C H A P T E R 1 Board Overview The Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board (EK-LM4F120XL) is a low-cost evaluation platform for ARM® Cortex™-M4F-based microcontrollers. The Stellaris® LaunchPad’s design highlights the LM4F120H5QR microcontroller's USB 2.0 Device interface and Hibernation module. The Stellaris®...
Board Overview Kit Contents The Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Kit comes with the following: Stellaris® LaunchPad Evaluation Board (EK-LM4F120XL) On-board Stellaris® In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) USB Micro-B plug to USB-A plug cable README First document Using the Stellaris® LaunchPad The recommended steps for using the Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Kit are: 1.
LED (Schematic on page 18)” on page 10 in Chapter 2 for more information. Build your own BoosterPack and take advantage of Texas Instruments’ web site to help promote it! From sharing a new idea or project, to designing, manufacturing, and selling your own BoosterPack kit, TI offers a variety of avenues for you to reach potential customers with your solutions.
C H A P T E R 2 Hardware Description The Stellaris® LaunchPad includes a Stellaris LM4F120H5QR microcontroller and an integrated Stellaris® In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) as well as a range of useful peripheral features (see the block diagram in Figure 2-1). This chapter describes how these peripherals operate and interface to the microcontroller.
Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad User’s Manual Functional Description (Microcontroller, USB, Expansion, Buttons, and LED (Schematic on page 18) Microcontroller The Stellaris LM4F120H5QR is a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M4F-based microcontroller with 256-KB Flash memory, 32-KB SRAM, 80-MHz operation, USB Device, Hibernation module, and a wide range of other peripherals.
Hardware Description Table 2-2. User Switches and RGB LED Signals (Continued) GPIO Pin Pin Function Feature GPIO RGB LED (red) GPIO RGB LED (blue) GPIO RGB LED (green) Headers and BoosterPacks The two double rows of stackable headers are mapped to most of the GPIO pins of the LM4F120H5QR microcontroller.
Hardware Description Connectors J1 and J2 of the Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad BoosterPack XL Interface provide compatibility with MSP430™ LaunchPad BoosterPacks. Highlighted functions in Table 2-3, "J1 Connector" on page 11 and Table 2-4, "J2 Connector" on page 11 indicate configuration for compatibility with the MSP430 LaunchPad.
Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad User’s Manual Reset The RESET signal into the LM4F120H5QR microcontroller connects to the RESET switch and to the Stellaris® ICDI circuit for a debugger-controlled reset. External reset is asserted (active low) under any of three conditions: Power-on reset (filtered by an R-C network) RESET switch held down By the Stellaris®...
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Sourcery CodeBench Texas Instruments' Code Composer Studio™ IDE Download evaluation versions of these tools from www.ti.com/stellaris. Due to code size restrictions, the evaluation tools may not build all example programs. A full license is necessary to re-build or debug all examples.
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Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad User’s Manual Follow these steps to program example applications into the Stellaris® LaunchPad evaluation board using the Stellaris® ICDI: 1. Install LM Flash Programmer on a Windows PC. 2. Switch the POWER SELECT switch to the right for Debug mode. 3.
A P P E N D I X A Schematics This section contains the schematics for the Stellaris® LaunchPad board. Microcontroller, USB, Expansion, Buttons, and LED on page 18 Power Management on page 19 Stellaris In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) on page 20 August 29, 2012...
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DTC114EET1G +VBUS USR_SW2 CON_110_100 CON_110_100 WAKE RGB_LED_0404_COMA LED_G DTC114EET1G DESIGNER REVISION DATE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 8/23/2012 STELLARIS MICROCONTROLLERS PROJECT 108 WILD BASIN ROAD, SUITE 350 Stellaris Launchpad AUSTIN TX, 78746 LED_B DTC114EET1G DESCRIPTION www.ti.com/stellaris Microcontroller, USB, Expansion, Buttons and LED FILENAME PART NO.
A P P E N D I X B Component Locations Plots of the top-side component locations are shown in Figure B-1 and the board dimensions are shown in Figure B-2. Figure B-1. Stellaris® LaunchPad Component Locations (Top View) August 29, 2012...
Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad User’s Manual Figure B-2. Stellaris® LaunchPad Dimensions) NOTE: Units are in mil (one thousandth of an inch): 1 mil = 0.001 inch August 29, 2012...
A P P E N D I X C Bill of Materials (BOM) Table C-1 shows the Bill of Materials for the EK-LM4F120XL evaluation board. Table C-1. EK-LM4F120 Bill of Materials Item Description Part Number C1-2 C7 C12 C14 Capacitor, 0402, X5R, 10V, Low ESR Johanson 100R07X105KV4T Dielectrics Inc...
Voltage Supervisor Data Sheet (TLV803) Information on development tool being used: RealView MDK web site, www.keil.com/arm/rvmdkkit.asp IAR Embedded Workbench web site, www.iar.com Sourcery CodeBench development tools web site, www.codesourcery.com/gnu_toolchains/arm Texas Instruments’ Code Composer Studio™ IDE web site, www.ti.com/ccs August 29, 2012...
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