Mastering Microcontroller: Timers/ PWM/ CAN/ Low Power(MCU2)

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Course code: MCU2

>>Welcome to the course which teaches you advanced Micro-controller programming. In this course you are going to learn and master Timers , PWM, CAN, RTC, Low Power modes of STM32F4x Micro-controller with step by step guidance. Highly recommended if you are seeking a career in the domain of Embedded software. <<

In this course, you will understand behind the scene working of peripherals with supportive code exercises. I have included various real-time exercises which help you to master every peripheral covered in this course and this course thoroughly covers both theory and practical aspects of Timers, PWM, CAN, RTC, Low Power modes of STM32F4x Micro-controller.

In Timer Section the course covers,

1. Simple time-based generation using the basic timer in both polling and interrupt mode

2. Timer interrupts and IRQ numbers, ISR implementation, callbacks, etc

3. General-purpose timer

4. Working with Input Capture channels of General-purpose timer

5. Interrupts, IRQs, ISRs, callbacks related to Input Capture engine of the general purpose timer

6. Working with output capture channels of the General purpose timer

7. Interrupts, IRQs, ISRs, callbacks related to Output Capture engine of the general purpose timer

8. PWM generation using output capture modes

9. PWM Exercises

10. Step by Step code development process will help you to master the TIMER peripheral

In CAN Section the course covers,

1. Introduction to the CAN protocol

2. CAN frame formats

3. Understanding a CAN node

4. CAN signaling (single-ended signals vs differential signals ) \

5. CAN Bus recessive state and dominant state

6. CAN Bit timing Calculation \

7. CAN network with Transceivers

8. Exploring inside view of CAN transceivers

9. CAN Self-test modes such as LOOPBACK, SILENT LOOPBACK, etc with code exercises.

10. Exploring STM32 bXCAN peripheral

11. self-testing of bxCAN peripheral with exercises

12. bXCAN block diagram

13. Tx/Rx path of the bxCAN Peripheral

14. CAN frame filtering and executrices

15. CAN in Normal Mode

16. Communicating between 2 boards over CAN

17. Code exercises

In the Power Controller Section the course covers,

1. ARM Cortex Mx Low Power Modes Normals Vs DeepSleep

2. STM32 SLEEP mode

3. STOP mode

4. STANDBY mode

5. Current measurement with different submode

6. Waking up MCU by using wakeup pins, EXTI, RTC, etc

7. Backup SRAM

8. Step by Step coverage with lots of code exercises.

In RTC Section the course covers,

1. RTC functional block diagram

2. RTC clock management

3. RTC calendar unit

4. RTC Alarm unit

5. RTC wake-up unit

6. RTC Time Stamp Unit

7. waking up MCU using RTC events

8. RTC interrupts

9. and lots of other details with step by step code exercises.

STM32 Device HAL framework

1. STM32 Device Hal framework details

2. APIs details

3. Interrupt handling

4. Callback implementation

5. Peripheral Handling and configurations

6. Step by Step explanation with code exercises.

==> Important note: This course is NOT about auto-generating code using STM32CubeMx software<==

Hardware used :

STM32F446RE-NUCLEO Board

CAN Transceivers for CAN Exercises

IDE used :

Eclipse-based OpenSTM32 SystemWorkbench

Learning order of FastBit Embedded Brain Academy Courses,

If you are a beginner in the field of embedded systems, then you can take our courses in the below-mentioned order.
This is just a recommendation from the instructor for beginners.

1) Microcontroller Embedded C Programming: absolute beginners(Embedded C)

2) Embedded Systems Programming on ARM Cortex-M3/M4 Processor(ARM Cortex M4 Processor specific)

3) Mastering Microcontroller with Embedded Driver Development(MCU1)

4) Mastering Microcontroller: TIMERS, PWM, CAN, RTC,LOW POWER(MCU2)

5) Mastering Microcontroller: STM32-LTDC, LCD-TFT, LVGL(MCU3)

6) Embedded System Design using UML State Machines(State machine)

7) Mastering RTOS: Hands-on FreeRTOS and STM32Fx with Debugging(RTOS)

