Features
• Performs radio frequency tests of STM32WB Series microcontroller applications
• Supports STM32WB Series microcontrollers with Bluetooth
®
Low Energy and
802.15.4 integrated RF transceiver
• Connects to STMicroelectronics reference boards or any other user‑developed
application using STM32WB Series microcontrollers through UART or USB
• Bluetooth
®
Low Energy:
– Sends HCI commands
– Reads status
– Supports Direct Test Mode commands
–
Displays remote devices Bluetooth
®
Low Energy profile
–
Interacts with remote devices Bluetooth
®
Low Energy services
– Configures static and dynamic beacons
– Manages over-the-air (OTA) file transfer and secures software update
• OpenThread:
– Sends CLI commands
– Reads status
– Provides a dynamic list of OpenThread standardized commands
– Network explorer graphically displays the connections between devices in
the Thread
®
mesh.
– Uses STM32WB Series microcontrollers as 802.15.4 sniffers to capture
data and decode it in Wireshark™
• Batch files, macro record, loop, and variable for automatic test sequence
execution
• Multi-OS support: Windows
®
, Linux
®
, and macOS
®
Description
STM32CubeMonitor-RF (STM32CubeMonRF) is a software tool allowing the test
of the radio performances of STM32WB based hardware devices on Bluetooth
®
Low Energy and 802.15.4 technologies. It provides a graphical display to verify
RF performance, with transmission/reception tests and packet error rate (PER)
measurements. Results can be plotted to visualize the evolution of performance over
time.
STM32CubeMonitor-RF can be used to learn the various RF protocols supported by
the STM32WB devices and build test scripts. It provides a dynamic list of commands
with their parameter descriptions to test the protocol sequences manually. The user
can test a command sequence without writing any lines of code.
The OpenThread terminal window provides an intuitive way to use the command line.
The user can directly type the commands or use the graphical interface to build the
commands and set the parameters. STM32CubeMonitor-RF can use an STM32WB
board to capture the 802.15.4 frames in the air, and then forward the data to the
Wireshark™ tool to decode the information exchanged between devices.
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STM32CubeMonRF
Wireless performance monitoring and measurement software tool for the
STM32WB Series
STM32CubeMonRF
Data brief
DB3488 - Rev 3 - October 2021
For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.
www.st.com
1 General information
STM32CubeMonRF runs on STM32WB Series 32-bit microcontrollers based on Arm
®
Cortex
®
-M cores.
Note: STM32CubeMonitor-RF is specialized for the STM32WB Series. Other STM32 wireless devices like STM32WL
Series microcontrollers are tested with STM32CubeMonitor.
Arm is a registered trademark of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
1.1 Ordering information
STM32CubeMonRF is available for free download from the www.st.com website and through the STM32CubeMX
and STM32CubeIDE software tools.
1.2 What is STM32Cube?
STM32Cube is an STMicroelectronics original initiative to significantly improve the designer's productivity by
reducing development effort, time, and cost. STM32Cube covers the whole STM32 portfolio.
STM32Cube includes:
• A set of user-friendly software development tools to cover project development from conception to
realization, among which are:
– STM32CubeMX, a graphical software configuration tool that allows the automatic generation of C
initialization code using graphical wizards
– STM32CubeIDE, an all-in-one development tool with peripheral configuration, code generation, code
compilation, and debug features
– STM32CubeProgrammer (STM32CubeProg), a programming tool available in graphical and command-
line versions
– STM32CubeMonitor (STM32CubeMonitor, STM32CubeMonPwr, STM32CubeMonRF,
STM32CubeMonUCPD) powerful monitoring tools to fine-tune the behavior and performance of STM32
applications in real-time
• STM32Cube MCU and MPU Packages, comprehensive embedded-software platforms specific to each
microcontroller and microprocessor series (such as STM32CubeWB for the STM32WB Series), which
include:
– STM32Cube hardware abstraction layer (HAL), ensuring maximized portability across the STM32
portfolio
– STM32Cube low-layer APIs, ensuring the best performance and footprints with a high degree of user
control over hardware
– A consistent set of middleware components such as USB Device, STMTouch, STM32_WPAN
(Bluetooth® 5 profiles and services, OpenThread and 802.15.4 MAC services), FatFS and
FreeRTOS™ kernel, plus Bluetooth® 5 and Mesh V1.0 profiles and services, ZigBee® 3.0 stack and
clusters, OpenThread, Concurrent Bluetooth® 5/Thread®, and HCI and 802.15.4 MAC connectivity
services
– All embedded software utilities with full sets of peripheral and applicative examples
• STM32Cube Expansion Packages, which contain embedded software components that complement the
functionalities of the STM32Cube MCU and MPU Packages with:
– Middleware extensions and applicative layers
– Examples running on some specific STMicroelectronics development boards
STM32CubeMonRF
General information
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