PC prerequisites

Recommended setup: Native Linux PC

Purpose

This article explains and describes the hardware configuration required to be able to activate and run the STM32 MPU platforms.

Recommended PC configurations

The PC requirements depend on the Package you want to use.

The table below guides through the selection and configuration of the host PC environment according the targeted Package:

Host Environment	Starter Package	Developer Package	Distribution Package
Windows (64 bits)  Tested with Windows7 and Windows10  Preferred version Windows 10	native	Virtual Machine	Virtual Machine
Linux (64 bits)  Tested with Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04	native	native + additional packages (see Linux PC chapter )	native + additional packages (see Linux PC chapter )

There are no absolute minimal requirements regarding the PC hardware configuration, however ST recommends to meet or exceed the following hardware configurations when using Developer Package or Distribution Package.

The table below correspond to the minimal validated configuration:

Hardware item	Minimal validated configuration	Comments / Recommendations
CPU	core i5-2540M @ 2.6GHz 2 cores (4 threads) 3MB cache	64 bits instruction set is mandatory 8 cores/threads or more is a good config moreover for Developer Package and Distribution Package.
RAM	8GB	16GB or more is recommended especially for Virtual Machine setup , Developer Package and Distribution Package.
Hard Drive	320GB	1TB is probably a better config when using Distribution Package

Windows PC