Emcraft supports Linux (uClinux) as an operating system for the STM32F769I Discovery board. This page provides the release files of the STM32F7 Discovery board Linux BSP (Board Support Package) and the Linux software development environment.

You need to be a customer of the STM32F769I Discovery BSP product to download the distribution file below. As soon as you have purchased the BSP online, the system will send you automated email with information on how to access the release files.

Resource	Download	Version #	Date
Release Files
Release Notes. Read this to understand features supported by this release of the product.		2.3.2	Mar 15, 2017
STM32F7 Discovery board Linux Board Support Package (BSP) and software development environment. Refer to Installing and activating cross development environment. (Requires purchase of the BSP)		2.3.2	Mar 15, 2017
GNU toolchain for uClinux Cortex-M3/M4		2010q1
Prebuilt U-Boot image ready for load to the STM32F7 Discovery board (u-boot.bin). Refer to Installing U-Boot to the STM32F7 Discovery board. (Requires registration and login)		2.3.2	Mar 15, 2017
Prebuilt Linux image (rootfs.uImage) ready for TFTP boot and installation to Flash on the STM32F7 Discovery board. Refer to Loading Linux images via Ethernet and TFTP and Installing Linux images to Flash. (Requires registration and login)		2.3.2	Mar 15, 2017

STM32F769I Discovery Board
Linux BSP Documentation

This page provides various documentation materials for the STM32F769I Discovery board Linux BSP (Board Support Package).

If you are just starting to use the BSP, we recommend that you look through the documentation items in the order they are listed below.

Resource	Subject	Download	Date
Application Notes
Installing U-Boot to the STM32F7 Discovery board	#kit #uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Connecting serial console to the STM32F7 Discovery	#kit #uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Running U-Boot	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Loading Linux images via Ethernet and TFTP	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Autobooting Linux from U-Boot	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Loading Linux images over UART	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Installing Linux images to Flash	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Building and self-updating U-Boot on the STM32F7 Discovery board	#uboot		Mar 15, 2017
Installing and activating cross development environment	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Cross development environment: dependency on host components	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Cross development environment: distribution tree	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Building Linux	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Understanding development workflow	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Running TCP/IP stack in Linux	#ether, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Flash management and JFFS2 file system	#flash, #storage		Mar 15, 2017
Managing U-Boot environment from Linux	#uboot, #init		Mar 15, 2017
Using STM32 UART ports in Linux	#uart, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Loading application files via UART	#uart, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Accessing I2C Devices in Linux	#i2c		Mar 15, 2017
Using USB Flash with the USB high speed interface on the STM32F7	#usb, #storage		Mar 15, 2017
Using Bluetooth FTP profile	#usb, #bluetooth		Mar 15, 2017
Using Bluetooth serial port profile	#usb, #bluetooth		Mar 15, 2017
Connecting to the Internet over USB WiFi	#usb, #wifi		Mar 15, 2017
Connecting to the Internet over USB GSM modem	#usb, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Using STM32F7 as the USB mass storage gadget	#usb, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Using STM32F7 as the USB Ethernet RNDIS gadget	#usb, #connectivity		Mar 15, 2017
Controlling GPIO from Linux user space	#gpio		Mar 15, 2017
Accessing SPI devices in Linux	#spi		Mar 15, 2017
Building user-space applications	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Building multi-threaded applications	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Building C++ applications	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
Setting the stack size for a user-space application	#tools, #debug		Mar 15, 2017
Understanding what causes SEGV in an application	#debug		Mar 15, 2017
Remote debugging with GDB	#debug		Mar 15, 2017
Debugging with Eclipse	#tools #debug		Dec 1, 2017
Building uClibc	#tools		Mar 15, 2017
External Resources
Windows device driver for the USB/UART chip
Windows TFTP server
How to set up NFS
O'Reilly's "Linux Device Drivers"
Joseph Yiu's "Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3"

Emcraft provides support for installation, configuration and basic use of the STM32F769I Discovery Linux BSP during 3 months since the product purchase.

Please note that you must be a customer of the STM32F769I Discovery Linux BSP in order to use the services of the Emcraft support team. When contacting Emcraft's support, make sure you include the Order ID emailed to you by the Emcraft on-line store at the time of the BSP purchase. We apologize but we won't be able to respond to non-customers.

If you require support beyond of what is described above, we will be happy to provide it using resources of our contract development team. Please contact us for details.

Before sending a question to the Emcraft support team, please make sure that you read carefully the application notes and other materials available from Docs. There is a good chance that someone has already asked a similar question and your answer is already available in the posted materials.

Important note: Compliant with the spirit and letter of the GPL, Emcraft makes full sources of the Linux kernel tree for the STM32F769I Discovery board available from github.com. If you don't want to purchase the BSP from Emcraft, feel free to download these sources and use them in any way you like, with understanding that Emcraft will not be able to support you, if you go down that path.

Here you can purchase the STM32F769I Discovery Board Linux BSP on-line. This is a software-only product so as soon as we have received the payment, we will email you instructions on how to download the product files from our site.

Please note that login/password required to get access to the release files are sent to the email address specified when the order is placed. If credentials should be sent to another email address, please send your request to
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Here is what you get when you purchase the BSP:

• Access to the professionally supported Linux Board Support Package (BSP) and Linux cross-development environment specifically optimised for the STM32F769I Discovery board. We provide off-the-shelf support for all the features and capabilities we explicitly claim support for. Refer to Release Notes for the detailed list of currently supported features.
• Ability to download any future releases of the BSP from the Emcraft site at no extra charge, indefinitely.
• Access to the Emcraft support for any questions or issues related to the BSP. Refer to STM32F769I Discovery board Linux BSP Support for further details.

To answer one frequently asked question, with your purchase you receive full sources of all software components included in the BSP along with the off-the-shelf procedures required to re-build them. All software components included in the BSP are licensed using various Open-Source Software licenses, such as GPL, LGPL and similar.

To answer another frequently asked question, there are no run-time royalties associated with the BSP. You can install the BSP to as many hardware units as you like, port it to your custom boards and, generally speaking, do with it whatever you like, as long as you comply with software licenses of the included software packages.

Important note: Compliant with the spirit and letter of the GPL, Emcraft makes full sources of the U-Boot and Linux kernel trees for the STM32F769I Discovery board available from github.com. Feel free to download these sources and use them in any way you like, with understanding that Emcraft will not be able to support you.