CodeSourcery Announces Immediate Availability of Luminary Micro Stellaris® LM3S1968 and LM3S8962 Evaluation Kits with Sourcery G++™ Development Tools

BOSTON, MA, USA (ESC Boston 2007) – September 18, 2007 – CodeSourcery, Inc. and Luminary Micro, Inc. announce today the availability of two new Stellaris® evaluation kits; the EKC- LM3S1968 and EKC-LM3S8962. Both Stellaris evaluation kits come with 30-day evaluation versions of Sourcery G++, CodeSourcery's complete software development environment based on the GNU Toolchain. Sourcery G++ for Stellaris includes an Eclipse-based integrated development environment, GNU C and C++ Compilers, GNU Binary Utilities, GNU Debugger, and hardware debug support for Stellaris microcontrollers.

The Stellaris EKC-LM3S1968 and EKC-LM3S8962 evaluation kits provide users a fast introduction to 34 new Stellaris microcontrollers announced today. These microcontroller additions to the Stellaris family offer brand new control and connectivity combinations for the ARM® Cortex™-M3 architecture. The new Stellaris LM3S1000 Series features enhanced memory and I/O options and the new Stellaris LM3S8000 Series provides the combination of 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY and up to three Controller Area Network (CAN) interfaces on-chip. In addition, a majority of the new Stellaris family members are optimized for low-power applications using a battery-backed hibernation module with a real-time clock and 256 bytes of dedicated non-volatile memory. Now with a total of eighty-five Stellaris microcontrollers to choose from, there are Stellaris microcontroller options to fit the performance, integration, power, and price-point requirements of any industrial application.

Each feature-rich evaluation kit includes evaluation boards, all required cables, a choice of evaluation tools suites for popular development tools, documentation, the Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library (providing a royalty-free, convenient, no-hassle method of initializing, programming, and controlling peripherals), source code for example applications, applications notes, and everything a developer needs to get up and running in 10 minutes or less, for a superb "out-of-the-box" experience. Both kits span the design spectrum from evaluation to prototyping to application-specific design by functioning both as an evaluation platform and as a serial in-circuit debug interface for any Stellaris microcontroller-based target board. Each kit also provides labeled breakout pads for all Stellaris MCU I/O; a 128 x 64 pixel 4-bit monochromatic OLED graphics display; user LED, navigation switches, and select push buttons; a magnetic speaker; USB cable (power and debug) for simple set-up; standard ARM® 20-pin JTAG debug connector with input and output modes; and a Stellaris CD packed with datasheets, schematics, applications notes, and programming examples.

"We are pleased to be working with CodeSourcery, makers of high-quality open-source tools," said Jean Anne Booth, Chief Marketing Officer of Luminary Micro. "With this release of Sourcery G++ for Stellaris, users will notice a reduced application footprint when using the C library, enhanced integration with Luminary Micro's DriverLib, and improved density of Thumb-2 code."

"These new platforms from Luminary Micro extend the ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris family of microcontrollers with valuable peripherals such as CAN and Ethernet," said Mark Mitchell, Chief Sourcerer of CodeSourcery. "We are proud to partner with Luminary Micro to provide reliable, supported tools for these exciting new microcontrollers."

About Luminary Micro and Stellaris
Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs). Austin, Texas-based Luminary Micro is the lead partner for the Cortex-M3 processor, delivering the world’s first silicon implementation of the Cortex-M3 processor. Luminary Micro’s introduction of the award-winning Stellaris® family of products provides 32-bit performance for the same price as current 8- and 16-bit microcontroller designs. With entry-level pricing at $1.00 for an ARM technology-based MCU, Luminary Micro’s Stellaris product line allows for standardization that eliminates future architectural upgrades or software tools changes. Contact the company at +1-512-279-8800 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

About CodeSourcery
CodeSourcery builds software tools that enable its customers to get the most out of hardware platforms ranging from embedded devices to supercomputers. Its products and services deliver on the promise of open-source software and open standards. CodeSourcery is a privately held company headquartered in Granite Bay, California. For more information about CodeSourcery, call (650) 331-3385 or send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Luminary Micro Company Contact
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