Development Kit for the LM3S618/818

Stellaris Family Development Kit for the LM3S618, and LM3S818 microcontrollers

The Luminary Micro Stellaris Family Development Kit provides all of the hardware and software tools that you need to develop and prototype embedded applications right out of the box:

• Development boards: A common motherboard and specific daughter board for selected microcontrollers
• Software: Stellaris peripheral driver library (source and object code), providing an easy API interface to all peripherals
• Evaluation versions of software tools from ARM/Keil, CodeSourcery (GNU) and IAR Systems
• Ports and demonstration examples of RTOSes from FreeRTOS.org, Pumpkin, Inc., Express Logic and Micrium
• Cables and jumpers
• Full documentation set on CD including data sheets, user and reference manuals, application notes, microcontroller code examples, errata, FAQs, read me, quickstart guides and collateral
• Schematics

Development Board Motherboard

• UART transceiver and DB9 male connector
• All I/O available on headers
• One potentiometer and one photocell
• Eight user LEDs and one pushbutton
• Standard ARM 20-pin JTAG debug connector
• USB 2.0 full-speed
• 1 Mbit SPI-based flash memory
• One buzzer for PWM use
• 32.768 kHz oscillator for real-time clock
• External reset switch and power-on reset supervisor
• 5 V and 3.3 V LED power indicators
• User-prototype area
• Peripheral Device Controller CPLD

Daughterboards

• Daughter boards enable support for multiple package/pin-out options
• Footprint for 48-pin LQFP Stellaris microcontroller
• 6 MHz crystal mounted on pin sockets
• SMA connector for external clock
• Power and ground test loops
• Jumper-selectable 32.768 kHz clock
• All daughterboard connector signals accessible via headers on the daughterboard