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News Release from: STMicroelectronics | Subject: STM32 test and evaluation kits
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2007
Development kits support microcontroller
Starter kits, from Hitex, IAR, Keil and Raisonance make it quick and easy for users to explore the STM32's features with a minimal investment of time and money.
STMicroelectronics has released four low-cost evaluation and development kits designed to support its STM32 microcontroller, which is based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core This broad line of starter kits, from Hitex, IAR, Keil and Raisonance, make it quick and easy for users to explore the STM32's features and to start serious application development, with minimum investment of time and money
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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All the kits are based on proven tool solutions that are well known to application developers working with ARM core-based devices worldwide.
The Hitex starter kit (ST order code STM3210B-SK/HIT) is based on the HiTOP5 integrated development environment, offering a full range of project management, source-code editing and debugging features through an intuitive graphical interface.
The included Tasking VX C/C++ compiler has no code-size limitation when used with the kit hardware.
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The kit includes a USB stick with STM32F103B and integrated debugging/programming capability, an extension I/O board with peripheral evaluation features and the DashBoard GUI for MCU performance monitoring.
IAR's KickStart kit (ST order code STM3210B-SK/IAR) is based on the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM) development environment, running on an STM32F103B KickStart development board.
It includes the IAR C/C++ compiler for up to 32Kbyte of code, the J-Link in-circuit debugger/programmer (USB/JTAG), a built-in Flash loader and sample projects for all of the STM32 device peripherals.
The Keil starter kit (ST order code STM3210B-SK/KEIL) features the Keil RealView Microcontroller Development Kit software, including the uVision3 integrated development environment for application programming and debugging and the ARM RealView C/C++ Compilation Tools for up to 16Kbyte of code, plus a full-featured STM32F103B-based evaluation board, with the ULINK in-circuit (USB/JTAG) debugger/programmer.
The Raisonance REva starter kit (ST order code STM3210B-SK/RAIS), based on the RIDE development environment for code up to 32Kbyte, offers application debugging and seamless control of the included GNU C/C++ compiler through an intuitive graphical interface.
The kit hardware has a modular design based on the USB-powered REva universal evaluation motherboard with embedded RLink in-circuit debugger/programmer (USB/JTAG) and comes with an STM32F103B daughterboard with device-specific evaluation features.
All of the kits contain everything required to enable users to quickly and easily evaluate the new MCU's features and to start development at very low cost.
They include many ready-to-run code examples to demonstrate the device peripherals, with source files that can be adapted for users' applications.
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