GD32E507V-START

Board Overview

GD32E507V-START

Name:

gd32e507v_start

Vendor:

GigaDevice Semiconductor

Status:

Maintained

Architecture:

arm

SoC:

gd32e507

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Overview

The GD32E507V-START board is a hardware platform that enables prototyping on GD32E507VE Cortex-M33 High Performance MCU.

The GD32E507VE features a single-core ARM Cortex-M33 MCU which can run up to 180 MHz with flash accesses zero wait states, 512kiB of Flash, 128kiB of SRAM and 80 GPIOs.

Hardware

• GD32E507VET6 MCU

• 1 x User LEDs

• 1 x User Push buttons

• 1 x USART (RS-232 at J1 connector)

• GD-Link on board programmer

• J-Link/SWD connector

For more information about the GD32E507 SoC and GD32E507V-START board:

• GigaDevice Cortex-M33 High Performance SoC Website

• GD32E507X Datasheet

• GD32E50X User Manual

• GD32E507V-START User Manual

Supported Features

The gd32e507v_start board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board

Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.

2 / 2

Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.

vnd,foo

Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

Serial Port

The GD32E507V-START board has one serial communication port. The default port is USART0 with TX connected at PB6 and RX at PB7. USART0 is exposed as a virtual COM port via the CN3 USB connector.

Programming and Debugging

The gd32e507v_start board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

	flash	debug

Before programming your board make sure to configure boot jumpers as follows:

• JP3/4: Select 2-3 for both (boot from user memory)

Using GD-Link or J-Link

The board comes with an embedded GD-Link programmer. It can be used with pyOCD provided you install the necessary CMSIS-Pack:

pyocd pack install gd32e507ve

J-Link can also be used to program the board using the SWD interface exposed in the JP1 header.

1. Build the Zephyr kernel and the Hello World sample application:

   west build -b gd32e507v_start samples/hello_world
   

2. Run your favorite terminal program to listen for output. On Linux the terminal should be something like /dev/ttyUSB0. For example:

   minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -o
   

   The -o option tells minicom not to send the modem initialization string. Connection should be configured as follows:

   • Speed: 115200

   • Data: 8 bits

   • Parity: None

   • Stop bits: 1

3. To flash an image:

   west build -b gd32e507v_start samples/hello_world
   west flash
   

   You should see “Hello World! gd32e507v_start” in your terminal.

4. To debug an image:

   west build -b gd32e507v_start samples/hello_world
   west debug