GigaDevice GD32F470I-EVAL

Overview

The GD32F470I-EVAL board is a hardware platform that enables prototyping on GD32F470IK Cortex-M4F Stretch Performance MCU.

The GD32F470IK features a single-core ARM Cortex-M4F MCU which can run up to 240 MHz with flash accesses zero wait states, 3072kiB of Flash, 256kiB of SRAM and 140 GPIOs.

Hardware

• GD32F470IKH6 MCU

• 2Kb EEPROM

• 16Mbit SPI and QSPI NOR Flash

• 256Mbit SDRAM

• 3 x User LEDs

• 3 x User Push buttons

• 1 x USART (RS-232 at J1 connector)

• 1 x POT connected to an ADC input

• Headphone interface

• Micro SD Card Interface

• USB FS connector

• USB HS connector

• 1 x CAN

• Ethernet Interface

• 4.3” LCD (480x272)

• OV2640 Digital Camera

• GD-Link on board programmer

• J-Link/JTAG connector

For more information about the GD32F470 SoC and GD32F470I-EVAL board:

• GigaDevice Cortex-M4F Stretch Performance SoC Website

• GD32F470IKH6 Specifications

• GD32F470xx Datasheet

• GD32F4xx User Manual

Supported Features

The board configuration supports the following hardware features:

Peripheral	Kconfig option	Devicetree compatible
EXTI	CONFIG_GD32_EXTI	gd,gd32-exti
GPIO	CONFIG_GPIO	gd,gd32-gpio
NVIC	N/A	arm,v7m-nvic
PWM	CONFIG_PWM	gd,gd32-pwm
SYSTICK	N/A	N/A
USART	CONFIG_SERIAL	gd,gd32-usart
DAC	CONFIG_DAC	gd,gd32-dac
I2C	CONFIG_I2C	gd,gd32-i2c
EEPROM	CONFIG_EEPROM	atmel,at24
SPI	CONFIG_SPI	gd,gd32-spi

Serial Port

The GD32F470I-EVAL board has one serial communication port. The default port is USART0 with TX connected at PA9 and RX at PA10.

Programming and Debugging

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

• J2/3: Select 2-3 for both (boot from user memory)

• J5: Select 1-2 position (labeled as USART0)

Using GD-Link

The GD32F470I-EVAL includes an onboard programmer/debugger (GD-Link) which allows flash programming and debugging over USB. There is also a JTAG header (J1) which can be used with tools like Segger J-Link.

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

   west build -b gd32f470i_eval 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 gd32f470i_eval samples/hello_world
   west flash
   

   You should see “Hello World! gd32f470i_eval” in your terminal.

4. To debug an image:

   west build -b gd32f470i_eval samples/hello_world
   west debug