【GD32L233C-START Review】1. Unboxing

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【GD32L233C-START Review】1. Unboxing [Copy link]

Finally received the GD32L233C-Start development board, the packaging is rather simple, there is only a bare board, and no USB cable is given. I have to complain here, the board does not have soldered pin headers, and no pin headers are given, which is too difficult for users who do not have pin headers, and they have to buy them separately .

Back to the topic, the board is relatively small and exquisite, and it has a GD-Link debugger on board. There are two buttons on board, one for reset and one for user operation. There are 4 LED lights on board, which can be used as running lights. There are also three B-type MiniUSB interfaces, one for GD-LINK download (also for power supply), one for USB, and one for serial port. There is no free cable, so I can only take out my old cable for debugging.

Here is a small suggestion: the Mini-USB port is used a lot now, and the functions of the three interfaces are inconsistent, which is not user-friendly. You can use the Type-C interface to interface the download function and the serial port function together to facilitate development and debugging .

1. Connect the development board

Power the development board, and the four LED running lights will be displayed, as shown below:

2. Build the development environment:

The development environment supports KEIL and IAR. Since I am used to using KEIL, I use KEIL for development. Download the data from the data download page: https://www.eeworld.com.cn/huodong/GigaDevice_GD32L233_202112/

Unzip the compressed file: GD32L23x_AddOn, install GigaDevice.GD32L23x_DFP_1.0.0.pack, and then you can start playing with this development board.

Note: KEIL version needs to be 5.27 or above.