Blue Pill vs Arduino

[Fatimah_S]

Hello everyone! So I am starting a project where I have to make a vfd using v by f control and induction motor. I have previously worked with Arduino IDE (Arduino UNO Board - ATMega 328P IC) and I was confused whether it would be an optimal choice to use it as a microcontroller for this project. On the other hand, I have STM32F103C8T6 (Blue Pill) with ST-Link, but i have never worked with it, and STM32 Cube IDE as well (which looks horrifying). For the purpose of my project should I switch to STM, or arduino should suffice? I do know that STM has multiple benefits over Arduino but still wanted to get an idea of user experience.
TIA

 

[Hedy]

Hi, buddy, since you have previous experience with the Arduino IDE and the Arduino UNO board, I think Arduino should suffice.
Recently I found Arduino in Ampheo useful. You can check this website; I hope you find the right answers.

 

[KlausST]

Hi,

you could use Blue Pill with Arduino IDE.

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I have a lot of experience with AVRs and only a bit with STM32 .. but for a new project I´d prefer the STM.
Especially the DMA features of the STM save a lot of processing power.

In the end it depends on your preference and on the requirements of the application.
Maybe your application needs a lot of processing power ... and thus need a lot of effort with writing inline assembler on the AVR ... while the STM could do more relaxed without inline assembler.

Klaus

 

[FenTrac]

If The STM cube IDE looks horrifying, you could look into using the Arduino IDE to program it.
https://www.instructables.com/Getting-Started-With-Stm32-Using-Arduino-IDE/