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News Release from: Luminary Micro | Subject: Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit for ARM chips
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 February 2007
Prototyping/debugging kit for ARM
controllers
Luminary Micro's Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit comes with a 30-day evaluation version of CodeSourcery's Sourcery G++ software-development environment.
Luminary Micro's Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit comes with a 30-day evaluation version of CodeSourcery's Sourcery G++ software-development environment This includes an integrated development environment, the GNU Toolchain, and hardware debug support for Stellaris MCUs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Evaluation kit functions as both an evaluation platform for the Stellaris LM3S811 microcontroller and a serial in-circuit debug interface for any Stellaris MCU-based target board.
In partnership with ARM, 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.
"We are pleased to offer customers access to the Sourcery G++ development environment in combination with one of our most popular hardware evaluation platforms", says Luminary Micro Chief Marketing Officer Jean Anne Booth.
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"With a cost-effective full license upgrade of only US $199 and featuring the use of the new ARM Serial Wire Debug protocol, we think users will find the CodeSourcery tools to be a very attractive development option".
Measuring just 3.5 x 1.5in (8.9 x 3.8cm), the Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit is compact and versatile, spanning the design spectrum from evaluation to prototyping to application-specific design by functioning as both an evaluation platform for the Stellaris LM3S811 microcontroller and a serial in-circuit debug interface for any Stellaris microcontroller-based target board.
The board is powered over USB (cable included) and contains silk-screened through-hole-mount pin headers that can be user populated with pin stake headers for use in hardware prototyping.
Using a standard 20-pin ARM JTAG debug cable (also included), the Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit can be used as a serial in-circuit emulator for the user's application-specific target board.
"The Stellaris family has generated a lot of interest in the marketplace and we're proud of our continued partnership with Luminary Micro", says Mark Mitchell, Chief Sourcerer of CodeSourcery.
"Our affordable, high-quality tools are an excellent match for the Stellaris MCUs".
"We're very excited about these new evaluation kits, which will provide users a chance to try out our software and support in conjunction with Luminary Micro's 32bit processors".
The Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit with a 30-day evaluation version of Sourcery G++, ordering part number EKC-LM3S811, is available now through Luminary Micro's global sales channel at a resale price of just $49.
Users may upgrade to Sourcery G++ Personal Edition, which includes upgrades for a year, for just $199.
CodeSourcery also offers Sourcery G++ Professional Edition, which includes unlimited support.
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