STM32 Dev Setup (feat. VSCode + Keil)

07 March 2025 - less than 1 min read time
Tags: STM32

There are multiple toolchains to build a STM32 project. Using Keil MDK is one of the most popular, it provides everything for creating, building and debugging the application. However, the coding experience in the IDE is not very pleasant, such as the auto-completion, file navigation, highlighting etc,. This can be improved by using VSCode with a few setups.

Steps

  1. Install the Keil Assistant plugin in VSCode.
  2. Go to the settings of Keil Assistant, then update the absolute path of the Keil program.
  3. Once installed, the KEIL UVISION PROJECT tab should be visible in the file explorer sidebar.
  4. Create a project on Keil, add files, header path, etc.
  5. Click Open the Project icon and add your keil project file (.uvproj), the keil project will be automatically loaded by the plug-in.
  6. The plugin can automatically refresh the project in VSCode when it detects the changes of the Keil project.

Example

Example of the STM32 Setup: VSCode + Keil
Example of the STM32 Setup: VSCode + Keil

Reference

  1. VSCode Plugin: Keil Assistant
  2. VSCode STM32 开发环境配置