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There it was: — no yellow triangle, no error.

She opened her serial terminal (PuTTY), selected COM5 at 115200 baud, and clicked "Open." The terminal filled with messages from her STM32.

She opened Device Manager again and expanded .

Elena, an embedded systems hobbyist, was excited. She had just finished writing firmware for her new STM32 development board. The firmware had a feature she’d never used before: USB CDC (Communications Device Class) . In simple terms, she had programmed the STM32 to act like a USB-to-Serial adapter. When plugged into her computer, it should appear as a new COM port, allowing her to read debug messages and send commands.

And the STM32 was no longer silent.