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[scargill]

VERY frustrating.. Ok, I started from SCRATCH - Arduino 1.8.3 - grabbed the URL, installed STM32F1xx Cores by ST MicroElectronics version 2017.1.20 - so everything up to date on Windows 10 64 bits.

I loaded a simple program - lighting the green onboard LED on the BLUEPILL F103C8 board.... alll well - program compiled - via serial it loaded up on the board. The light came on.

I made a minor change and..

arm-none-eabi-gcc: error: C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_514602/core/syscalls_stm32.c.o: No such file or directory

exit status 1
Error compiling for board BluePill F103C8.

I moved the Arduino directory from Program File x86 to simply "\Arduino" - as some old post suggested an issue with spaces (note that some slashes are forward, some are back). Voila - compilation worked.

Made a change back... tried to compile again - back to square 1 !!!!

HELP.

[fpistm]

Hi @scargill,
Merge of the Arduino_Core_STM32F1 is on going into the Arduino_Core_STM32 (generic core for all stm32 based board). See Merge Arduino_Core_STM32F1 #20
I think, your issue comes from a new Arduino IDE option, open the Preferences dialog box and in the Setting tabs uncheck the Aggressively cache compiled core.
This issue is fixed in the new core. When merge of the Arduino_Core_STM32F1 will be done this core will be deprecated.

P.S.: please for any issue around cores submit issue on the related github. For this one: Arduino_Core_STM32F1/issues
This one is mainly for installation issue thanks the BoardsManager.

[scargill]

Much appreciated. Yes realise I should have used the other repository - and have done for an important i2c question. I'll try your mod, thank you.

[fpistm]

I've reproduced the issue then disable the cache core and it's ok.
I close this issue this will be ok when F1 core will be merged and you've got a workaround.