STA Core library

Collection of useful stuff.

Modules

Assert

Assertion handling.

Configuration:

• #define STA_ASSERT_ENABLE: Enable module
• #define STA_ASSERT_DISABLE: Forces module off when defined
• #define STA_HALT <func_name>: Override function called after failed asserts
• DEBUG: Automatically enables module when defined
• NDEBUG: Forces module off when defined

Both sta::assert_failed and sta::assert_halt provide weak definitions and can be overridden by the application. sta::assert_halt is only called via the STA_HALT macro which can also be provided by the application.

The default implementation of sta::assert_failed uses STA_DEBUG_PRINT internally and will not generate any output if the DEBUG_SERIAL module is disabled.

Debug Serial

Debug serial output macros.

Configuration:

• #define STA_DEBUG_SERIAL_ENABLE: Enable module
• #define STA_DEBUG_SERIAL_FORCE: Ignore debug defines and always enable output
• DEBUG: Enables output when defined
• NDEBUG: Disables output when defined (overrides DEBUG)

The sta::DebugSerial instance must be provided.

Endian

Endian-ness conversion for multi-byte types.

Enum Flags

Type for using enum values as combinable flags.

Lang

Macros related to compiler features. Not actually part of the C/C++ language.

MCU

Defines specific to different MCUs. Include the appropriate header from sta/mcu for the MCU used by the application in the <sta/config.hpp> header.

Printf

Choose which printf implementation is used by STA libraries.

Configuration:

• #define STA_PRINTF_USE_STDLIB: Use the stdlib implementation
• #define STA_PRINTF_USE_MPALAND: Use the implementation by Marco Paland (thread safe & reentrant)

Format printing floats needs to be manually enabled: Project Properties > C/C++-Build > Settings > MCU Settings -> "Use float with printf from newlib-nano"

HAL Delay

HAL based delay functions.

Configuration:

• #define STA_HAL_DELAY_ENABLE: Enable module
• #define STA_HAL_DELAY_US_TIM <tim_handle>: 1 MHz TIM instance used by sta::delayUs

TIM time base must be started before using sta::delayUs by calling sta::initHAL. When using the startup system task this is handled automatically.

Steps to enable delayUs:

• Include sta/devices/stm32/delay.hpp in the file where the delayUs function is called
• Enable a timer TIM in .ioc file with the settings: Slave Mode=Disable, Trigger Mode=Disable, Clock Source=Internal Clock, all other channels =Disable)
• Define STA_STM32_DELAY_US_TIM in App/Inc/sta/config.hpp as the timer handle (can be found in Core/Inc/tim.h). For TIM1, this would be htim1

Interfaces

The intention of these interfaces is to provide an abstraction layer for commonly used resources. Libraries using these interfaces can be reused on different platforms by simply implementing the required interfaces for the selected platform.

Interfaces for the following resources are provided:

• GPIO pin
• Mutex
• Signal
• SPI
• UART
• I2C

HAL implementations

Implementations using the HAL are provided for the following interfaces:

• GpioPin
• SpiInterface, SpiDevice
• UART

To enable these implementations follow the instructions from the individual headers.

Merge with STM32 Core

The merge with STM32 Core allows seamless usage of the STM32 implementations for the different Interfaces etc. Notable inclusions:

• CAN
• I2C
• SPI
• UART

Atomic implementations

Implementations using atomic variables are provided for the following interfaces:

• Mutex
• Signal

To enable these implementations define STA_ATOMIC_ENABLE in <sta/config.hpp>.