IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM supports expanded Luminary Micro Stellaris MCU range
(Product News, 12 Oct 2007 )
IAR Systems has announced that IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM now features full support for the new additions to Luminary Micro’s award-winning ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris microcontroller family.
The 34 additions to the Stellaris microcontroller family announced today offer brand new control and connectivity combinations. 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. IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM supports the entire Stellaris family – this includes the new devices, which are targeted at developers creating systems for motion control and communications applications, particularly those requiring CAN and/or Ethernet connectivity.
Luminary Micro also announced today two new evaluation kits that feature the KickStart Edition of IAR Embedded Workbench software tools for ARM. Product types EKI-LM3S1968 and EKI-LM3S8962 both include a 32kB code-limited KickStart Edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, making it possible to evaluate the new devices thoroughly and to utilise the CAN and Ethernet functionality in a meaningful way. The EKI-LM3S1968 Evaluation Kit showcases the battery-backed hibernation capability in the memory and I/O-enhanced Stellaris LM3S1968 MCU. The EKI-LM3S8962 Evaluation Kit features a Stellaris LM3S8962 MCU, with both CAN and Ethernet, as the main MCU, and additionally a Stellaris LM3S2110 MCU that functions as a CAN node communicating with the main MCU via CAN.
Both kits include a wide range of examples that facilitate rapid evaluation of the real capabilities of the software tools and microcontrollers, without the need to spend time writing low-level routines.
Both kits can be connected to a PC and debugged using the onboard USB debug connection. It is also possible to use an external IAR J-Link JTAG probe for downloading and debugging code on the target, which allows faster downloading and gives a more rapid response when debugging, thus providing a better flow for the developer.
“IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM has already proven its worth as a tool for developing code for Stellaris devices,” said Luminary Micro Chief Marketing Officer Jean Anne Booth. “The KickStart Edition, with its generous 32kB evaluation limit for code, combined in an evaluation kit with one of Luminary Micro’s new CAN and Ethernet-equipped devices, provides an ideal platform for developers to rapidly explore real applications for the microcontrollers, including communications functionality.” “With 85 Stellaris microcontrollers to choose from, there are Stellaris microcontroller options to fit the performance, integration, power, and price-point requirements of any industrial application,” said Tomas Hedquist, IAR Systems partner manager. “The breadth of Luminary Micro’s Stellaris family is an ideal fit for the optimized-for-embedded capabilities of IAR Embedded Workbench.”
