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Featuring up to 3 integrated Controller Area Network interfaces, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC and PHY, 96K bytes of single cycle flash, 64K bytes of single cycle SRAM, and 50 MHz performance, Stellaris LM3S8500 series microcontrollers are perfect for cost-effective embedded control applications requiring industrial connectivity. Analog features in the LM3S8500 series include 3 analog comparators and up to 8 channels of 10-bit ADC at up to 1M samples per second.
| Ethernet MAC/PHY | IEEE I588 PTP | UARTs | GPIOs | SSI | I2C | ADC Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM3S8538 | √ | √ | 2 | 7-36 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| LM3S8530 | √ | – | 1 | 8-35 | 2 | 1 | - |

The Stellaris® LM3S8538 microcontroller is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 controller core operating at 50 MHz, with 96 kB single-cycle flash, 64 kB single-cycle SRAM, 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, a CAN controller, a 24-bit Systick Timer, 4x 32-bit or 8x 16-bit general-purpose timers, a watchdog timer, a SSI / SPI controller, an I2C interface, 2 UARTs, 3 analog comparators, a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with 8 input channels (+/- 1LSb of accuracy), a low drop-out voltage regulator, brown-out reset, power-on reset controller, and up to 36 GPIOs. The LM3S8538 also features hardware-assisted support for synchronized industrial networks utilizing the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP).

The Stellaris® LM3S8530 microcontroller is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 controller core operating at 50 MHz, with 96 kB single-cycle flash, 64 kB single-cycle SRAM, 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, 3 CAN controllers, a 24-bit Systick Timer, 4x 32-bit or 8x 16-bit general-purpose timers, a watchdog timer, two SSI / SPI controllers, an I2C interface, a UART, a low drop-out voltage regulator, brown-out reset, power-on reset controller, and up to 35 GPIOs.