sensors Node (example)

Hardware: NUCLEO-F410RE + X-NUCLEO-

S2868A1 (sub-1 GHz) + X-NUCLEO-6180XA1
(Time of flight sensor)

Software: FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 package,

“ipso-flightsense” application

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

6LoWPAN-to-Wi-Fi Bridge Setup

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USB type A to Mini-B USB cable

6LoWPAN to Wi-Fi bridge Setup

Go to www.st.com/stm32ode-fp
Select the FP-NET-6LPWIFI1 package
Follow the installation instructions to configure
and connect the bridge to a Wi-Fi AP/Router

6LoWPAN-WiFi Bridge

FP-NET-6LPWIFI1 Package

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Wi-Fi AP/Router

Successful connection
to the Wi-Fi AP/Router

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Wireless Sensors Node Setup (1/4)

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USB type A to Mini-B USB cable

Go to www.st.com/stm32ode-fp
Select the FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 package, download
and extract the zip file

Select one of the three supported wireless nodes
hardware configuration, assemble the STM32 Nucleo

and X-NUCLEO expansion boards, connect the

STM32 Nucleo board to the host PC and program the
binary firmware that is provided for the chosen
configuration

Example: Configuration for “ipso-mems” sample application

NUCLEO-F401RE development board

+ X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 (Sub-1GHz RF communication based on S2-LP)

+ X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1 or X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 (temperature, humidity, motion sensors)

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Wireless Sensors Node

Open a serial line monitor utility, select the serial port name to which the board is connected and configure
it with the following parameters: Baud Rate = 115200, Parity = None, Data Bit = 8, Stop bits = 1

Reset the MCU. The application will run: it demonstrates how a node can interact with a remote server by

the means of the OMA Lightweight M2M (LWM2M) standard protocol.

In this example application, the node will attempt, for evaluation purpose, to connect to a public online
OMA Lightweight M2M server called “Leshan” (located at: http://leshan.eclipseprojects.io)

Note: The simplest way to program the sensor node is to “drag and drop” the selected binary file on the device
with removable storage associated to the corresponding STM32 Nucleo board (e.g. “NODE_F401RE”)

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Wireless Sensors Node Setup (2/4)

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Wait for the node (acting in this example as a LWM2M client) to complete the registration with
the LWM2M server.

If the client registration is successful, this will be notified by the node. Take note of the client ID
(see the red box)

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Open a web browser and go to http://leshan.eclipseprojects.iothen find the endpoint whose
client ID matches the one in the previous step

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Note: in case the node registration is not successful, try again by doing a reset of the
STM32 Nucleo board

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Wireless Sensors Node Setup (3/4)

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Click on the corresponding Client Endpoint to visualize the client homepage on the Leshan
server: the available resources hosted on the wireless sensor node are listed on the web page

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1

Wireless Sensors Node Setup (4/4)

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Click either on “Observe” or “Read” to access one or more resources on the node (for example the
temperature sensor data). “Observe” is a feature that enables to get updates of sensor data when they

change, while “Read” can be used to obtain an instantaneous reading of the sensor data

Current
Temperature
sensor value
read from the
6LoWPAN node

FP-NET-6LPNODE1

Additional LWM2M Demo Setup Tips (1/2)

• It is recommended - especially when using the public Leshan LWM2M server – to avoid

using a host PC that is inside a network behind a proxy (which typically happens in
corporate networks)  this proxy may create issues, in particular with the visualization
of the notifications

• It may happen that the web page does not show notifications: most of the time it is

because the host PC went in sleep mode  try to refresh the web page, there is no
need to click on the “Observe” button again

• When you click on the “Observe” button, there is no need to also click on the “Read”

one. To cancel the observation you just need to click on the black square button near

the “Observe” button.