8) ARM Cortex M Microcontroller DMA Programming Demystified(DMA)

9) STM32Fx Microcontroller Custom Bootloader Development(Bootloader)

10) Embedded Linux Step by Step using Beaglebone Black(Linux)

11) Linux device driver programming using Beaglebone Black(LDD1)

You will learn from scratch about STM32 Timers : Basic and General Purpose Timers
Understand General purpose timer's Input capture and Output compare unit handling and Exercises
Handling of Timer interrupts : Time base interrupts, capture interrupts, compare interrupts
You will learn from scratch CAN Protocol, CAN Signalling, CAN Transceivers , Bus Access procedures
Understand CAN LOOPBACK mode, SILENT mode and NORMAL mode
Understand about CAN filtering
Learn about CAN interrupts
CAN Peripheral programming using STM32 device HAL drivers
You will master Low power modes of the MCU : SLEEP,STOP and STANDBY
You will understand different power domains of the MCU : VDD domain, 1.2V domain, backup domain
Understand Microcontroller Wakeup Procedures using : RTC, wakeup pins,EXTI,etc.
You will master RTC Features : CALENDAR, ALARM , TIME STAMP,WAKEUP UNIT
RTC interrupts and wake up procedures
Mastering Microcontroller Clocks Handling : HSE,HSI,LSE,LSI,PLL
Understand phase locked loop (PLL) programming
Learn PWM mode and Master through step by step code exercises
You should be able to quickly develop applications which involves STM32 Device HAL layer

