New Stellaris® Microcontrollers Announced

Thirty New Award-winning Stellaris Family Members Add USB Connectivity, Superior Motion Control Performance, Smaller Package Options, and Green Application Energy Efficiency

Luminary Micro introduces 30 new members to the Stellaris family, including the first integration of Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-the-Go (OTG) and Host capability in the ARM Cortex-M3 architecture. Each of the 30 new Stellaris family members ships with the Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library and Bootloader conveniently preprogrammed in read-only memory (ROM), and each new microcontroller integrates the ARM PrimeCell® 32-channel configurable µDMA controller, designed and specifically optimized by ARM for use with the Cortex-M3 processor and providing features normally only available in high-end application processors, such as advanced scatter/gather transfer modes. Additionally, the announcement strengthens the position of Stellaris microcontrollers in precise and safeguarded motor control applications with augmented IP for superior motion control capability.

DMA & ROM available in select1000 and2000 series MCUs. USB, DMA and ROM available in the new3000 and5000 series MCUs.

Two New Evaluation Kits Available for the new USB-enabled Stellaris® microcontrollers

Evaluation Kits Have Developers Up and Running In 10 Minutes Or Less

Luminary Micro also introduces the arrival of two new evaluation kits: the Stellaris EK-LM3S3748 USB Host/Device Evaluation Kit and the Stellaris EK-LM3S3768 USB On-The-Go Evaluation Kit. Stellaris EK-LM3S3748 and EK-LM3S3768 Evaluation Kits provide a compact and versatile evaluation platform for USB Host/Device and USB OTG enabled Stellaris ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontrollers. Each board has an In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) that provides hardware debugging functionality not only for the on-board Stellaris devices, but also for any Stellaris microcontroller-based target board. The evaluation kits contain all cables, software, and documentation needed to develop and run applications for Stellaris microcontrollers easily and quickly.

EK-LM3S3748 Evaluation Kit
EK-LM3S3768 Evaluation Kit

New Stellaris Parts, Packages, and Temperature Grades; adding to the Largest Selection of ARM-based Microcontrollers

Twenty new Stellaris family members providing cost-effective entry points and precise motion control support are immediately available for order. Additionally, Luminary Micro extends the capability and reach of the entire Stellaris family by announcing a new small BGA (ball-grid array) package option with a space-saving 10mm by 10mm footprint and a new extended temperature option with a -40 to 105 degrees Celsius operating temperature range.

Serial to Ethernet and Intelligent Display Reference Design Kits Available

Stellaris® RDKs provide all the hardware and software you need to start you application today!.

Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Reference Design Kit (RDK-S2E)

The tiny-footprint Luminary Micro Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Reference Design Kit offers a complete, ready-to-implement solution designed to add web connectivity to any serial device. The most common RDK-S2E application is for the purpose of augmenting legacy products that contain a serial port for a configuration or control interface. Simply installing a Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module into the legacy serial device provides instant networking with no major board redesign or software changes, a tiny form-factor for unobtrusive implementation, and cable lengths much longer than what is available for legacy serial connections.
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Stellaris® Intelligent Display Reference Design Kit (RDK-IDM)

A complete, open-tool graphical touch-screen user interface design solution for control, automation, and instrumentation applications. Included in the RDK-IDM is the Stellaris® Intelligent Liquid Crystal Display Module (MDL-IDM). Featuring Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), the Stellaris® IDM offers a simple method to produce intelligent terminals that can be simultaneously powered and network-connected by a single CAT5 Ethernet cable. The MDL-IDM module also features additional serial connectivity options for easy implementation as a Human Machine Interface (HMI) touch display panel in an embedded control device.
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Stellaris Modules for Time-To-Production Advantage

Based on Luminary Micro’s powerful real-time Stellaris microcontrollers, our modules provide OEMs with a production-ready solution to immediately integrate high performance controls into their end products at cost-effective volume pricing. Luminary Micro supports very high volume applications by “open-tooling” each module: all the module design information is openly available, NRE- and royalty-free, for use and modification on any Stellaris-based design. Available module design information includes schematics, BOM, gerbers, software source code, and documentation.

Stepper Motor Control Module (MDL-STEPPER)

AC Induction Motor Control Module (MDL-ACIM)

Serial-to-Ethernet Module (MDL-S2E)

Intelligent Display Module (MDL-IDM) featuring Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)

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Code Red Technologies' Code Red tools with Code Trace™: Real Time Trace Capability for Embedded Microcontroller Developers is now available on all Stellaris Evaluation kits. With features previously unavailable to MCU developers, Code Red incorporates Code Trace, a software feature that capitalizes on the serial wire viewing (SWV) technology in Stellaris microcontrollers to deliver unprecedented visibility during debug. Code Trace delivers high accuracy profiling, interrupt statistics, interrupt tracing, RTOS event tracing, and a unique no-overhead host-strings viewing mechanism which provides printf style debugging and logging without intrusiveness. Interrupt tracing provides impressive graphical visualization of what is occurring in a real time system.

Stellaris Evaluation Kits: Running in 10 Minutes or Less

New Stellaris evaluation kits are available from Luminary Micro with unlimited-code evaluation versions of Code Red Technologies development tools.

