ST-Link
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There's a number of different ways to flash STM32 devices. One of these is to use ST's own ST-Link devices.
There are multiple benefits of using one of these ST-Link devices rather than a plain serial dongle:
- The device need not be restarted in flash mode (Boot0)
- Programs can be debugged on the device
The official ST-Link as seen above are relatively cheap (< $20) and there are Chinese copies available (haven't tried those).
The most common option are these:
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They are Chinese knock offs and they run the official ST-Link firmware.
Hardware Analysis
ST does not make schematics or source code available for the official ST-Link devices, which is a pity (and a someone odd business decision). However, they do publish a partial schematics since a built-in ST-Link device is included in all their development boards, a partial schematics is available.