Course Content

Introduction

A Message from the Professor
– what are we going to do in this course

07:15

Development board details

Installing OpenSTM32 SystemWorkbench

STM32 HAL and Project Architecture

– Introduction to STM32 Cube Project Architecture

02:40
– Creating and Importing Project into OpenSTM32 System Workbench Part1

00:41
– Understanding Project Hierarchy

06:32
– Project Layers Interaction

09:18
– STM32 Cube framework program flow1

02:38
– STM32 Cube framework program flow2

04:05
– HALInit

06:52
– Understanding mainc mspc and itc

07:58
– Peripheral Handle Structure

11:50
– Linking Handle Structure and Peripheral

13:09
– STM32 HAL Header File Hierarchy

06:09

Understanding STM32 HAL program flow with UART exercise

– Importing Source Codes

07:33
– Project Creation

05:37
– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 1

02:50
– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 2

03:39
– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 3

09:42
– Peripheral High Level Initialization

14:17
– Peripheral Low Level Initialization

06:15
– Peripheral Low Level Initialization configuring Pin Packs

05:39
– Peripheral Low Level Initialization Alternate function settings

14:18
– Peripheral Low Level Initialization IRQ settings

07:00
– STM32 HAL Peripheral data handling APIs

03:49
– UART Data TXing Part 1

07:36
– UART Data TXing Part 2

06:17
– UART Data RXing Intro

01:16
– Implementing UART DATA RXing in Polling mode

11:31
– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 1

01:16
– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 2

12:08
– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 3

08:35
– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 4

02:18

Clocks and PLL Programming

– Introduction to different clock sources of the microcontroller

14:14
– Understanding methods to configure the SYSCLK

03:24
– Exploring clock handling APIs in RCC driver files

06:39
– Exercise OSC Init and HSE bypass

11:33
– Exercise Clock init implementation

16:32
– Exercise SYSTICK configuration and summary

09:20
– Exercise Testing

01:16
– Understanding HSI calibration

09:08
– PLL introduction and working principle

08:55
– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSI Part 1

16:31
– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSI Part 2

10:37
– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSE

02:29
– Exercise PLL Configuration for 180MHz

00:54
– Exercise PLL Configuration for 180MHz implementation

05:55

Timers

– Introduction to Timers

07:03
– Types of Timers

02:14
– Timer Availability in STM32 MCUs

06:26
– Timer Availability in STM32 MCUs Summary

03:06
– STM32 Basic Timer Assembly

07:34
– Timer Exercise Project creation

04:58
– Timer Exercise Understanding Timer Clock TIMxCLK

16:20
– Timer Exercise Understanding Prescaler and PeriodARR

06:15
– Timer Exercise Period Value Calculation

04:19
– Timer Exercise MSP Init Implementation

12:10
– Timer Exercise Test

15:22
– Timer Exercise Interrupt Mode

15:07
– Timer Exercise 10 Micro timer base generation

07:18

General Purpose Timer Input Capture Unit

– Timer with input capture block

08:03
– Input Capture Exercise working principle

04:16
– Input Capture Exercise time base init

10:59
– Input Capture Exercise Channel Configuration

13:32
– Input Capture Exercise Channel Configuration Coding

10:46
– LSE Configuration

10:16
– Testing of LSE on MCO1 Pin

06:12
– Timer Input Capture Callback Implementation

15:28
– Input Capture Exercise Testing

03:02
– Input Capture Exercise Update on HSE

00:51
– Input Capture Exercise with 4Mhz external signal

06:39
– Input Capture Exercise with 50KHz external signal

03:35

Timers Output Compare unit

PWM

– PWM Introduction

05:16
– PWM Exercise Part 1

01:00
– PWM Exercise Part 2

01:07
– PWM Exercise Part 3

07:46
– PWM Exercise Part 4

07:22
– PWM Exercise Part 5

04:14
– PWM Exercise Part 6

02:39
– PWM Exercise Part 7

05:39
– LED brightness control using PWM signal Part 1

03:13
– LED brightness control using PWM signal Part 2

11:07

CAN frame formats

CAN Bus Arbitration

STM32 bxCAN

– STM32 bxCAN introdcution

04:48
– STM32 bxCAN block diagram

06:00
– STM32 bxCAN self test modes

03:21
– Exercise CAN loop back mode Project Creation

03:07
– CAN bit timing calculation

14:05
– Exercise CAN loop back mode Coding init function

06:22
– Exploring bxCAN TX path

08:42
– Exercise CAN loop back mode Coding Tx function

09:08
– understanding bxCAN operating modes

03:02
– Exercise CAN loop back mode MSP code implementation

01:08
– CAN loopback connection details

04:06
– Exercise CAN loop back mode Testing and Protocol decoding

07:11
– STM32 bxCAN RX block diagram and acceptance filters

07:01

bxCAN Frame filtering

CAN interrupts

CAN normal mode and exercise

– Exercise CAN Normal Node Introduction Part1

02:41
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Project Creation Part2

01:33
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Code Implementation Part3

05:19
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Code Implementation Part4

01:46
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Code Implementation Part5

01:38
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Testing TX Part6

05:52
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Testing TX Part7

01:42
– Exercise CAN Normal Node RX Code implementation Part8

06:14
– Exercise CAN Normal Node RX Code implementation Part9

04:22
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Sending Remote Frame Part10

01:27
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Testing Part11

02:52
– Exercise CAN Normal Node Testing TX at 1Mbitsec Part12

05:04
– Exercise CAN Normal Configuring acceptance filtering Part13

05:06
– Exercise CAN Normal Configuring acceptance filtering Part14

02:35

Low Power Modes

– Section Introduction

01:53
– MCU low power modes introduction

03:55
– Processor specific low power modes

06:53
– Entering normal and deep sleep modes

02:11
– Entering sleep mode using SLEEPONEXIT feature

04:04
– Exercise Usage of SLEEPONEXIT feature

02:41
– waking up from SLEEPONEXIT feature

02:50
– Exercise test SLEEPONEXIT feature creating a project

00:40
– Exercise Implementation and current measurement without SLEEPONEXIT feature

