STM32CubeMX Projects and GNU ARM Eclipse

STM32CubeMX Project Export

• Open STM32CubeMX and open the your project
  • in Project -> Settings…
  • select the Project tab
  • under Toolchain / IDE
  • select SW4STM32
  • hit OK
    • It will warn you that the previously generated files will be corrupted. That’s ok. They’re not there.
  • select Project -> Generate Code

Import Project into Eclipse

Pretty simple:

• in the Project Exporer tab, right-click to show the context menu and select Import…
• under C/C++, select Existing Code as Makefile Project
• hit Next
• in the Import Existing Code dialog
  • name the project
  • hit Browse and select your repo top-level directory
  • under Toolchain for Indexer Settings, select Cross ARM GCC
  • hit Finish

Configure the Project

• Enable Parallel Build
  • in C/C++ Build, select the Behavior tab
  • under Build Settings, check the Enable parallel build box, and select the Use unlimited jobs radiobutton
  • under Workbench Build Behavior, check the Build on resource save (Auto build) box
• Specify Build Configurations
  • in C/C++ Build, click the Manage Configurations… button
    • create a new configuration called Release by copying the current configuration
    • rename the current configuration to Debug
    • click Ok
  • with the Debug configuration selected,
    • select the Behavior tab
    • under Workbench Build Behavior, for the Build field, enter target=<_your_target_name_here_> build=Debug
    • for the Build on Resource Save (Auto Build), enter the same value from the Build field
    • for the Clean field, enter clean target=<_your_target_name_here_>
  • with the Release configuration selected,
    • select the Behavior tab
    • under Workbench Build Behavior, for the Build field, enter target=<_your_target_name_here_> build=Release
    • for the Build on Resource Save (Auto Build), enter the same value from the Build field
    • for the Clean field, enter clean target=<_your_target_name_here_>