Discovering the STM32 Microcontroller

Hardware in Loop of a Generalized Predictive Controller for a Micro Grid DC System of Renewable Energy Sources

In this paper, a hardware in the loop simulation (HIL) is presented. This application is purposed as the first step before a real implementation of a Generalized Predictive Control (GPC) on a micro-grid system located at the Military University Campus in Cajica, Colombia. The designed GPC, looks for keep the battery bank State of Charge (SOC) over the 70% and under the 90%, what ensures the bes...

Getting started with the six-step firmware library for STM32 Nucleo boards based on STM32F microcontrollers

STM32 embedded graphic objects/touchscreen library

AN3128 Application note STM32 embedded graphic objects/touchscreen library Introduction This library is a firmware package which contains a collection of routines, data structures, and macros covering the main features of a graphic library and supporting a HID device to interact with the graphic objects (touchscreen, joystick, and pushbutton). The library is general purpose and can be executed ...

A Microcontroller Implementation of Model Predictive Control

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is increasingly being proposed for real time applications and embedded systems. However comparing to PID controller, the implementation of the MPC in miniaturized devices like Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and microcontrollers has historically been very small scale due to its complexity in implementation and its computation time requirement. At the same ti...

Shedding too much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware Protection

Almost every microcontroller with integrated flash features firmware readout protection. This is a form of content protection which aims at securing intellectual property (IP) as well as cryptographic keys and algorithms from an adversary. One series of microcontrollers are the STM32 which have recently gained popularity and thus are increasingly under attack. However, no practical experience a...