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STM8CubeMX

Should I or should I not feel fortunate was my question at the time of writing this article and that's
because STM8CubeMX was released in late February 2017. Yes, that's the time when I was compiling
all these STM8 stuffs together. Prior to that I was wondering about a software similar to
STM32CubeMX but for STM8s. Back then, I could not find one and raw documentations were only
helpers. Although it is still in its early stages of development and still not as robust as its STM32 cousin
in terms of code generation capabilities and other areas, we can expect great innovations in the near
future. It reminds me of the early days of STM32CubeMX. Not everyone expected it to overcome all
the challenges in a very short period of time. At present, we can use STM8CubeMX for common info
on STM8 chips like pin assignments/mapping, basic technical specs like memory capacities, possible
clock configurations, etc. I can just wonder the potential future integrations and bug fixes. Power
consumption calculator is one such tool hopefully to be integrated. STM, most likely, has some serious
big plans for it. Nevertheless, we must thank STM for this cool software.
Visit http://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm8cubemx.html to download STM8CubeMX.
I recommend using it only as reference. Don't make yourself dependent on it. There are still many
bugs fixes that are yet to be addressed. One example is as in the above screenshot. Notice Timer 3
(TIM3) is missing although STM8S003 has this timer. I'm pretty sure the software developers are
working hard on such silly issues. For now, it is more like a promise of good tidings to come. This is
why I haven't included it in the "must-have" software list and wanted it to be discussed separately.