🚀 Short Manual for Installing & Configuring HIL Test Server on Raspberry Pi¶
Detailed video instruction can be found here: 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@MyEmbeddedWay/playlists
1. 🧩 Install Raspberry Pi OS Lite on SD Card¶
Recommended software for flashing the SD card: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
2. 🔄 Update System¶
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
3. 🛠 Install Additional Tools¶
sudo apt install git cmake make gcc g++ libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config -y
4. 🔧 Install ST-Link Tools¶
📥 Download stlink¶
git clone https://github.com/stlink-org/stlink.git
cd stlink
🏗 Build from source¶
sudo make release
📦 Install stlink¶
sudo make install
🔁 Update shared-library cache¶
sudo ldconfig
🧪 Check version¶
st-info --version
st-info --probe
5. 🐍 Install pip¶
sudo apt install python3-pip -y
6. ⚙ Install py-micro-hil¶
sudo pip install py-micro-hil --break-system-packages
✔ Verify installation¶
hiltest -h
7. 💡 Install lighttpd (Web Server)¶
sudo apt install lighttpd -y
📊 Check current status¶
systemctl status lighttpd
▶ Control the service¶
Start:
sudo systemctl start lighttpd
Stop:
sudo systemctl stop lighttpd
Restart:
sudo systemctl restart lighttpd
🔍 Check if lighttpd autostarts¶
systemctl is-enabled lighttpd
⚙ Enable autostart¶
sudo systemctl enable lighttpd
8. 📁 Fix Web Directory Permissions¶
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html
9. 👤 Add User to Peripheral Access Groups¶
sudo usermod -aG gpio,i2c,spi,dialout $USER
(Re-login or reboot required.)
10. 🛠 Enable Hardware Interfaces¶
Open Raspberry Pi configuration tool:
sudo raspi-config
Then enable:
- Interface Options → SPI → Enable
- Interface Options → I2C → Enable
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Interface Options → Serial Port → Enable
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Disable login shell → Yes
- Enable serial port hardware → Yes
11. 🔄 Reboot the System¶
sudo reboot
🎉 Your Raspberry Pi HIL test server is now fully configured!