If you were using VisualGDB before, open Tools->Embedded Tool Manager and update the packages there. Otherwise, you can install the new versions of the packages from the VisualGDB project wizard.<\/p>\n
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- Start Visual Studio and select the VisualGDB Embedded Project Wizard:
![\"01-start\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/01-start.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Proceed with the default “Create a new project” choice:
![\"02-new\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/02-new.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Select the ARM toolchain. If you don’t have it installed, VisualGDB will automatically download and install it once you select it from the list:
![\"03-toolchain\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/03-toolchain.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Locate your device in the device list. We will use the STM32F746NG device on the STM32F7-Discovery board:
![\"04-device\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/04-device.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- On the next page select a sample. We will use the most basic “Blinking LED” sample. According to the STM32F7-Discovery schematics<\/a>, an LED is connected to GPIOI1. Specify this on the Sample Selection page:
![\"05-sample\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/05-sample.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Select OpenOCD as the debugging method. If you have already connected the STM32F7-Discovery board, VisualGDB will recognize it and select the ST-Link interface automatically. Otherwise you can select it manually or click “Detect”:
![\"06-openocd\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/06-openocd.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Click “Test OpenOCD Settings” to ensure that OpenOCD can connect to ST-Link and all necessary drivers are installed:
![\"07-test\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/07-test.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Press Finish in the wizard to complete the creation of the project. Build it with Ctrl-Shift-B:
![\"08-build\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-build.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Set a breakpoint on the call to HAL_GPIO_WritePin() and press F5 to start debugging:
![\"09-bkpt\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/09-bkpt.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- When the breakpoint is hit, look at the board and note that no LEDs except the power indicator are on:
![\"10a-noled\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10a-noled.jpg\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Step over the call to HAL_GPIO_WritePin() and observe how an LED turns on:
![\"10b-led\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10b-led.jpg\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Now step into the HAL_Delay() function and again into HAL_GetTick(). Observe that the tick count is stored in the global uwTick variable:
![\"10-tick\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10-tick.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Add it to Code Map via context menu and look for functions referencing it:
![\"11-refs\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11-refs.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- You will see that it is used modified by HAL_IncTick() function:
![\"12-reffuncs\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/12-reffuncs.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Now we will observe how the value of uwTick changes over time. Open the Live Variables window via Debug->Windows,add uwTick there and enable plotting:
![\"13-dynamics\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/13-dynamics.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- You can click the Pause icon to freeze the graph and explore the values. Ensure that the value goes up by 1000 roughly each second:
![\"14-values\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/14-values.png\")
<\/a>Note that polling the values may have a latency of a few milliseconds, so don’t expect microsecond precision in the graph.<\/li>\n- You can now stop debugging and open VisualGDB Project Properties on the Embedded Frameworks page to add\/remove references to various STM32F7 frameworks (e.g. the STM32 USB library):
![\"15-frameworks\"](\"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/15-frameworks.png\")
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- Proceed with the default “Create a new project” choice:
![\"01-start\"](\"http:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/01-start.png\")
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