Extract MCU Part Number Directory

Owned by Adam Czajkowski
Last updated: Feb 10, 2023
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This code example prints the full list of supported MCU vendors, families, groups, and individual MCU part numbers. The condition for this example to work properly is that F_OpenInstancesAndFPAs, and F_Initialization has correctly initialized the given fpa index (1 to 64). If testing adapter 1, the user should call F_Set_FPA_index(1) before this code executes.

The code below is used to initialize the drop-down menus seen in the GUI demos that can be found in the install Elprotronic\M\API-DLL directory.

The sequence is as follows:

  • Get Vendor List

    • Call F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_VENDOR_LIST, k ); in a loop to read all supported vendors

      • This generates a list of vendors but doesn’t actually select one, i.e. TI, ST, or NXP

    • Set current vendor using F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_VENDOR_LIST, Vendor_list_index );

      • This function selects one vendor from the list, with given index, i.e. select ST vendor.

  • Get Family List from selected vendor:

    • Call F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_FAMILY_LIST, k ); in a loop to read all families in selected vendor

      • This generates a list of MCU families for one specific vendor, i.e. STM32-F0, STM32-F1, etc.

    • Set current family using F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_FAMILY_LIST, Family_list_index );

      • This function selects one family from the list, with given index. At this point the code has selected one vendor and one family from that vendor, i.e. select STM32-F0 family.

  • Get Group List from selected family of selected vendor. Groups sub-divide families into similar MCUs.

    • Call F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_GROUP_LIST, k ); in a loop to read all groups in selected family in selected vendor.

      • This generates a list of groups for selected family within selected vendor, i.e. STM32F0x0, STM32F0x1, STM32F0x2, and STM32F0x8

    • Set current group using F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_GROUP_LIST, MCU_Group_list_index );

      • This functions selects one group from the list, with given index. At this point the code has selected one vendor, and one family, and one group, i.e. select STM32F0x8.

  • Get MCU part number list from selected group. This is the final MCU name actually used in the “MCU_name” parameter of the configuration file.

    • Call F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_NAME_LIST, k ); in a loop to read all MCUs in selected group, in selected family, in selected vendor.

      • This generates a list of MCU part numbers, i.e. STM32F038C6, STM32F038E6, etc.

    • Select (not shown below) one MCU from the list by using INT_X F_Set_MCU_Name(char *MCU_name );

      • This function selects one MCU, and changes the configuration of the library to program this specific MCU.

Snippet taken from Elprotronic\M\API-DLL\FP-M-Demo-C++:

//C++ and C# are available in the installation package //that implement this code //Example from demo included in installation package //Select one FPA index to perform this sequence on. //If all FPA are the same then iterating over other FPA indices is not necessary. //Iterate over supported vendors, then select vendor zero in this case //Pull-down menu in demo allows user to change selected vendor index void ProgDemoDlg::Init_MCU_Vendor_ComboBox( void ) { int k; char *name; SelMCU_Vendor->ResetContent();//Reset list of vendors k = 0; Vendor_list_size = 0; do { //---------------------------------------------------- name = F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_VENDOR_LIST, k );//get name of vendor at index k if( strlen( name ) == 0 ) break; //reached end of list of vendors //---------------------------------------------------- if(SelMCU_Vendor) { //---------------------------------------------------- SelMCU_Vendor->AddString( name ); //add newly acquired vendor name to GUI list //---------------------------------------------------- Vendor_list_size++; } k++; }while(1); //Select vendor zero in demo GUI (will not affect DLL yet) SelMCU_Vendor->SetCurSel(0); //Select chosen vendor and read supported MCU families OnCbnSelchangeMcuVendor(); } //Initialize list of supported families for selected vendor void ProgDemoDlg::OnCbnSelchangeMcuVendor( void ) { Vendor_list_index = SelMCU_Vendor->GetCurSel(); //---------------------------------------------------- //Set vendor to selected index (during initialization this is usually zero) F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_VENDOR_LIST, Vendor_list_index ); //---------------------------------------------------- Init_MCU_Family_ComboBox(); } //Iterate over supported families for selected vendor, then select family zero in this case //Pull-down menu in demo allows user to change selected family index void ProgDemoDlg::Init_MCU_Family_ComboBox( void ) { int k; char *name; SelMCU_Family->ResetContent(); k = 0; Family_list_size = 0; do { //---------------------------------------------------- name = F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_FAMILY_LIST, k ); //get name of family at index k if( strlen( name ) == 0 ) break; //reached end of list of families //---------------------------------------------------- if(SelMCU_Family) { //---------------------------------------------------- SelMCU_Family->AddString( name ); //add newly acquired family name to GUI list //---------------------------------------------------- Family_list_size++; } k++; }while(1); //Select family zero in demo GUI (will not affect DLL yet) SelMCU_Family->SetCurSel(0); //Select chosen family and read supported MCU groups OnCbnSelchangeMcuFamily(); } //Initialize list of supported groups for selected family void ProgDemoDlg::OnCbnSelchangeMcuFamily( void ) { Family_list_index = SelMCU_Family->GetCurSel(); //---------------------------------------------------- //Set family to selected index (during initialization this is usually zero) F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_FAMILY_LIST, Family_list_index ); //---------------------------------------------------- Init_MCU_Group_ComboBox(); } //Iterate over supported groups for selected family, then select group zero in this case //Pull-down menu in demo allows user to change selected group index void ProgDemoDlg::Init_MCU_Group_ComboBox( void ) { int k; char *name; SelMCU_Group->ResetContent(); MCU_Group_list_size = 0; k = 0; do { //---------------------------------------------------- name = F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_GROUP_LIST, k ); //get name of group at index k if( strlen( name ) == 0 ) break; //reached end of list of groups //---------------------------------------------------- if(SelMCU_Group) { //---------------------------------------------------- SelMCU_Group->AddString( name ); //add newly acquired group name to GUI list //---------------------------------------------------- MCU_Group_list_size++; } k++; }while(1); //Select group zero in demo GUI (will not affect DLL yet) SelMCU_Group->SetCurSel(0); //Select chosen group and read supported MCUs OnCbnSelchangeMcuGroup(); } //Initialize list of supported MCUs for selected group void ProgDemoDlg::OnCbnSelchangeMcuGroup( void ) { MCU_Group_list_index = SelMCU_Group->GetCurSel(); //---------------------------------------------------- //Set group to selected index (during initialization this is usually zero) F_Set_MCU_Family_Group( MCU_GROUP_LIST, MCU_Group_list_index ); //---------------------------------------------------- Init_MCU_List_ComboBox(); } //Iterate over supported MCUs for selected group, then select MCU zero in this case //Pull-down menu in demo allows user to change selected MCU index void ProgDemoDlg::Init_MCU_List_ComboBox( void ) { int k; char *name; SelMCU_List->ResetContent(); MCU_Name_list_size = 0; k = 0; do { //---------------------------------------------------- name = F_Get_MCU_Name_list( MCU_NAME_LIST, k ); //get name of MCU at index k if( strlen( name ) == 0 ) break; //reached end of list of MCUs //---------------------------------------------------- if(SelMCU_List) { //---------------------------------------------------- SelMCU_List->AddString( name ); //add newly acquired MCU name to GUI list //---------------------------------------------------- MCU_Name_list_size++; } k++; }while(1); //Select MCU zero in demo GUI (will not affect DLL yet) SelMCU_List->SetCurSel(0); }