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QUESTION:  How to enter bootloader?  activate bootloader for STM32 parts?
 
QUESTION:  How to enter bootloader?  activate bootloader for STM32 parts?
  
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ANSWER: In a general sense STM32 bootloader activation depends often on both certain config register bits settings and also one or two pin states at power up.  For the STM32WL55, document AN2606 pages 28 and 370 give us a starting point for the names of the configuration registers in which to set or clear certain bits, and the name of the pin, BOOT0, to hold high or low at power up.  Each MCU family or line has variations on this theme . . .
  
  

Revision as of 14:10, 29 August 2022

2022-08-01 Notes on bootloaders for microcontrollers

Keywords: bootloader :: bootloaders :: serial bootloader :: serial bootloading


A starting point, which links to five articles on differing bootloading approaches:


2022-08-03

What is a serial bootloader and how is it used?

Following link gives Silabs example, but is not a good general explanation:


^ Atmel bootloader


^ STMicro bootloaders

Following is an interesting link in that it appears to cause web browser to download the linked pdf file, and then subsequent visits to this link redirect to the local downloaded copy:


QUESTION: How to enter bootloader? activate bootloader for STM32 parts?

ANSWER: In a general sense STM32 bootloader activation depends often on both certain config register bits settings and also one or two pin states at power up. For the STM32WL55, document AN2606 pages 28 and 370 give us a starting point for the names of the configuration registers in which to set or clear certain bits, and the name of the pin, BOOT0, to hold high or low at power up. Each MCU family or line has variations on this theme . . .


^ RP2040 bootloaders


^ References