Bug in ST-Link firmware V2.J36.M26?

[BomberHQ]

Hey folks,

Just built my first PIN2DMD using a V4 shield and Nucleo-F439 (for a real pin, Data East, 128x32) and was getting very strange startup issues (see video). The only way I could get it to start was to press the reset button on the Nucleo board (I press it at about 15 seconds).

This is my first PIN2DMD, so I thought it must be my soldering, a faulty component or the power supply, but everything checked out. I even re-flashed the ST Link and PIN2DMD firmware with the same result.

Finally, I decided to load an earlier version of the ST-Link firmware and it worked. Im now using V2.J35.M26

I cant tell if this affects other configs, but it may help someone!

 

 

[aganyte]

I'm having the exact same problem more and more often. Currently, I have 3 new nucleos doing the same thing. I have already tried to downgrade the st-link but without success. I tried with firmware 3.5 and 4.0...same problem. An idea ?

[aganyte]

Interesting fact, the pin2dmd starts without reset if I plug it on computer USB.

[aganyte]

...and don't start without reset with USB AC transformer.

 

[aganyte]

@lucky1 This can help ?

 

https://community.st.com/s/question/0D53W00000kwmMZSAY/nucleo-board-stuck-when-starting-without-usb-connection

[aganyte]

I just tried with version 3.2 and got the same problem. Then I tested 2.68 and got a slight improvement. The pin2dmd starts alone but with a display bug, if I reset, the bug goes away.

 

 

@lucky1 I hope this can help.

 

 

 

[aganyte]

Resolved.

 

This thread gave me the solution 

 

https://community.st.com/s/question/0D53W00000GXVZMSA5/mco-clock-issue-in-stlink-firmware-v2j37m26

 

 

I had tried to downgrade ST-Link but with a not old enough firmware.  I found an older ST-link utility on my NAS (V2.J34.M26). Now everything is working fine.

 

 

[lucky1]

8 hours ago, aganyte said:

Resolved.

 

This thread gave me the solution 

 

https://community.st.com/s/question/0D53W00000GXVZMSA5/mco-clock-issue-in-stlink-firmware-v2j37m26

 

 

I had tried to downgrade ST-Link but with a not old enough firmware.  I found an older ST-link utility on my NAS (V2.J34.M26). Now everything is working fine.

 

 

 

I added the recommended HSE startup timout change to the HAL config. Funny thing is that STM32H7 already is set to 5000 and the old F4 StandardPeripheral Lib had 0x500 set as hex value which is 1280 instead of the 300 in the latest HAL ???!!!

As it does not do any harm I set it to 5000 for all CPU types in the bootloader and the pin2dmd firmware for release V4.41 which is now on github.

 

[aganyte]

Thanks Lucky.

 

[h4fl4]

Unfortunately, got the same problem. Spent hours checking my shields etc.  Got v4.43  installed and still need to press reset to turn it on? Any ideas?

 

[lucky1]

3 hours ago, h4fl4 said:

Unfortunately, got the same problem. Spent hours checking my shields etc.  Got v4.43  installed and still need to press reset to turn it on? Any ideas?

 

 

This has NOTHING to do with my firmware. You need to update/downgrade your ST-LINK firmware as described above and on pin2dmd.com

[lucky1]

Here are some old ST-Link firmware versions 

https://community.st.com/s/question/0D53W00001pIyDkSAK/good-day-do-you-know-of-any-link-to-download-the-stlink-with-firmware-v2j34m25-or-v2j35m26-either-of-the-2-they-are-not-available-on-the-official-page-greetings

[lucky1]

According to the first post, this is the version that should work

stsw-link007_stlink_v2.35.26.zip

[god01]

Le 01/04/2023 à 03:30, lucky1 a dit :

D'après le premier post, c'est la version qui devrait fonctionner

stsw-link007_stlink_v2.35.26.zip 1,41 Mo  ·  34 téléchargements

Merci beaucoup, cela a résolu mon problème de démarrage sans avoir à appuyer sur réinitialiser. (Traducteur Google pour mon)

Thank you very much, that solved my startup problem without having to press reset.

Edited May 18, 2025 by god01