ST X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 User manual

Quick Start Guide
DC-DC LED driver expansion board based on LED6001 for STM32 Nucleo
(X-NUCLEO-LED61A1)
Version 1.0 (December 15, 2015)

Overview 2
Introduction to the STM32 Open Development Environment
STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED driver expansion board
•Hardware overview
•Software overview
Documents & Related Resources
Setup & Demo Examples
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Overview 3
Introduction to the STM32 Open Development Environment
STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED driver expansion board
•Hardware overview
•Software overview
Documents & Related Resources
Setup & Demo Examples
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STM32 Open Development Environment
Fast, affordable Prototyping and Development 4
•The STM32 Open Development Environment (ODE) consists of a set of stackable boards
and a modular open SW environment designed around the STM32 microcontroller family.
www.st.com/stm32ode
Compatibility with multiple Development environments
STM32Cube development software STM32 Nucleo expansion boards
STM32 Nucleo development boards STM32Cube
expansion software

Power supply
through USB or
external source
Integrated debugging
and programming
ST-LINK probe
STM32 microcontroller
Complete product range
from ultra-low power to high-performance
ST morpho extension header
STM32 Nucleo
Development Boards (NUCLEO)
•A comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all the STM32
microcontroller series, with unlimited unified expansion capabilities and integrated
debugger/programmer functionality.
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www.st.com/stm32nucleo
Arduino™ UNO R3 extension headers

Move/ActuatePower InteractConnect
Sense
STM32 Nucleo
Expansion Boards (X-NUCLEO)
•Boards with additional functionality that can be plugged directly on top of the STM32
Nucleo development board directly or stacked on another expansion board.
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DIL24 support for
new devices
Motion MEMS sensors
Environmental sensors
www.st.com/x-nucleo
Example of STM32 expansion board (X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1)

STM32 Open Development Environment
Software components
•STM32Cube software (CUBE) -A set
of free tools and embedded software bricks
to enable fast and easy development on
the STM32, including a Hardware
Abstraction Layer and middleware bricks.
•STM32Cube expansion software
(X-CUBE) -Expansion software provided
free for use with the STM32 Nucleo
expansion board and fully compatible with
the STM32Cube software framework. It
provides abstracted access to expansion
board functionality through high-level APIs
and sample applications.
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www.st.com/stm32cube
•Compatibility with multiple Development Environments - The STM32 Open Development
Environment is compatible with a number of IDEs including IAR EWARM, Keil MDK, and GCC-based
environments. Users can choose from three IDEs from leading vendors, which are free of charge and
deployed in close cooperation with ST. These include Eclipse-based IDEs such as Ac6 System
Workbench for STM32 and the MDK-ARM environment.
Tools&IDEs
Applicationexamples
(e.g.basedon ST OpenSoftwareX)
Hardware
SampleapplicationsApplications
IAREWARM,KeilMDK-ARM,GCC-basedIDEs
(e.g.Ac6SystemWorkbenchforSTM32)
STM32CubeHardwareAbstractionLayer(HAL)
STM32Cube
middleware
Upperlevel middleware
(e.g.ST OpenSoftwareX)
Middleware
Hardware
Abstraction
STM32Cubeexpansionmiddleware
STM32 Nucleo expansion boards (X-NUCLEO)
STM32 Nucleo developer boards
OPEN LICENSE MODELS: STM32Cube software and sample applications are covered by a mix of fully open source BSD license and ST
licenses with very permissive terms.

STM32 Open Development Environment
Building block approach 8
The building blocks Your need Our answer
Move /
Actuate
Connect
Power
Sense
Process
Inertial modules, magnetometer
Proximity, microphone
Pressure, temperature, humidity
Bluetooth LE, Sub-GHz radio
NFC, Wi-Fi, GNSS
Energy management & battery
General-purpose microcontrollers
Stepper motor driver
DC & BLDC motor driver
Audio amplifier
COLLECT
TRANSMIT
ACCESS
CREATE
POWER
PROCESS
Software
Secure microcontrollers
Touch controller
Operation Amplifier
Accelerometer, gyroscope
Translate
Industrial input / output
www.st.com/stm32ode

