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Overview
TI’s Stellaris is the industry’s leading family of robust, real-time microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the revolutionary Cortex™-M3 technology from ARM®. The award-winning Stellaris 32-bit MCUs combine sophisticated, flexible mixed-signal system-on-chip integration with unparalleled real-time multi-tasking capabilities. Complex applications previously impossible with legacy MCUs can now be accommodated with ease by powerful, cost-effective and simple-to-program Stellaris MCUs. With over 140 members in its family, the Stellaris family offers the widest selection of preciselycompatible MCUs in the industry.

The Stellaris family is positioned for cost-conscious applications requiring significant control processing and connectivity capabilities, including motion control, monitoring (remote, fire/security, etc.), HVAC and building controls, power and energy monitoring and conversion, network appliances and switches, factory automation, electronic point-of-sale machines, test and measurement equipment, medical instrumentation and gaming equipment.

In addition to MCUs configured for general-purpose real-time systems, the Stellaris family offers distinct solutions for advanced motion control and energy-conversion applications, real-time networking and real-time
internetworking and combinations of these applications including connected motion control and hard real-time networking. Welcome to the future of microcontrollers!

Why Choose Cortex-M3?
Cortex-M3 is the MCU version of ARM’s V7 instruction set architecture family of cores:

• Optimized for single-cycle flash usage
• Deterministic, fast interrupt processing: always 12 cycles, or just 6 cycles with tail chaining
• Three sleep modes with clock gating for low power
• Single-cycle multiply instruction and hardware divide
• Atomic operations
• ARM Thumb2 mixed 16-/32-bit instruction set
• 1.25 DMIPS/MHz–better than ARM7 and ARM9
• Extra debug support including data watchpoints and flash patching

Capabilities beyond ARM7 for the microcontroller market:

• Requires approximately 1/2 the flash (code space) of ARM7 applications
• 2–4 times faster on MCU control applications
• No assembly code required – ever!

Why Choose the Stellaris Family?

Designed for serious microcontroller applications, the Stellaris family provides the entry into the industry’s strongest ecosystem, with code compatibility ranging from U.S. $1 to 1 GHz.

• Superior integration saves up to U.S $3.28 in system cost
• Over 140 Stellaris family members to choose from
• Real MCU GPIOs – all can generate interrupts, are 5V-tolerant and have programmable drive strength and slew rate control
• Advanced communication capabilities, including 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, USB and USB OTG and CAN controllers
• Sophisticated motion-control support in hardware and software
• Both analog comparators and ADC functionality provide on-chip system options to balance hardware and software performance
• Development is easy with the royaltyfree StellarisWare™ software

Stellaris family block diagram

Contact Information

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