• EKT-LM3S8962- Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit with Code Red Development Tools (board locked), featuring integrated 10/100 Ethernet and CAN internetworking
• EKT-LM3S6965- Stellaris LM3S6965 Evaluation Kit with Code Red Development Tools (board locked), featuring integrated 10/100 Ethernet networking
• EKT-LM3S2965 – Stellaris LM3S2965 Evaluation Kit with Code Red Development Tools (board locked), featuring integrated CAN communications
• EKT-LM3S1968 – Stellaris LM3S1968 Evaluation Kit with Code Red Development Tools (board locked)
• EKT-LM3S811 – Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit with Code Red Development Tools (32 KB code limited)

New Stellaris® BLDC Reference Design Kits and Boards Available

Luminary Micro's new Brushless DC (BLDC) Reference Design Kit provides networked motion control OEMs with a time-to-production edge. This complete kit shows unprecedented integration of brushless DC motion control and industrial networking. With built-in Controller Area Network (CAN) and Ethernet interfaces, the RDK-BLDC represents an industry benchmark in the integration of motion control with network-based communication, command, and control.

Stellaris® Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Reference Design Kit

The Brushless DC Motor Control Reference Design Kit (RDK-BLDC) is a four-quadrant controller for three-phase brushless DC motors rated at up to 36 V, 500 W, and 60,000 RPM. Key features of the RDK include complete CAN and Ethernet network interfaces, a powerful 32-bit Stellaris microcontroller with 256 Kbytes of single-cycle internal flash memory, and embedded software to optimally control a wide range of motors in diverse applications. Reference design kits (RDKs) from Luminary Micro accelerate product development by pairing ready-to-run software and hardware with an included motor, and providing comprehensive documentation with all software source code and hardware design files. Designers without prior motor control experience can successfully implement a sophisticated motor control system using the BLDC RDK. Integrated CAN and Ethernet ports connect the RDK-BLDC to an array of network options—from dedicated industrial networks to worldwide control and monitoring over the Internet.
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Stellaris® Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Control Module

The BLDC Motor Control module is a single board version of the motor drive board in the RDK-BLDC provided in volume quantities, ready to integrate directly into your BLDC motor applications. The entire circuit is built on a simple two-layer printed circuit board. The design includes an on-board braking circuit, optional power-managed fan for forced-air cooling, analog and digital control inputs, and screw terminals for all power and signal wiring. Interrupt-driven embedded software provides four quadrant operation for precise motor control using Hall effect, quadrature, or sensorless operation modes.
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New Stellaris® Microcontrollers Now Available

Luminary Micro Launches 34 New Stellaris® Microcontrollers Including the First Offering of Real-Time Internetworking and IEEE 1588 Support with the ARM® Cortex™-M3 Processor

Luminary Micro introduces 20 members of the Stellaris LM3S1000 high pin count real-time MCU series, 11 members of the Stellaris LM3S8000 Ethernet+CAN internetworking series, and 3 members of the Stellaris LM3S6000 Ethernet series featuring hardware assist for IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) support. These new MCUs extend the world-class benefits of the Stellaris family with real-time networking, larger on-chip memories, enhanced power management, and expanded I/O capabilities.

The Stellaris LM3S8000 Series

The Stellaris LM3S8000 series combines Controller Area Network (CAN) with a fully-integrated 10/100 Mbps Ethernet solution in an ARM architecture MCU. The LM3S8000 devices combine up to three CAN interfaces with both the Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY) layers, marking the first time that integrated CAN and Ethernet connectivity is available together in an ARM® Cortex™-M3 MCU and the only integrated CAN and 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY available in an ARM architecture MCU.
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The Stellaris LM3S1000 Series

The Stellaris LM3S1000 series feature new combinations of expanded general purpose I/O, larger on-chip memory, and low-power optimization for battery-backed applications. Each Stellaris LM3S1000 Series microcontroller features a battery-backed hibernation module that includes a real-time clock, a generous 256 bytes of non-volatile battery-backed memory, low battery detection, signaling, and interrupt detection, and a hibernate mode that can wake on a real-time clock match, external pin interrupt, or low battery event. With a hibernate mode including real-time clock consuming approximately 16 uA standby current, a standard CR2032 watch battery can support a Stellaris system in hibernate mode for over 3 years.
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Two New Evaluation Kits Available for the new Stellaris® LM3S8000 and LM3S1000 Series microcontrollers

Evaluation Kits Have Developers Up and Running In 10 Minutes Or Less

Luminary Micro also introduces the arrival of two new evaluation kits: the Stellaris LM3S8962 Ethernet+CAN Evaluation Kit and the Stellaris LM3S1968 Evaluation Kit.

LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit

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Stellaris LM3S8962 Evaluation Kits provide a compact and versatile evaluation platform for Ethernet + CAN enabled Stellaris ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontrollers. Each board has an In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) that provides hardware debugging functionality not only for the on-board Stellaris devices, but also for any Stellaris microcontroller-based target board. The evaluation kits contain all cables, software, and documentation needed to develop and run applications for Stellaris microcontrollers easily and quickly.

LM3S1968 Evaluation Kit

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Stellaris LM3S1968 Evaluation Kits provide a compact and versatile evaluation platform for LM3S1000 Series Stellaris ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontrollers. Each board has an In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) that provides hardware debugging functionality not only for the on-board Stellaris devices, but also for any Stellaris microcontroller-based target board. The evaluation kits contain all cables, software, and documentation needed to develop and run applications for Stellaris microcontrollers easily and quickly.