How do I upload an Arduino STM32 binary from the Mac command line?

Question

I've compiled an Arduino program via a Makefile and have the resulting hex file.

From the Mac command line, how do I upload this hex file to my STM32 Cortex M3 board? For an ATMEL processor I would use avrdude.

Answer 1

There are several different tools for uploading binaries to a Cortex M3. Depending on the board (not chip) configuration, they include (ht: Majenko):

• dfu-util through an FT232 adapter
• stm32flash through serial
• micronucleus through the Micronucleus bootloader
• stlink through an STLink programmer

Many Arduino flavors use a board with some kind of USB or FT232 adapter. In this case:

the STM32 line of processors include a DFU (device firmware update) bootloader in ROM.

The dfu-util project supports a Mac version of dfu-util, their command line DFU tool.

Note that this answer is identical for any binaries which run on the processor, be they Arduino sketches or programs developed with other frameworks.