05:16
– Current measurement with SLEEPONEXIT feature

05:23
– SLEEPONEXIT Exercise summary

02:03

Current reduction tips and tricks

WFI and WFE

– Understanding WFI instruction

04:43
– WFI Exercise Introduction

00:46
– WFI Exercise Implementation

06:45
– Understanding WFE and event register of ARM Cortex Mx processor

10:02
– WFE wakeup behavior and Comparison with WFI

10:40
– WFE exercise introduction

01:11
– WFE project explanation

00:49
– Generating Peripheral events in STM32 MCU

06:15
– WFE project implementationPart1

01:51
– WFE project implementationPart2

03:01
– Difference and similarity between WFI and WFE

01:44
– When to use WFE and WFI

03:57

STM32 Low Power modes and Voltage domains

STM32 Voltage Regulator

Current Measurement and datasheet comparison RUN Mode

Current Measurement and datasheet comparison SLEEP Mode

Current Measurement and datasheet comparison STOP Mode

STM32 BACKUP SRAM and STANDBY MODE effect

RTC and RTC Calendar Block

– RTC Introduction

05:05
– RTC BCD programming example

09:02
– RTC block diagram and RTC Clock selection

07:45
– RTC and STM32 device HAL APIs explanation

04:55
– Exercise RTC Calendar Part1

09:46
– Exercise RTC Calendar Part2

05:46
– Exercise RTC Calendar Part3

06:19
– Exercise RTC Calendar Part4

11:24
– Exercise RTC Calendar Testing

02:38
– Exercise RTC Calendar Testing with system reset and STANDBY exit

05:55

RTC Alarm

RTC Interrupts

RTC Alarm Exercises

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Course Content

Introduction

A Message from the Professor

– what are we going to do in this course

Development board details

– About the development board used in this course

– Board Details and Locating Documents

– STLink Driver Installation

– ST Link Firmware Upgrade

Installing OpenSTM32 SystemWorkbench

– Downloading and Installing OpenSTM32 SystemWorkbench

– Installing OpenSTM32 SystemWorkbench

– STM32 CUBE mx installation

STM32 HAL and Project Architecture

– Introduction to STM32 Cube Project Architecture

– Creating and Importing Project into OpenSTM32 System Workbench Part1

– Understanding Project Hierarchy

– Project Layers Interaction

– STM32 Cube framework program flow1

– STM32 Cube framework program flow2

– HALInit

– Understanding mainc mspc and itc

– Peripheral Handle Structure

– Linking Handle Structure and Peripheral

– STM32 HAL Header File Hierarchy

Understanding STM32 HAL program flow with UART exercise

– Importing Source Codes

– Project Creation

– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 1

– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 2

– Low level Processor specific hardware initialization Part 3

– Peripheral High Level Initialization

– Peripheral Low Level Initialization

– Peripheral Low Level Initialization configuring Pin Packs

– Peripheral Low Level Initialization Alternate function settings

– Peripheral Low Level Initialization IRQ settings

– STM32 HAL Peripheral data handling APIs

– UART Data TXing Part 1

– UART Data TXing Part 2

– UART Data RXing Intro

– Implementing UART DATA RXing in Polling mode

– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 1

– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 2

– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 3

– UART Data RXing in Interrupt Mode Part 4

Clocks and PLL Programming

– Introduction to different clock sources of the microcontroller

– Understanding methods to configure the SYSCLK

– Exploring clock handling APIs in RCC driver files

– Exercise OSC Init and HSE bypass

– Exercise Clock init implementation

– Exercise SYSTICK configuration and summary

– Exercise Testing

– Understanding HSI calibration

– PLL introduction and working principle

– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSI Part 1

– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSI Part 2

– Exercise PLL Configuration via HSE

– Exercise PLL Configuration for 180MHz

– Exercise PLL Configuration for 180MHz implementation

Timers

– Introduction to Timers

– Types of Timers

– Timer Availability in STM32 MCUs

– Timer Availability in STM32 MCUs Summary

– STM32 Basic Timer Assembly

– Timer Exercise Project creation

– Timer Exercise Understanding Timer Clock TIMxCLK

– Timer Exercise Understanding Prescaler and PeriodARR

– Timer Exercise Period Value Calculation

– Timer Exercise MSP Init Implementation

– Timer Exercise Test

– Timer Exercise Interrupt Mode

– Timer Exercise 10 Micro timer base generation

General Purpose Timer Input Capture Unit

– Timer with input capture block

– Input Capture Exercise working principle

– Input Capture Exercise time base init