• Please allow several seconds when you boot a node to have it registered to the public

Leshan server

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FP-NET-6LPNODE1

Additional LWM2M Demo Setup Tips (2/2)

• The following table contains a list of actually observable resources

• Note that observing other resources not listed here might have side effects due to the current LWM2M server

implementation

• Note that in case of observation some thresholds and timers apply. For example, don’t expect the presence
sensor to react in less than one second, or a new temperature sensor reading to be sent every few seconds

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Object

Description

Object IDResource Description Resource IDs Default

Timers (1)

Default

Threshold (2)

Magnetometer 3314 3 axis (X,Y,Z) 5702, 5703, 5704 10 sec -

Accelerometer 3313 3 axis (X,Y,Z) 5702, 5703, 5704 1 sec -

Temperature 3303 min, max, actual value 5601, 5602, 5700 60 sec 0.5 °C

Humidity 3304 min, max, actual value 5601, 5602, 5700 60 sec 1 % rH

Barometer 3315 min, max, actual value 5601, 5602, 5700 60 sec 1 hPa

Digital Input

(button)

3200 Digital input state and

counter

5500, 5501 - -

Presence Sensor

(3)

3302 Sensor state 5500 1 sec -

(1) Time elapsed to get a new value of the sensor, this affects notification periods (when using “Observe”)
(2) If, compared to the previous reading, the new sensor value is changed less than this threshold, then notifications

are not sent

(3) The Presence sensor range is configured by default to 2 cm

Documents & Related Resources

FP-SNS-6LPNODE1:

• DB3010: STM32Cube Function Pack for IoT sensor node connection to 6LoWPAN networks through sub-1GHz RF communication

– Data brief

• UM2100: Getting started with FP-SNS-6LPNODE1 software for IoT sensor node connection to 6LoWPAN networks using sub-

1GHz RF – User Manual

• Software setup file

X-NUCLEO-S2868A1:

• Gerber files, BOM, and schematics

• DB3602: Sub-1 GHz 868 MHz RF expansion board based on S2-LP radio for STM32 Nucleo – Data brief

• UM2405: Getting started with the X-NUCLEO-S2868A1 Sub-1 GHz 868 MHz RF expansion board based on S2-LP radio for STM32

Nucleo – User Manual

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A4:

• Gerber files, BOM, and schematics

• DB2552: Sub-1 GHz RF expansion board based on the SPSGRF-868 module for STM32 Nucleo – Data brief

• UM1872: Getting started with the Sub-1 GHz expansion board based on the SPSGRF-868 and SPSGRF-915 modules for STM32 –

User Manual

X-NUCLEO-IDS01A5:

• Gerber files, BOM, and schematics

• DB2553: Sub-1 GHz RF expansion board based on the SPSGRF-915 module for STM32 Nucleo – Data brief

• UM1872: Getting started with the Sub-1GHz expansion board based on the SPSGRF-868 and SPSGRF-915 modules for STM32 –

User Manual

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All documents are available in the DESIGN tab of the related products webpage

Consult www.st.com for the complete list

Documents & Related Resources

X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1

• Gerber files, BOM, Schematic

• DS10619: Motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion board for STM32 Nucleo – data brief

• UM1820: Getting started with motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion board for STM32 Nucleo – user manual

X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2

• Gerber files, BOM, Schematic

• DB3009: Motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion board for STM32 Nucleo – data brief

• UM2121: Getting started with the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 motion MEMS and environmental sensor expansion board for STM32

Nucleo – user manual

X-NUCLEO-6180XA1:

• Gerber files, BOM, Schematic

• DB2473: Proximity and ambient light sensor expansion board based on VL6180X for STM32 Nucleo – Data brief

• AN4663: VL6180X expansion boards - Description of version 1 and version 2 – Application note

• UM1852: Proximity and ambient light sensor expansion board based on VL6180X for STM32 Nucleo – User manual

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All documents are available in the DESIGN tab of the related products webpage

