Keil MDK-ARM on STM32F4

MDK – Microcontroller Development Kit

The MDK-ARM is a complete software development environment for Cortex^™-M, Cortex-R4, ARM7^™ and ARM9^™ processor-based devices. MDK-ARM is specifically designed for microcontroller applications, it is easy to learn and use, yet powerful enough for the most demanding embedded applications.

A Lite/evaluation version is available for free, but limited to 32KBytes of code.

Install Keil MDK-ARM / STM32F4 drivers

1 – DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL KEIL-MDK
http://www.keil.com/arm/mdk.asp

2 – INSTALL DRIVERS

– Download driver STSW-Link006. http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM147/SC1887/PF259459
Unzip and launch : dpinst_amd64 (x64) or dpinst_x86 (x86)

or launch C:\ Keil \ ARM \ STLink \ USBDriver \ ST-Link_V2_USBdriver.exe

– Launch C:\ Keil \ARM \ ULINK installULINK.exe
ULINKpro uses a specific Keil USB driver, which is part of the Keil tools. When connecting ULINKpro for the first time
to the PC, Windows detects the new hardware.

– Connect to USB cable the ST32F407-Discovery board and launch C: \ Keil \ ARM \ STLink \ ST-LinkUpgrade.exe

– Verify if correctly installed at Device Manager

CONFIGURE TEMPLATE PROJECT

5 – Download STM32F4 Libraries http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM147/CL1794/SC961/SS1743/PF257901
-> stm32f4_dsp_stdperiph_lib.zip downloaded
-> unzip file -> created folder : STM32F4xx_DSP_StdPeriph_Lib_V1.3.0

– Download https://github.com/nabilt/STM32F4-Discovery-Firmware/tree/master/Utilities/STM32F4-Discovery

to get the fowwing files and move them to a STM32F4-Discovery Folder

– Create a Template Project Folder :
Create folder \STM32F4x_Template   and \STM32F4x_Template\stm32f407xx_lib
copy the folders :
– CMSIS                                                  (Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard for Cortex-M processors )
– STM32F4xx_StdPeriph_Driver    ( STM32F407 peripheral drivers )
– STM32F4-Discovery                         ( firmware to manage LEDs, Buttons, audio and acceloremeter chips, on discovery board )
to the template project folder : STM32F4x_Template\stm32f407xx_lib

You now have a template project folder that you can use to every new project.
main.c is your code, and
STM32F4x_Template.uvproj has all Keil configuration that you still have to make, see next chapter “Configuring Keil”.)