-Old-Kits: Attaching SPI Devices via MikroE Click Connector

The STM32MP1-BSB rev 2A board supports SPI devices connected over MikroE Click connector J1.

This application note describes how to connect an SPI Flash device to the STM32MP1-BSB rev 2A board and enable support of the device in the Linux kernel.

1. Plug a jumper on pins 1-2 of JP4 ("NSS").

2. Connect the SPI Flash dongle (e.g., the ST25P32V6P Flash device) to STM32MP1-BSB as follows:

   • J1A.7 - VCC

   • J1A.8 - GND

   • J1A.3 - #SS

   • J1A.4 - CLK

   • J1A.6 - MOSI

   • J1A.5 - MISO

3. Modify the board’s Linux device tree to include the Flash device node to the SPI1 device note:

   &spi1 {
          pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
          pinctrl-0 = <&spi1_pins_a>;
          pinctrl-1 = <&spi1_sleep_pins_a>;
          cs-gpios = <&gpioz 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
          /delete-property/dmas;
          /delete-property/dma-names;
          status = "okay";
   
          flash: flash@0 {
                  #address-cells = <1>;
                  #size-cells = <1>;
                  compatible = "st,m25p32", "jedec,spi-nor";
                  spi-max-frequency = <1000000>;
                  reg = <0>;
          };
    };

4. Re-build the kernel as described in Building Linux Kernel.

5. Copy the fitImage kernel file to the /boot directory on the board.

6. Boot the board and check that the attached SPI Flash is detected by the driver:

   root@stm32mp15-bsb:~# dmesg
   ...
   [   15.756232] spi-nor spi0.0: m25p32 (4096 Kbytes)

7. Prepare the Flash device for usage by erasing it and mount it for JFFS2 file system:

   root@stm32mp15-bsb:~# flash_erase -j /dev/mtd0
   root@stm32mp15-bsb:~# mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt