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LM3S1608 Microcontroller

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The Stellaris® LM3S1608 microcontroller is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 controller core operating at 50 MHz, with 128 kB single-cycle flash, 32 kB single-cycle SRAM, a 24-bit Systick Timer, 4x 32-bit or 8x 16-bit general-purpose timers, a watchdog timer, two SSI / SPI controllers, two I2C interfaces, 2 UARTs, 2 analog comparators, a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with 8 input channels (+/- 1LSb of accuracy), a battery-backed hibernation module with RTC and 256 bytes of non-volatile state-saving memory, a low drop-out voltage regulator, brown-out reset, power-on reset controller, and up to 52 GPIOs.

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Documents and Software Downloads

Data Sheets

Doc number Description Date Download
DS-LM3S1608-6712Datasheet for LM3S1608 Microcontroller01/19/10download
Cortex-M3 TRM (r1p1)-ARM DDI 0337ECortex-M3 TRM (r1p1)07/01/08download
CoreSight TRM-ARM DDI0314C3CoreSight Design Kit Technical Reference Manual04/12/06download
ARM V7 Architecture Shortform Doc 03/30/06 download

App Notes

Doc number Description Date Download
AN01237-06Programming the On-Chip Flash Memory in a Stellaris Microcontroller07/09/09download
AN01239-04ADC Oversampling Techniques07/06/09download
AN01240-04Clocking options for Stellaris Family Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01241-03Using a Stellaris Microcontroller as an I/O Processor07/06/09download
AN01242-03Using the Stellaris Serial Flash Loader07/09/09download
AN01243-02Adding 32KB of Serial SRAM to a Stellaris Microcontroller07/06/09download
AN01247-03Using the Stellaris Microcontroller Analog-to-Digital Converter07/06/09download
AN01249-03Upgrading to Luminary Micro's Stellaris Microcontrollers from Microchip's PIC Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01250-03Migrating to the New Members of the Stellaris® Family of Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01255-02Implementing RS-232 Flow Control on a Stellaris® Microcontroller07/06/09download
AN01256-03Using Schematic Part Libraries and PCB Footprint Libraries for Stellaris® Microcontrollers02/09/10download
AN01257-02Flash Protection for Stellaris® Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01265-02Optimizing Code Performance and Size for Stellaris Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01267-00Using Stellaris Microcontrollers Internal Memory to Emulate EEPROM09/24/09download
AN01270-01Software UART for Stellaris® Microcontrollers07/06/09download
AN01272-01Using the IEC 60730 Standard for Safe and Reliable Operation of Stellaris® Microcontrollers07/06/09download

Errata

Doc number Description Date Download
Errata_LM3S1608-2.4Errata for LM3S1608 Microcontroller03/02/10download
Cortex-M3 Errata (r1p1 and r2p0)-ARM PR326-PRDC-009450 v2.0ARM Cortex-M3 Errata (r1p1 and r2p0)07/30/09download

Software Downloads

Doc number Description Date Download
IBIS-LM3S1608-108BGA-1LM3S1608 Rev A2 108BGA IBIS file03/03/10download
IBIS-LM3S1608-100LQFP-1LM3S1608 Rev A2 100LQFP IBIS file03/03/10download
BSDL-LM3S1608-108BGA-1LM3S1608 Rev A2 108BGA BSDL file03/03/10download
SW-LM3S-5727StellarisWare complete (all boards, all components) Firmware Development Package03/02/10download
LM3S1608 BSDL-BSDL-LM3S1608-A0-LQFP-00LM3S1608RevA0 LQFP BSDL file02/05/10download
SW-AN01267-5132Source code for application note AN01267 - "Using Stellaris Microcontrollers Internal Memory to Emulate EEPROM"09/23/09download
SW01272-4178Source code for Application Note AN01272 - "Using the IEC 60730 Standard for Safe and Reliable Operation of Stellaris® Microcontrollers"02/23/09download
SW01270-4049Source code for application note AN01270 - "Software UART for Stellaris® Microcontrollers"02/02/09download
Stellaris Schematic Part Library for PADS Logic-00Stellaris Schematic Part Library for PADS Logic (Referenced in Application Note AN01256)01/27/09download
Stellaris Schematic Part Library for OrCAD-00Stellaris Schematic Part Library for OrCAD (Referenced in Application Note AN01256)01/27/09download
Stellaris Schematic Part Library for Altium-00Stellaris Schematic Part Library for Altium (Referenced in Application Note AN01256)01/27/09download
Stellaris PCB Library Files-1CAD libraries for Stellaris MCU packages (Referenced in Application Note AN01256). The following CAD tool formats are included: Cadence Allegro, Altium Designer 5, Altium Designer 6, Mentor Board Station, CADSTAR, Eagle, Mentor Expedition, McCAD, NI Ultiboard, OrCAD Layout, OrCAD PCB Editor, PADS Layout Library, PADS Version 5, Pantheon, P-CAD, and Zuken CR5000. CAD library provided by PCB Matrix Corp. Library documentation with LP Viewer for these and thousands of other parts are available at www.PCBmatrix.com. 08/08/08download

Product Change Notices (PCN)

Doc number Description Date Download
PCN20090902001-00Device Marking Change from Luminary Micro to Texas Instruments09/11/09download
LMI-PCN-0800048_A_LM3S1608-00LM3S1608 board-level design change requirement for future compatibility.05/15/08download
LMI-PCN-70044_A_LM3S1608-00Introduction of ASAT, package marking change.12/21/07download

Available 3rd Party Products

Hardware Tools

Tool Type Company Product Name
Emulator Rowley Associates ARM USB CrossConnect
Emulator Keil, an ARM® Company ULINK2 USB-JTAG Adapter
Emulator IAR Systems J-Link™ USB-JTAG Debug Probe

Software Tools

Tool Type Company Product Name
SW Toolkit Keil, an ARM® Company RealView® MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit
SW Toolkit CodeSourcery Sourcery G++ Open source software toolkit with GDB support over SWD
SW Toolkit ARM® RealView® Development Suite
RTOS FreeRTOS.org™ FreeRTOS™ is a portable, open source, small footprint real time kernel.
SW Toolkit Rowley Associates CrossWorks for ARM
RTOS Pumpkin, Inc. Salvo, the RTOS that runs in tiny places.™
SW Toolkit IAR Systems IAR Embedded Workbench™
SW Toolkit IAR Systems visualSTATE State machine design, test and verification tools
RTOS ThreadX® Express Logic's ThreadX is a small-footprint, fast, royalty-free real-time operating system (RTOS).
RTOS µC/OS-II Micriµm's µC/OS-II — The Real-Time Kernel. A highly portable, ROMable, very scalable, preemptive real-time, multitasking kernel (RTOS) for microprocessors and microcontrollers.
RTOS CMX CMX-RTX is a real-time multi-tasking operating system for microprocessors, microcomputers and DSPs.
CMX-TINY+'s footprint is made to fit within small amounts of onboard RAM – in the range of 512 bytes and up.
SW Toolkit code_red Red Suite is a complete software development platform for 32-bit microcontroller devices available to target Luminary Micro Stellaris® Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers. Features include MCU specific project wizards, a full embedded debugger, text indentation, function folding, online and offline integrated MCU help, extensive project management automation and integrated source repository support.
SW Toolkit CCStudio Code Composer Studio includes a suite of tools used to develop and debug Stellaris embedded applications. It includes compilers, source code editor, project build environment, debugger, profiler, simulators and many other features. The CCS IDE provides a single user interface taking you through each step of the application development flow.

Ordering Part Numbers and Information

Ordering Information

Ordering Part Number Description
LM3S1608-EQC50-A2 Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 100-LQFP, -40° C to 105° C
LM3S1608-EQC50-A2T Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 100-LQFP, -40° C to 105° C, Tape & Reel
LM3S1608-IBZ50-A2 Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 108-BGA, -40° C to 85° C
LM3S1608-IBZ50-A2T Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 108-BGA, -40° C to 85° C, Tape & Reel
LM3S1608-IQC50-A2 Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 100-LQFP, -40° C to 85° C
LM3S1608-IQC50-A2T Stellaris LM3S1608 Microcontroller, 128K, 100-LQFP, -40° C to 85° C, Tape & Reel

Product Features

32-Bit RISC Performance

  • 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3 v7M architecture optimized for small-footprint embedded applications
  • 50-MHz operation with 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3 architecture
  • System timer (SysTick) provides a simple, 24-bit clear-on-write, decrementing, wrap-on-zero counter with a flexible control mechanism
  • Thumb®-compatible Thumb-2-only instruction set, with hardware-division and single-cycle-multiplication
  • Integrated Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC) provides deterministic interrupt handling
  • 32 interrupts with eight priority levels
  • Memory protection unit (MPU) provides a privileged mode for protected operating system functionality
  • Unaligned data access enables data to be efficiently packed into memory
  • Atomic bit manipulation (bit-banding) delivers maximum memory utilization and streamlined peripheral control
On-Chip Memory
  • 128 KB single-cycle flash
    • User-managed flash block protection on a 2-KB block basis
    • User-managed flash data programming
    • User-defined and managed flash-protection block
  • 32 KB single-cycle SRAM
Flexible Timer Capability
  • Four general-purpose timers, each configurable as one 32-bit or two 16-bit timers
  • Real-Time Clock (RTC) capability
  • 24-bit system (SysTick) timer
  • 32-bit watchdog timer
General-Purpose Timers
  • Four General-Purpose Timer Modules (GPTM), each of which provides two 16-bit timer/counters. Each GPTM can be configured to operate independently as timers or event counters (eight total): as a single 32-bit timer (four total), as one 32-bit Real-Time Clock (RTC) to event capture, for Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), or to trigger analog-to-digital conversions
  • 32-bit Timer modes
    • Programmable one-shot timer
    • Programmable periodic timer
    • Real-Time Clock when using an external 32.768-KHz clock as the input
    • User-enabled stalling in periodic and one-shot mode when the controller asserts the CPU Halt flag during debug
    • ADC event trigger
  • 16-bit Timer modes
    • General-purpose timer function with an 8-bit prescaler
    • Programmable one-shot timer
    • Programmable periodic timer
    • User-enabled stalling when the controller asserts CPU Halt flag during debug
    • ADC event trigger
  • 16-bit Input Capture modes
    • Input edge count capture
    • Input edge time capture
  • 16-bit PWM mode
    • Simple PWM mode with software-programmable output inversion of the PWM signal
Watchdog Timer
  • 32-bit down counter with a programmable load register
  • Separate watchdog clock with an enable
  • Programmable interrupt generation logic with interrupt masking
  • Lock register protection from runaway software
  • Reset generation logic with an enable/disable
  • User-enabled stalling when the controller asserts the CPU Halt flag during debug
Serial Interfaces
  • Two synchronous serial interfaces (SSI) with master and slave modes for SPI, MICROWIRE, or TI synchronous serial
  • Two I2C interfaces (master and slave)
  • Two fully programmable 16C550-type UARTs with IrDA support
Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI)
  • Two SSI modules, each with the following features:
  • Master or slave operation
  • Programmable clock bit rate and prescale
  • Separate transmit and receive FIFOs, 16 bits wide, 8 locations deep
  • Programmable interface operation for Freescale SPI, MICROWIRE, or Texas Instruments synchronous serial interfaces
  • Programmable data frame size from 4 to 16 bits
  • Internal loopback test mode for diagnostic/debug testing
UART
  • Two fully programmable 16C550-type UARTs with IrDA support
  • Separate 16x8 transmit (TX) and 16x12 receive (RX) FIFOs to reduce CPU interrupt service loading
  • Programmable baud-rate generator with fractional divider
  • Programmable FIFO length, including 1-byte deep operation providing conventional double-buffered interface
  • FIFO trigger levels of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 7/8
  • Standard asynchronous communication bits for start, stop, and parity
  • False-start-bit detection
  • Line-break generation and detection
Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
  • Single- and differential-input configurations
  • Eight 10-bit channels (inputs) when used as single-ended inputs
  • Sample rate of 500 thousand samples/second
  • Flexible, configurable analog-to-digital conversion
    • Four programmable sample conversion sequences from one to eight entries long, with corresponding conversion result FIFOs
    • Each sequence triggered by software or internal event (timers, analog comparators, or GPIO)
  • On-chip temperature sensor
Analog Comparators
  • Two independent integrated analog comparators
  • Configurable for output to: drive an output pin, generate an interrupt, or initiate an ADC sample sequence
  • Compare external pin input to external pin input or to internal programmable voltage reference
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) Interface
  • Two I2C modules
  • Master and slave receive and transmit operation with transmission speed up to 100 Kbps in Standard mode and 400 Kbps in Fast mode
  • Interrupt generation
  • Master with arbitration and clock synchronization, multimaster support, and 7-bit addressing mode
GPIOs
  • 17-52 GPIOs, depending on configuration
  • 5-V-tolerant input/outputs
  • Programmable interrupt generation as either edge-triggered or level-sensitive
  • Fast toggle capable of a change every two clock cycles
  • Bit masking in both read and write operations through address lines
  • Can initiate an ADC sample sequence
  • Programmable drive strength and slew-rate control
  • Programmable control for GPIO pad configuration:
    • Weak pull-up or pull-down resistors
    • 2-mA, 4-mA, and 8-mA pad drive
    • Slew rate control for the 8-mA drive
    • Open drain enables
    • Digital input enables
Power
  • On-chip Low Drop-Out (LDO) voltage regulator, with programmable output user-adjustable from 2.25 V to 2.75 V
  • Battery-backed hibernation module with real-time clock and 256-bytes of non-volatile memory
  • 3.3-V supply brown-out detection
  • Hibernation module handles the power-up/down 3.3 V sequencing and control for the core digital logic and analog circuits
  • Low-power options on controller: Sleep and Deep-sleep modes
  • Low-power options for peripherals: software controls shutdown of individual peripherals
  • User-enabled LDO unregulated voltage detection and automatic reset
  • 3.3-V supply brown-out detection and reporting via interrupt or reset
Flexible Reset Sources
  • Power-on reset (POR)
  • Reset pin assertion
  • Brown-out (BOR) detector alerts to system power drops
  • Software reset
  • Watchdog timer reset
  • Internal low drop-out (LDO) regulator output goes unregulated
Additional Features
  • Six reset sources
  • Programmable clock source control
  • Clock gating to individual peripherals for power savings
  • IEEE 1149.1-1990 compliant Test Access Port (TAP) controller
  • Debug access via JTAG and Serial Wire interfaces
  • Full JTAG boundary scan
Package
  • 100-pin RoHS-compliant LQFP package
    • Industrial-range (-40°C to +85°C)
    • Extended-range (-40°C to +105°C)
  • 108-ball RoHS-compliant BGA package
    • Industrial-range (-40°C to +85°C)