ST STVD User Manual

Features

■ Write and build applications efficiently and

easily:
– Text editor with color-syntax highlighting,

brace matching and auto completion

– Seamless integration of C compilers and

ST Assembler controls at project level

– MCU Selection to build your application for

a specific microcontroller

– C Compiler support includes Cosmic C

compiler (free 4K code size limited version
for ST7 and 32K version for STM8) and
Raisonance C compiler (free 32K code size
limited version)

■ Debug with tools ranging from free simulator to

high-end emulator:
– Project manager
– Simulator with Plotter displaying evolution

of inputs on simulated I/Os and values of
registers and variable as the application
runs

– STice advanced emulator offering

advanced breakpoints, large trace, code
coverage and profiling for STM8
microcontrollers.

– High-end ST7-EMU3 series emulators

offering advanced break points and large
configurable trace

– Cost-effective ST7-DVP3 series emulators

offering advanced break points and
configurable trace

– ST7 Flash STICK in-circuit

debugger/programmer

– Low-cost RLink from Raisonance and ST-

LINK in-circuit debugger/programmers

STVD

ST Visual Develop

Data brief

■ Program applications to your microcontroller:

– Integrated programming interface to

program microcontrollers directly without
leaving STVD

– Read, Write and Verify Flash memory and

option bytes

– Low-cost RLink from Raisonance and ST-

LINK in-circuit debugger/programmers

– ST7 Flash STICK in-circuit

debugger/programmer
– ST7-EPB programmers
– ST7SB Socket Boards provide

programming sockets for any tool capable

of in-circuit programming via an ST7 ICC

connection (RLink, STICK, ST7-DVP3,

ST7-EMU3)

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Description ST Visual Develop (STVD)

Description

ST Visual Develop (STVD) provides an easy-to-use, efficient environment for start-to-finish
control of application development – from building and debugging the application code to
programming the microcontroller. STVD is delivered as part of the free ST MCU Toolset,
which also includes the ST Visual Programmer (STVP) programming interface and the ST
Assembler Linker.

To build applications, STVD provides seamless integration of C and Assembly tool chains for
ST 8-bit microcontrollers including the Cosmic and Raisonance C compilers and the ST
Assembler Linker. When debugging, STVD provides an integrated Simulator (software) and
supports a complete range of hardware tools including low-cost RLink and ST-LINK in-circuit
debugger/programmers, the cost-effective ST7-DVP3 and the high-end ST7-EMU3 series
emulators for ST7 microcontrollers and the STice advanced emulator for STM8
microcontrollers.

To program applications to an ST microcontroller, STVD also provides an interface for
reading, writing and verification of microcontroller Flash memory without leaving STVD. This
interface is based on ST Visual Programmer (STVP), and supports all the target devices
and programming tools supported by STVP.

Ordering information

The ST MCU Toolset with ST Visual Develop, ST Visual Programmer and Assembler Linker
toolchain is available for free download from ST. It is also provided on the software CD-ROM
provided with all supported hardware tools.

Note: InDart series in-circuit debugger/programmers for ST7 are driven by an STVD-based

development environment that can be downloaded from SofTec Microsystems.

Revision history

Table 1. Document revision history

Date Revision Changes

17-Sep-2010 1 Initial release.

2/3 Doc ID 17954 Rev 1