This manual describes the STMicroelectronics STM32™ and STM8™ Flash loader demonstrator application that was developed to illustrate the System memory boot loader capabilities. This document details the prerequested hardware and software environments, as well as the use cases of the demonstrator software.
The document provides instructions for the STMicroelectronics UM0462 Flash Loader Demonstrator, a software tool designed to illustrate System memory boot loader capabilities. It covers the required hardware and software environments, including Windows operating systems and RS232 COM ports.
The guide details the installation process for both the software wizard (Flash loader.exe) and command-line version (STMFlashLoader.exe). It explains how to verify system requirements such as available COM ports and describes the user interface steps for connecting devices and performing flash operations.
The application requires a recent version of Windows, including Windows 98, Millennium, 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7.
The Flash loader demonstrator is designed to work with all STMicroelectronics devices that support the system memory boot mode UART protocol.
The manual describes the Flash loader demonstrator version 2.1.0.