Consult www.st.com for the complete list

Quick Start Guide Contents

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FP-SNS-6LPNODE1: STM32Cube Function Pack for IoT sensor node
connection to 6LoWPAN networks through sub-1GHz RF communication

Hardware and Software overview

Setup & Demo Examples

Documents & Related Resources

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

STM32 Open Development Environment

Fast, affordable Prototyping and Development

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• The STM32 Open Development Environment (ODE) consists of a set of stackable boards

and a modular open SW environment designed around the STM32 microcontroller family.

www.st.com/stm32ode

Function Packs

(FP)

STM32Cube

development software

STM32 Nucleo

expansion boards

(X-NUCLEO)

STM32 Nucleo

development boards

STM32Cube

expansion software

(X-CUBE)

Power supply

through USB or
external source

Integrated debugging

and programming

ST -LINK probe

STM32 microcontroller

Complete product range

from ultra-low power to high-performance

ST morpho extension header

STM32 Nucleo

Development Boards (NUCLEO)

• A comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all the STM32

microcontroller series, with unlimited unified expansion capabilities and integrated
debugger/programmer functionality.

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www.st.com/stm32nucleo

Arduino™ UNO R3 extension headers

Move/ActuatePower InteractConnect

Sense

STM32 Nucleo

Expansion Boards (X-NUCLEO)

• Boards with additional functionality that can be plugged directly on top of the STM32

Nucleo development board directly or stacked on another expansion board.

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DIL24 support for

new devices

Motion MEMS sensors

Environmental sensors

www.st.com/x-nucleo

Example of STM32 expansion board (X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1)

STM32 Open Development Environment

Software components

• STM32Cube software (CUBE) - A set

of free tools and embedded software bricks
to enable fast and easy development on
the STM32, including a Hardware
Abstraction Layer and middleware bricks.

• STM32Cube expansion software

(X-CUBE) - Expansion software provided

free for use with the STM32 Nucleo
expansion board and fully compatible with
the STM32Cube software framework. It
provides abstracted access to expansion
board functionality through high-level APIs
and sample applications.

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www.st.com/x-cube

• Compatibility with multiple Development Environments - The STM32 Open Development

Environment is compatible with a number of IDEs including IAR EWARM, Keil MDK, and GCC-based
environments. Users can choose from three IDEs from leading vendors, which are free of charge and
deployed in close cooperation with ST. These include Eclipse-based IDEs such as Ac6 System
Workbench for STM32 and the MDK-ARM environment.

Tools&IDEs

Applicationexamples

(e.g.basedonST OpenSoftwareX)

Hardware

SampleapplicationsApplications

IAREWARM,KeilMDK-ARM,GCC-basedIDEs

(e.g.Ac6SystemWorkbenchfor STM32)

STM32CubeHardwareAbstractionLayer(HAL)

STM32Cube
middleware

Upperlevel middleware

(e.g.ST OpenSoftwareX)

Middleware

Hardware
Abstraction

STM32Cubeexpansionmiddleware

STM32 Nucleo expansion boards (X-NUCLEO)

STM32 Nucleo developer boards

OPEN LICENSE MODELS: STM32Cube software and sample applications are covered by a

mix of fully open source BSD license and ST licenses with very permissive terms.

www.st.com/stm32cube

STM32 Open Development Environment

Building block approach

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The building blocks Your need Our answer

Move /

Actuate

Connect

Power

Sense

Process

Inertial modules, magnetometer

Proximity, microphone

Pressure, temperature, humidity

Bluetooth LE, Sub-GHz radio

NFC, Wi-Fi, GNSS

Energy management & battery

General-purpose microcontrollers

Stepper motor driver

DC & BLDC motor driver

Audio amplifier

COLLECT

TRANSMIT

ACCESS

CREATE

POWER

PROCESS

Software

Secure microcontrollers

Touch controller

Operation Amplifier

Accelerometer, gyroscope

Translate

Industrial input / output

www.st.com/stm32ode