F407VET6 minimal dev board

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BennehBoy
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F407VET6 minimal dev board

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I wanted to buy a few more FK407M1's but they seem to have gone up in price quite a bit - 11.35GBP each

Whilst searching I found this board -> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001249257969.html

A fair amount cheaper, but built quality looks lower, cheaper SD slot & micro USB instead of USB C.

Has anyone tried these?
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I never used this one. Anyway nice form factor.
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I've ordered a few, I'll report back - should work just fine with the Generic F407VE variant, but I guess I'll need to create a board specific one to get SDIO & the onboard SPI memory chip enabled (although the latter probably just depends on which pins they decided to wire it against).
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Boards arrived, they seem to work quite nicely.

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Thanks for the feedback ;)
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Can #if define be used in build_opt.h ?

The reason I ask is I frequently compile my project code against multiple boards, I handle this with various #if defined statements

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#if defined ARDUINO_DIYMROE_F407VGT // STM Core SPI SD
#include "LRDuinoDefs407VE.h"
#define ARCH_DEFINED
SPIClass SPI_2(PB15, PB14, PB13); // Max31856  on MOSI, MISO, CLK - SPI2 on F4,  STM Core
#endif
It would be useful to be able to include different HAL modules based on the board type, eg for boards that have SDIO

I can work around it, but at present I have to edit the variant files directly.
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Excellent, hadn't spotted that.
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You can also get that board with larger flash if you need it and also if you shop around you will find it cheaper too see both variants here https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001004 ... web201603_

I have a number of them here and have been using them for awhile as my main go to board because they certainly can do everything that I need and am cheap as chips.
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