Installing MPE Cross Compilers ============================== Run the supplied executable SETUP.EXE and follow the on screen instructions. After installation, the manuals are available from the Docs folder in PDF format. ST-Link utility =============== To perform the first programming of STM32 Discovery boards, you will need the STM32 ST-LINK Utility. At the time of writing. March 2014, this cound be found at: http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/PF258168 Other Flash tools ================= Manufacturers whose devices include serial bootloaders or on-board JTAG units provide free software to Flash the devices. Search for this on the chip web pages. The NXP version is called FlashMagic and comes from: http://www.flashmagictool.com/ It is available for Windows and Mac OS X. Windows 7 and DEP ================= If you have Windows 7 or another version of Windows with DEP enabled, the compiler may not install. To fix this problem you must turn off DEP (Data Execution Prevention). 1) Goto Windows help, search for "Turn off DEP" and follow the instructions. 2) Reboot - according to several users. 3) Install again. Once the compiler is installed, you will need to leave DEP turned off for VFX Forth and any applications built with it. You can also just leave DEP completely turned off. Because VFX Forth is an interactive incremental compiler, the main memory section is marked as having read, write and execute permissions. DEP causes execution from such a section to fault. The installation fault occurs because a component of the installer is written in Forth.