GD32F407V-START

Board Overview

GD32F407V-START

Name:

gd32f407v_start

Vendor:

GigaDevice Semiconductor

Architecture:

arm

SoC:

gd32f407

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Overview

The GD32F407V-START board is a hardware platform that enables prototyping on GD32F407VE Cortex-M4 High Performance MCU.

The GD32F407VE features a single-core ARM Cortex-M4 MCU which can run up to 168 MHz with flash accesses zero wait states, 3072kiB of Flash, 192kiB of SRAM and 82 GPIOs.

Hardware

• GD32F407VET6 MCU

• 1 x User LEDs

• 1 x User Push buttons

• 1 x USART

• GD-Link on board programmer

• J-Link/SWD connector

For more information about the GD32F407 SoC and GD32F407V-START board:

• GigaDevice Cortex-M4 High Performance SoC Website

• GD32F407X Datasheet

• GD32F40X User Manual

• GD32F407V-START User Manual

Supported Features

The gd32f407v_start board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board

Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.

2 / 2

Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.

vnd,foo

Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

gd32f407v_start/gd32f407 target

Type	Location	Description	Compatible
CPU	on-chip	ARM Cortex-M4F CPU1	arm,cortex-m4f
ADC	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 ADC3	gd,gd32-adc
Clock control	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-cctl
Counter	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 timer1 13	gd,gd32-timer
DAC	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 series DAC module1	gd,gd32-dac
DMA	on-chip	GD32 DMA controller with FIFO2	gd,gd32-dma-v1
Flash controller	on-chip	There are three types GD32 FMC1	gd,gd32-flash-controller
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	GD32 GPIO2 7	gd,gd32-gpio
I2C	on-chip	GigiDevice GD32 I2C3	gd,gd32-i2c
Input	on-board	Group of GPIO-bound input keys1	gpio-keys
Interrupt controller	on-chip	ARMv7-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1	arm,v7m-nvic
	on-chip	GigaDevice External Interrupt Controller1	gd,gd32-exti
LED	on-board	Group of GPIO-controlled LEDs1	gpio-leds
	on-board	Group of PWM-controlled LEDs1	pwm-leds
Multi-Function Device	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-rcu
Miscellaneous	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 System Configuration Registers1	gd,gd32-syscfg
MMU / MPU	on-chip	ARMv7-M Memory Protection Unit (MPU)1	arm,armv7m-mpu
MTD	on-chip	Flash memory binding of GD32 FMC v31	gd,gd32-nv-flash-v3
Pin control	on-chip	The GD32 pin controller (AF model) is a singleton node responsible for controlling pin function selection and pin properties1	gd,gd32-pinctrl-af
PWM	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 PWM1 11	gd,gd32-pwm
Reset controller	on-chip	Gigadevice Reset and Clock Unit (RCU) if a multi-function peripheral in charge of reset control (RCTL) and clock control (CCTL) for all SoC peripherals1	gd,gd32-rctl
Serial controller	on-chip	GigaDevice USART1 7	gd,gd32-usart
SPI	on-chip	GigaDevice GD32 SPI3	gd,gd32-spi
SRAM	on-chip	Generic on-chip SRAM description1	mmio-sram
Timer	on-chip	ARMv7-M System Tick1	arm,armv7m-systick
Watchdog	on-chip	GD32 free watchdog timer1	gd,gd32-fwdgt
	on-chip	GD32 window watchdog timer1	gd,gd32-wwdgt

Serial Port

The GD32F407V-START board has one serial communication port. The default port is USART0 with TX connected at PB6 and RX at PB7.

Programming and Debugging

Before programming your board make sure to configure boot jumpers as follows:

• JP3/4: Select 2-3 for both (boot from user memory)

Using GD-Link or J-Link

The board comes with an embedded GD-Link programmer. You need to install CMSIS-Pack which is required by pyOCD when programming or debugging by the GD-Link programmer. Execute the following command to install CMSIS-Pack for GD32F407VK if not installed yet.

pyocd pack install gd32f407vk

Also, J-Link can be used to program the board via the SWD interface (PA13/SWDIO and PA14/SWCLK in the JP6 header).

1. Build the Zephyr kernel and the Hello World sample application:

   west build -b gd32f407v_start samples/hello_world
   

2. Connect Serial-USB adapter to PB6, PB7, and GND.

3. Run your favorite terminal program to listen for output. On Linux the terminal should be something like /dev/ttyUSB0. For example:

   minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -o
   

   The -o option tells minicom not to send the modem initialization string. Connection should be configured as follows:

   • Speed: 115200

   • Data: 8 bits

   • Parity: None

   • Stop bits: 1

4. To flash an image:

   west build -b gd32f407v_start samples/hello_world
   west flash
   

   When using J-Link, append --runner jlink option after west flash.

   You should see “Hello World! gd32f407v_start” in your terminal.

5. To debug an image:

   west build -b gd32f407v_start samples/hello_world
   west debug
   

   When using J-Link, append --runner jlink option after west debug.