STM32F QUESTIONS

[max.tisc]

Hi everyone
Up until now I have been playing with Arduino and atmega which has an internal EEPROM memory for saving data and which was managed by the EEPROM component, now I am getting closer to STM32F446 and in the datasheet I see that there is no EEPROM memory to use but a 128Kb SRAM + another 4Kb also used by the internal RTC, the questions are:
what is the right memory to use for saving data?
Is there a component on FC9 that manages it? Is it better to use an external EEPROM type 24C16?
STM32 already has an internal RTC is there a component that manages it?
Thanks to everyone

[LeighM]

The Real Time Clock (Internal) component supports STM32F4 series devices

[max.tisc]

hi LeighM
thanks for the suggestion
I tried the internal component but it behaves strangely, I made a small preogram to test it and if at the beginning of the program I initialize the component the led does not flash and the program remains blocked even if in simulation it works, if it is not initialized the led flashes and in the uart I always read 00:00:00. so the program runs but does not read the time
Can you also give me an answer regarding saving in EEPROM?
thanks

[LeighM]

Have you got an external 32.768 KHz crystal?
Or try setting clock source to internal.

As for EEPROM, there's no doubt lots of views on this,
I don't think there is any EEPROM emulation for the STM32F devices,
but I've successfully used 24C16 type devices on numerous projects.

[max.tisc]

the card I'm testing is a blackpill (stm34f411 waiting for the stm32f446 to arrive) that mounts the 32khz quartz and as you can see from the screenshot I had already selected 32khz external clock, it seems that the problem arises from the initialization block of the RTC which if inserted blocks the normal continuation of the program

[max.tisc]

could it be that the problem is in the configurations?
the board has a main resonator at 25Mhz and for RTC at 32.768Khz

[LeighM]

Could you try adding this C code into a C icon just before the call to RTC::Initialise()

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__HAL_RCC_PWR_CLK_ENABLE();
HAL_PWR_EnableBkUpAccess();
__HAL_RCC_RTC_CONFIG(RCC_RTCCLKSOURCE_LSE);

If using internal clock, this should be the last line instead ...

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__HAL_RCC_RTC_CONFIG(RCC_RTCCLKSOURCE_LSI);

[max.tisc]

thanks to LeighM
configured with LSI it works, if configured with LSE it continues to block the program

[LeighM]

Try this (I haven't got a board with crystal to test) ...

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__HAL_RCC_PWR_CLK_ENABLE();
HAL_PWR_EnableBkUpAccess();
__HAL_RCC_LSE_CONFIG(RCC_LSE_ON);
__HAL_RCC_RTC_CONFIG(RCC_RTCCLKSOURCE_LSE);

[max.tisc]

no it's still blocked