Stellaris Evaluation Kits with integrated 10/100 Ethernet and CAN with CodeSourcery’s Sourcery G++ GNU Toolchain

Luminary Micro, creators of the Stellaris Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs), and CodeSourcery, have announced the immediate availability of two Stellaris Evaluation Kits with a 30-day evaluation license for CodeSourcery’s Sourcery G++ software development environment.

Designed for the new class of Stellaris integrated communication MCUs, these compact and versatile evaluation kits take advantage of the capabilities of the new Stellaris microcontrollers with more memory, more GPIOs, enhanced power management, and the addition of integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC and PHY communications and integrated CAN communications. Both kits include a 30-day evaluation version of the Sourcery G++ toolchain, which includes an integrated development environment, the GNU Toolchain, and hardware debug support for Stellaris MCUs, including the 27 new MCUs with real-time networking capabilities that were just announced.

In partnership with ARM, Ltd., CodeSourcery develops improvements to the GNU Toolchain for ARM processors and provides regular, validated releases of the GNU Toolchain. CodeSourcery's current release of Sourcery G++ includes full support for the ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core and the entire Stellaris family.


Stellaris LM3S6965: Fully Integrated 10/100 Embedded Ethernet
The EKC-LM3S6965 features fully integrated 10/100 Ethernet capability and includes two examples of an embedded web-server application. The quickstart application that runs out-of-the-box includes an embedded web server utilizing the open source lwIP Ethernet stack. The kit also contains a web server demonstration application with FreeRTOS.org™ RTOS and the open source uIP Ethernet stack. Each Stellaris LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit contains:

•EVB-LM3S6965 Evaluation Board with 50MHz LM3S6965 (fully integrated 10/100 embedded Ethernet controller, 256K flash, 64K SRAM)
•128 x 64 pixel monochromatic OLED graphics display
•User LED, navigation switches, and select push buttons
•Magnetic speaker
•All LM3S6965 I/O available on labeled breakout pads
•MicroSD card slot
•Retractable Ethernet cable
•USB cable (power and debug) for simple set-up
•Standard ARM 20-pin JTAG debug connector with input and output modes
•Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library, which provides a convenient, no-hassle method of initializing, programming, and controlling peripherals on Stellaris microcontrollers
•A fully functional 30-day evaluation version of Sourcery G++
•Stellaris CD packed with datasheets, schematics, applications notes, and programming examples

Stellaris LM3S2965: A Fully Operable “CAN Network in a box”
The EKC-LM3S2965 features integrated CAN (Controller Area Network) and includes a separate Stellaris LM3S2110-based CAN device node board, providing an example fully functioning CAN network out of the box. Each Stellaris LM3S2965 Evaluation Kit contains:

•EVB-LM3S2965 Evaluation Board with 50MHz LM3S2965 MCU (fully integrated CAN controller, 256K flash, 64K SRAM)
•EVB-LM3S2110 Evaluation Board with 25MHz LM3S2110 (fully integrated CAN controller, 64K flash, 16K SRAM)
•128 x 64 pixel monochromatic OLED graphics display
•User LED, navigation switches, and select push buttons
•Magnetic speaker
•All Stellaris MCU I/O available on labeled breakout pads
•USB cable (power and debug) for simple set-up
•CAN network cable to connect the two boards
•Standard ARM® 20-pin JTAG debug connector with input and output modes
•Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library, which provides a convenient, no-hassle method of initializing, programming, and controlling peripherals on Stellaris microcontrollers
•A fully functional 30-day evaluation version of Sourcery G++
•Stellaris CD packed with datasheets, schematics, applications notes, and programming examples

Luminary Micro