Recently, my company received a lawyer’s letter from MDK, leaving us no choice but to use open-source or free IDE tools. Considering various factors, I ultimately decided to use the STM32CubeIDE provided by STMicroelectronics. I found that there are relatively few tutorials on CubeIDE available online, which inspired me to create a collection of tutorials to share some tips for using STM32CubeIDE. This tutorial is based on the HAL library! (STM32CubeIDE will automatically update components, so it is recommended to keep it updated to the latest version.)
Once upon a time, STM32CubeIDE also started to learn from MDK and began detecting clone J-Link devices, which is indeed quite annoying. There are many tutorials online for MDK, and I have verified that the general idea is to install a lower version of the J-Link driver and then replace some of the J-Link driver files in the system with those from the MDK package to avoid being detected as a clone. So what should we do if STM32CubeIDE identifies J-Link as a clone? The general approach is similar. I have summarized the suggestions from various experts online and conducted some tests, which I will share with you today.
First, my version is 1.17.1, and J-Link automatically upgraded to V8.10d, which was then identified as a clone version, as shown in the image above.
The general idea is also to replace files, specifically to replace the J-Link related Bin files from a lower version of STM32CubeIDE with those from a higher version. The specific file location is x:\ST\STM32CubeIDE_x.xx.x\STM32CubeIDE\plugins\com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.jlink.win32_x.x.x.xxxxxxxx\tools\bin. Of course, a reminder: make sure to back up the high version files being replaced, just back up the bin folder, so you can restore it in case of failure.
First, not all lower versions can be used as replacements. Initially, I used the bin files from the lowest version of STM32CubeIDE 1.6.1, but it resulted in an error indicating that the ST device could not be confirmed. This made me seriously doubt the methods suggested by experts online. However, with a mindset of trying again, I downloaded a slightly higher version, 1.12.1, which also cannot be too high, as higher versions will automatically be recognized as “clones.” So I tested version 1.12.1, and it worked; I could directly replace the files in version 1.17.1, successfully bypassing the detection, allowing me to write code and debug the board smoothly.
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