Overview 9
Introduction to the STM32 Open Development Environment
STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED driver expansion board
•Hardware overview
•Software overview
Documents & Related Resources
Setup & Demo Examples
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DC-DC LED driver expansion board
Hardware Overview 10
X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 Hardware description
•The X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 is aDC-DC LED driver
expansion board based on LED6001 for STM32 Nucleo.
The expansion board is equipped with a single-channel,
constant-current LED driver for boost or SEPIC topologies
Main Features
•Wide DC input voltage range: 8 V –24 V
•Single channel LED Driver, 350 mA constant current
•PWM and analog brightness control with the STM32
Nucleo board
•Selectable boost or SEPIC converter topology
•Up to 92% efficiency (boost converter)
•Compatible with Arduino™ UNO R3 connectors
•Compatible with STM32 Nucleo boards
Order Code: X-NUCLEO-LED61A1
LED6001 STL8N10LF3 STL3N10F7
Arduino UNO R3 connector
Key Products on board
LED6001: PWM dimmable single channel LED driver with
integrated boost controller
STL8N10LF3: N-channel 100 V, 25mΩ typ., 7.8 A, STripFETTM III
Power MOSFET in a PowerFLATTM 5x6 package
STL3N10F7: N-channel 100 V, 0.062 Ohm typ., 4 A STripFET F7
Power MOSFET in a PowerFLAT 2x2 package
Latest info available at
X-NUCLEO-LED61A1

Latest SW available at
X-CUBE-LED1
DC-DC LED driver expansion board
Software Overview 11
X-CUBE-LED1 Software description
•The software runs on the STM32 microcontroller and includes drivers for controlling a string of high-
brightness LEDs. The expansion is built on STM32Cube software technology to ease portability across
different STM32 microcontrollers.
•The software comes with sample implementations of drivers running on the X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 plugged
on a NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L053R8.
Main features
•Complete middleware to build applications using
the LED6001 LED Driver
•Easy portability across different MCU families
thanks to the STM32Cube
•Sample applications that the developer can use
to start experimenting with the code
•Free user-friendly license terms
Overall system architecture
Hardware Abstraction Layer API Boards Support Packages
Drivers
Board Demonstrations
X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 Expansion BoardSTM32 Nucleo Board
SERIAL UTILITY
Middleware
CMSIS
Utilities
HW Components
STM32 LED6001
Applications
LED6001_Demo

Overview 12
Introduction to the STM32 Open Development Environment
STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED driver expansion board
•Hardware overview
•Software overview
Documents & Related Resources
Setup & Demo Examples
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Documents & Related Resources
X-NUCLEO-LED61A1: Product Webpage (Link)
•Gerber files, BOM, Schematic
•DB2780: DC-DC LED driver expansion board based on LED6001 for STM32
Nucleo –data brief
•UM1999: Getting started with X-NUCLEO-LED01A1, DC-DC LED driver
expansion board for STM32 Nucleo –user manual
X-CUBE-LED1: Product Webpage (Link)
•DB2779:DC-DC LED driver software expansion for STM32Cube –data brief
•UM1998: Getting started with X-CUBE-LED1, DC-DC LED driver software
expansion for STM32Cube –user manual
•Software setup file
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All documents are available in the Design Resources tab of the STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED
Driver expansion board webpage

Overview 14
Introduction to the STM32 Open Development Environment
STM32 Nucleo DC-DC LED driver expansion board
•Hardware overview
•Software overview
Documents & Related Resources
Setup & Demo Examples
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Setup & Demo Examples
HW prerequisites
•1 x X-NUCLEO-LED61A1 STM32 Nucleo (DC-DC LED driver expansion board based
on LED6001)
•1 x STM32 Nucleo development board (NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L053R8)
•1 x Laptop/PC with Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 installed
•1 x USB type A to Mini-B cable
•1 x external DC power supply
•8 –24 V, 2 A
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Setup & Demo Examples
SW prerequisites 16
•STSW-LINK008: ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver (Link)
•STSW-LINK007: ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade (Link)
•X-CUBE-LED1 (Link)
•copy the .zip file content into: “c:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\”folder on your PC. The
package will contain source code example (Keil, IAR, True Studio) based on NUCLEO-F401RE or
NUCLEO-L053R8

X-CUBE-LED1
Start coding in just a few minutes with X-CUBE-LED1 17
Download & unpack
X-CUBE-LED1
Go to www.st.com/x-nucleo
Open project example
LED6001 Demo
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Select
X-NUCLEO-LED61A1
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Modify, build application Download & install STM32
Nucleo ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
Generic Nucleo docs & Driver porting
Drivers
Serial Utility
Application examples
X-CUBE-LED1 package

X-CUBE-LED1
Evaluate using X-CUBE-LED1 18
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2Connect power supply and LED load using input/output connectors
From X-CUBE-LED1
SW resource package
Drag and drop X-CUBE-LED1.bin
on STM32 Nucleo drive

www.st.com/stm32ode