AFCI offline kit - Part 2: Windows toolchain & development tools
Offline development kit for an arc-fault detection / electrical-fire prevention system (current sensor -> STM32F407 ADC+DMA -> FFT/STFT features -> quantized DNN -> trip). Target offline PC: Windows 10/11 x64, CPU-only Python training.
Contents: Windows x64 toolchain & development tools
Open-source / freely redistributable tools. ST's own installers (STM32CubeIDE, CubeMX, CubeProgrammer, ST-LINK driver, Cube AI Studio, ST Edge AI Core) are not included (myST login + ST license); see the manual-download checklist in Part 7. STM32CubeIDE already bundles its own GCC, so the tools below are the "plain toolchain" route (VS Code + CMake + GCC + OpenOCD) and a backup.
| Folder | File | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
01_ARM_GCC_toolchain/ |
xPack GNU Arm Embedded GCC 15.2.1 (arm-none-eabi-gcc) |
Compiler/linker/gdb for Cortex-M4F (-mcpu=cortex-m4 -mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard). Unzip, add bin to PATH. |
02_Flash_Debug/ |
xPack OpenOCD 0.12.0-7, stlink-org tools 1.9.0 (st-flash, st-info), Zadig 2.9 |
Flash/debug the F407 through ST-LINK without CubeProgrammer. Zadig installs a WinUSB driver for the ST-LINK if ST's driver is unavailable. |
03_Build_tools/ |
CMake 4.4.5 (msi), Ninja 1.13.2, xPack Windows Build Tools 4.4.1 (make), Git for Windows 2.56 |
Build CubeMX-generated Makefile/CMake projects; local version control. |
04_Python/ |
Python 3.12.10 x64 installer | Training environment. Use with the wheels in Parts 4-5. (3.12.10 is the last 3.12 release with a Windows installer.) |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ |
VS Code 1.144 + VSIX: Python, Pylance, debugpy, Jupyter (+renderers, cell tags, keymap, slideshow), C/C++ (win32-x64), CMake Tools, Cortex-Debug + mcu-debug helpers (memory view, RTOS views, peripheral viewer), ARM assembly, linker-script syntax | Install offline: code --install-extension <file>.vsix (install debugpy and pylance before python; debug-tracker, memory-view, rtos-views, peripheral-viewer before cortex-debug). |
06_Utilities/ |
7-Zip 26.05, PuTTY 0.85 | Extract .7z/.zip; serial terminal for UART logging of ADC data. |
07_SVD_files/ |
STM32F407.svd, STM32F405.svd (from cmsis-svd-data) |
Register view in Cortex-Debug ("svdFile" in launch.json). |
08_Circuit_simulation/ |
ngspice 47 (64-bit) | SPICE simulation of the current-sensor analog front end (CT/Rogowski integrator, anti-alias filter). |
Licenses: GPL (GCC, OpenOCD, Git, Zadig), BSD-3 (stlink), BSD (CMake), Apache-2.0 (Ninja), PSF (Python), MIT/Microsoft license (VS Code, extensions), LGPL (7-Zip), MIT (PuTTY), Apache-2.0 (SVD), BSD/GPL (ngspice).
Rebuilding split files
Files over 100 MB were split into *.part001, *.part002, ... pieces. After downloading the whole repo:
- Windows:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\join_parts.ps1 - Linux/macOS:
bash join_parts.sh
Both scripts rebuild the files and check them against SHA256SUMS.txt.
Files (32 files, 919.6 MB total)
| File | Size | Split into |
|---|---|---|
01_ARM_GCC_toolchain/xpack-arm-none-eabi-gcc-15.2.1-1.1-win32-x64.zip |
320.0 MB | 4 |
02_Flash_Debug/stlink-1.9.0-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip |
3.3 MB | - |
02_Flash_Debug/xpack-openocd-0.12.0-7-win32-x64.zip |
3.1 MB | - |
02_Flash_Debug/zadig-2.9.exe |
5.1 MB | - |
03_Build_tools/Git-2.56.0.4-64-bit.exe |
63.8 MB | - |
03_Build_tools/cmake-4.4.5-windows-x86_64.msi |
37.3 MB | - |
03_Build_tools/ninja-win.zip |
284.7 KB | - |
03_Build_tools/xpack-windows-build-tools-4.4.1-3-win32-x64.zip |
2.6 MB | - |
04_Python/python-3.12.10-amd64.exe |
25.7 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/VSCodeSetup-x64-1.144.0.exe |
239.9 MB | 3 |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/dan-c-underwood.arm-1.7.4.vsix |
106.5 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/marus25.cortex-debug-1.12.1.vsix |
1.2 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/mcu-debug.debug-tracker-vscode-0.0.15.vsix |
19.8 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/mcu-debug.memory-view-0.0.29.vsix |
995.1 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/mcu-debug.peripheral-viewer-1.6.5.vsix |
678.3 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/mcu-debug.rtos-views-0.0.18.vsix |
921.8 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2026.7.13061010.vsix |
6.2 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-python.python-2026.11.2026102901.vsix |
17.5 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance-2026.4.101.vsix |
32.0 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2026.6.2026071501.vsix |
6.0 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-keymap-1.1.2.vsix |
78.9 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-renderers-1.3.2025062701.vsix |
7.4 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-cell-tags-0.1.9.vsix |
175.8 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-slideshow-0.1.6.vsix |
170.3 KB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-vscode.cmake-tools-1.25.6.vsix |
6.6 MB | - |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.35.5.vsix |
116.0 MB | 2 |
05_VSCode_and_extensions/zixuanwang.linkerscript-1.0.4.vsix |
42.6 KB | - |
06_Utilities/7z2605-x64.exe |
1.6 MB | - |
06_Utilities/putty-64bit-0.85-installer.msi |
3.7 MB | - |
07_SVD_files/STM32F405.svd |
2.1 MB | - |
07_SVD_files/STM32F407.svd |
2.1 MB | - |
08_Circuit_simulation/ngspice-47_64.7z |
13.2 MB | - |
Each file keeps the license of its original publisher (see the notes above).
Master index
This is one of 19 repos (AFCI_part1 … AFCI_part19). Overview of all parts: AFCI_part6 / 00_START_HERE_MASTER_INDEX.md · Installation: AFCI_part6 / 00_INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md