Can´t erase data from flash memory (STM32)

Question

I´m trying to save some data to flash memory on my STM32F407 board. Before I can save them I need to erase memory sector. I choosed 16 Kbytes Sector1 starting with address 0x08004000 and choosed Voltage range 2.1-2.7 V. I'm using HAL library.

Program stops responding after FLASH->CR |= FLASH_CR_STRT; line inside HAL_FLASHEx_Erase() -> FLASH_Erase_Sector() function.

I'm pretty sure it's my fault but I can't find out what is wrong.

HAL_FLASH_Unlock();
__HAL_FLASH_CLEAR_FLAG(FLASH_FLAG_EOP | FLASH_FLAG_OPERR | FLASH_FLAG_WRPERR |
                           FLASH_FLAG_PGAERR | FLASH_FLAG_PGPERR | FLASH_FLAG_PGSERR);
FLASH_EraseInitTypeDef EraseInitStruct;
EraseInitStruct.Sector = FLASH_SECTOR_1;
EraseInitStruct.TypeErase = TYPEERASE_SECTORS;
EraseInitStruct.VoltageRange = FLASH_VOLTAGE_RANGE_2;
EraseInitStruct.NbSectors = 1;
uint32_t SectorError = 0;
if (HAL_FLASHEx_Erase(&EraseInitStruct, &SectorError) != HAL_OK) {     
    HAL_FLASH_Lock();
    return;
}

uint16_t data = 300;
//----------------------------write data
if (HAL_FLASH_Program(TYPEPROGRAM_WORD, start_address, data) != HAL_OK) {
    HAL_FLASH_Lock();
    return;
}
HAL_FLASH_Lock();

Did I choosed wrong voltage range or number of sectors?

Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

If your program is bigger than 16k, then you've just managed to erase a part of it from flash. You should pick a sector from the end of the flash (but then the erase times will be longer), or rearrange the sections a bit in your linker configuration.

Answer 2

I found the solution. I used HAL_FLASH_Lock() function instead of HAL_FLASHEx_Erase() function and it works fine. I also changed SECTOR because I was accidently erasing my program.

unit32_t address = 0x0800C000;
HAL_FLASH_Unlock();
__HAL_FLASH_CLEAR_FLAG(FLASH_FLAG_EOP | FLASH_FLAG_OPERR | FLASH_FLAG_WRPERR | FLASH_FLAG_PGAERR | FLASH_FLAG_PGPERR | FLASH_FLAG_PGSERR);

FLASH_Erase_Sector(FLASH_SECTOR_3, VOLTAGE_RANGE_3);

//----------------------------write data  
uint8_t data = 'A';
if (HAL_FLASH_Program(TYPEPROGRAM_BYTE, address, data) != HAL_OK) {
    HAL_FLASH_Lock();
    return;
}
HAL_FLASH_Lock();

Thanks for your help.