LwIP + yaffs port based on STM32CubeMX generated code and ChibiOS
Makefile template for STM32Cube generated HAL code linked with ChibiOS, lwIP and yaffs, running on the Nucleo-F746 board
Project motivation
I've expanded my ChibiOS based lwIP port for STM32 by a flash file system.
Features
Runs on the STM32 Nucleo-F746 board
Requires additional hardware
Use yaffs to provide a file system
Use the CubeF7 firmware example to access the external QSPI memory
Provides a simple httpd to serve web pages from an external QSPI Flash memory
Provides a simple ftpd to access all the files on the external QSPI Flash
Terse Instructions
Add an external QSPI Flash to your nucleo board. I've used the same chip that is provided on the STM32F746 discovery board: N25Q128A by Micron.
Some of the pins of the nucleo board are labeled "QSPI", so I've used them to connect the chip. Read the N25Q128 datasheet and
look up the QSPI I/O settings in the CubeMX project to figure out which particular pins to connect. Use short lines and provide a very short and
low impedance ground connection. The QSPI signals are quite high speed and will fail on a breadboard.
Watch the debug messages over the on-board virtual COM port:
On the first start, yaffs will format the QSPI chip. This may take longer than you'd expect, so stay patient. The next start will be faster.
After successful initialization, you can connect to the ftp server, create the directory "/htdocs" and put some files there.
The simple http server should now deliver those files to your browser.
Hint
By changing the STM32F746 pinout in the CubeMX tools and re-generating the code, this project should also work on a STM32F746 discovery board.
I just haven't tried out this yet, so you are on your own right now.
Download
here: nucleo-f746-cyl.tar.gz
All neccessary library files are included in the tarball. You do not need to
download or install additional sources to compile the examples. The included sources
may not be complete in terms of their original source. I've provided the appropriate download locations below.
Links
Download the full ChibiOS source code here: Chibios Homepage
Get the most recent version of LwIP here: LwIP project homepage
Yaffs: Yet another flash file system by aleph one
Sources of the ftp-server (original code (c) 2002 Florian Schulze): lwip-ftpd
Go to the ST website to get the CubeMX tools and libraries
Look here: The STM32 files for my other
STM32 related pages.
