Content Provider lucky1 Posted December 8, 2018 Content Provider Share Posted December 8, 2018 Recently some cheap chinese clones of the STM32F4 discovery board have surfaced on ebay and aliexpress.These boards DON´T work with pin2dmd because of missing or wrong parts mounted on the pcb. They can be identified by the green audio socket and the missing STM32 logo on the pcb. Please make sure you order a genuine STM32 board for your pin2dmd project or better use the NUCLEO STM32F429ZI based pin2dmd which has e.g faster SD card access and supports more pinball machines (128x16 DataEast) Here is a picture of the original (top) and the clone (bottom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Thanks for the information ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darden78 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 bad news, i have one of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPomme Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 i confirm it suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberium Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I bought 2 of these shit... I had so many problems. So don't buy this bad chinese copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiki75 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Unfortunatly i have buy one i have tried it but with no result led panel are totally off. How i can test if Led panel are ok or hoe i can test STM32F4 without panel? Firmware is flashed correctly i belive and windown recognize the board using zadig. Please help me thanks i 'll buy an original one but i want to test led panel if it is possible. Just to test i have made a direct connection but now with st utility i cannot connect to st link anymore while before i can connect i need to change driver with zadig before try to reflash firmware. thanks Edited January 16, 2019 by bmiki75 add photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider lucky1 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Content Provider Share Posted January 16, 2019 I have already wasted too much time on these cheap STM32 clones and always only buying a original one solved the problems in the end. So please understand that I can´t help you more than saying double check your wiring against here https://github.com/lucky01/PIN2DMD/blob/master/hardware/V3 STM32F4 DISCOVERY/Wiring.md and buy a original one. The zadig is not for replacing the ST-Link drivers (Mini USB). Only for the user USB (micro USB). Reinstall your ST-Link Drivers for the MiniUSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiki75 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Thanks a lot lucky1 i'll triple check connection even i am quite sure that they are correct and i'll buy an original STM32F4 board asap. Let me ask tree question just to help me to point out if i have made some mistake: 1)i have powered stm32F4 board from mini usb connector it is enouth or i have to power it with my 5V 20 AMP power that is connected only to led panel? 2)for virtual pinball i have to use micro or mini usb or both for data connection? 3)if something is wrong or cheap chinese board are not working is there a way to test led panel because the are completely black i do non t see anaything, they seems completely powered off Thanks for your help and beautiful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider lucky1 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Content Provider Share Posted January 16, 2019 1) should work as long as you don´t also power the panels through USB 2) If the STM is externally powered only the microUSb connection is needed 3) no easy way I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPomme Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 check the voltage of your panel mine was lower than the regular 5v (doesn't show up at that level, you need to use a step down converter and go to 4.5v, o ruse the small switch on the side of your power supply if it's possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiki75 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I have bought an original stm board but i am able only to obtain the same result of the chinese one wrong graphic on panel i have checked connection more than 10 times stanrting every time from zero. Please help me , i have a LED chinese panal pheraps i use the wrong pinout? Pin 1 of hub75 is the one with red ribbon and an arrow over it is this correct? 4 status led Led on STM are off only th red one is on all other led are red, and i see an usb device on windows? Pheraps it is in the wrong devide mode? I have no sd no schield and latest 2.60 firmware with direct connection and only want to test pc connection and panel connection I have updade ST-Link firmware and declared in instruction than reflashed 2.60 firmware I have find this on instruction 1) Troubleshoot with the on Board LED´s BLUE led = input DATA received (toggling) RED led = SD Card error / Device Mode 0 on startup (use BLUE USER Button to get in to it) ORANGE led= smart color change detected (toggling) GREEN led = hash color change detected (toggling) 2)Device Modes: 1 - PinMame USB Mode with output to RGB DMD (16Pin HUB75 or HUB08) 2 - PinMame USB Mode with output to Pinball DMD (14Pin PinDMD Header) 3 - WPC Input – input from PinDMD -> output to RGB DMD (HUB75 / HUB08) 4 - STERN Input – input from PinDMD -> output to RGB DMD (HUB75 / HUB08) 3) Switch to Device Mode 0 to have USB access Press the “BLUE USER” Button at the boot OR boot with NO SD CARD or with NO Config file on the SD Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider lucky1 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Content Provider Share Posted January 20, 2019 Please open a new thread if you need support for your specific problem. About your problem I would say signal wires too long and voltage too high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiki75 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 thanks lucky1 you are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reduced led panel voltage from 5.3 to 4.75 and perfect image Now i can send a donation to activate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpinz Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 bought a few of these cheap Chinese STM32F407's. To get them to work had to reflow the pins on the micro, usb controller and sever components. also reverted the onboard boot loader to an earlier version. V2j24s5 I think it was. anyway all 3 boards now work so at least I got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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