What kind of problems? I'm quite interested in the F401 so I'd like to know what you encountered.
Maybe you could try connecting a USB-TTL connector to USART1 (or USART2 if you based the config on the F4Discovery board). While trying the F429discovery I found that USB wasn't working, but it was still communicating fine over serial.
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What kind of problems? I'm quite interested in the F401 so I'd like to know what you encountered.
Maybe you could try connecting a USB-TTL connector to USART1 (or USART2 if you based the config on the F4Discovery board). While trying the F429discovery I found that USB wasn't working, but it was still communicating fine over serial.