eboxmaker / Arduino-STM32-Ethernet-LAN8720

Ethernet on STM32 using external PHY

STM32Ethernet_LAN8720

STM provides an Ethernet library for Arduino_Core_STM32, but it supports only LAN8742A.
However, it is difficult to get LAN8742 PHY.
We can get the LAN8720 PHY cheaply instead of the LAN8742 PHY.
With a little change, You can use LAN8720 PHY with STM32F407.

Note
STM is currently rebuilding external PHY Ethernet support for Arduino_Core_STM32.
In the future, Ethernet support using external PHYs will change significantly and support may change.
This is an interim action until officially supported.
When STM become officially supports external PHY Ethernet, I will delete this repository.

Hardware requirements

• STM32F407VET6/VGT6 Development Board. About $10 for aliexpress/eBay.
• LAN8720 PHY module. About $2 for aliexpress/eBay.
• STM32 NUCLEO Board. Because we need STLink V2.1 for farmware writting.

Software requirements

• STM32 core support for Arduino.
  https://github.com/stm32duino/Arduino_Core_STM32

• Arduino library to support Ethernet for STM32 based board.
  https://github.com/stm32duino/STM32Ethernet

• Lightweight TCP/IP stack (LwIP) is a small independent implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
  https://github.com/stm32duino/LwIP

Library update

You have to update your local file.
File location is Documents\ArduinoData\packages\STM32\hardware\stm32{Version}\system\STM32F4xx.

stm32f4xx_hal_conf_default.h

/* Section 2: PHY configuration section */
#if !defined  (LAN8742A_PHY_ADDRESS)
/* LAN8742A PHY Address*/
#define LAN8742A_PHY_ADDRESS            0x00U
#endif

Wireing

LAN8720 PHY	---	STM32F407
TX1	---	PB_13
TX_EN	---	PB_11
TX0	---	PB_12
RX0	---	PC_4
RX1	---	PC_5
nINT/RETCLK	---	PA_1
CRS	---	PA_7
MDIO	---	PA_2
MDC	---	PC_1
GND	---	GND
VCC	---	+3.3V

How to flash

STM32 NUCLEO provides a on-board STLINK-V2-1 USB interface. Actually the board has two STM32 chips. One is the target of the demo board, and the other is the STLINK. This STLINK-V2-1 can be used as programmer and debugger for external targets. Remove the two jumpers from CN2, and place them at the two outermost empty jumper pins marked CN11 and CN12.

Connect the NUCLEO SWD port to the STM32F407.

NUCLEO SWD	---	STM32F407
SWDIO	---	PA_13
SWCLK	---	PA_14
nRST	---	RESET(*1)
GND	---	GND
+3.3V	---	+3.3V

(*1)If a non-standard BootLoader has already been written to STM32, connection of nRTS pin and RESET pin is required.

Choose Tool->Upload method "STM32CubeProgrammer(SWD)"

Serial monitor

You need to use a USB-TTL converter to display the serial output.

USB-TTL	---	STM32F407
TX	---	PA_9
GND	---	GND

Other examples

There is other examples provided by STM.
https://github.com/stm32duino/STM32Ethernet/tree/main/examples