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Stellaris® LM3S6965 Evaluation Board
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Stellaris® LM3S6965 Evaluation Board ....................................................................................... 7
Features..............................................................................................................................................................8
Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................................8
Evaluation Kit Contents ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Evaluation Board Specifications .....................................................................................................................9
Features of the LM3S6965 Microcontroller.........................................................................................................9
Chapter 2: Hardware Description.................................................................................................................. 11
LM3S6965 Microcontroller......................... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................................................11
Device Overview...........................................................................................................................................11
Ethernet ........................................................................................................................................................11
Clocking........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Reset.............................................................................................................................................................11
Power Supplies.............................................................................................................................................12
Debugging.....................................................................................................................................................12
USB Device Controller Functions ..................................................................................................................... 13
Device Overview...........................................................................................................................................13
USB to JTAG/SWD............. ... ... ... .... ... ... .................................................... ................................................... 13
Virtual COM Port........................................................................................................................................... 13
Serial Wire Out..............................................................................................................................................13
Organic LED Display ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Features........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Control Interface ...........................................................................................................................................14
Power Supply................................................................................................................................................ 14
Design Guidelines............................................... .................................................... ......................................14
Further Reference.........................................................................................................................................14
Other Peripherals............. ... .................................................... ..........................................................................14
Speaker.........................................................................................................................................................14
MicroSD Card Slot.................................................... .... ................................................... .............................14
Push Switches ............. ... .... ... ... .................................................... ................................................................ 14
User LED ............... ................................................ ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ............................................................. 15
Bypassing Peripherals............................................................... .... ...................................................................15
Interfacing to the EVB....................................................................................................................................... 15
Using the In-Circuit Debugger Interface ...........................................................................................................16
Appendix A: Schematics................................................................................................................................17
Appendix B: Connection Details...................................................................................................................23
Component Locations.......................................................................................................................................23
Evaluation Board Dimensions...........................................................................................................................24
I/O Breakout Pads ............................................................................................................................................24
Recommended Connectors.............................................................. ... ... .......................................................... 25
ARM Target Pinout ........................................................................................................................................... 26
References .......................................................................................................................................................26
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Stellaris LM3S6965 Evaluation Board Layout.................................................................................7
Figure 1-2. LM3S6965 Evaluation Board Block Diagram.................................................................................. 8
Figure 2-1. ICD Interface Mode ....................................................................................................................... 16
Figure B-1. Component Locations ...................................................................................................................23
Figure B-2. Evaluation Board Dimensions ............................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ................................................ 24
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List of Tables
Table 2-1. Stellaris LM3S6965 Evaluation Board Hardware Debugging Configurations ... .... ... ... ...... .... ... ... ... 12
Table 2-2. Isolating On-Board Hardware........................................................................................................15
Table B-1. I/O Breakout Pads.........................................................................................................................25
Table B-2. Recommended Connectors................. ... ... .... ... .................................................... ... ... ... ... .............25
Table B-3. 20-Pin JTAG/SWD Configuration..................................................................................................26
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CHAPTER 1
Stellaris® LM3S6965 Evaluation Board
The Stellaris® LM3S6965 Evaluation Board is a compact and versatile evaluation platform for the
Stellaris LM3S6965 ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontrolle r. The evaluation kit uses the
LM3S6965 microcontroller’s fully integrated 10/100 Ethernet controller to demonstrate an
embedded web server.
You can use the board either as an evaluation platform or as a low-cost in-circuit debug interface
(ICDI). In debug interface mode, the on-board microcontroller is bypassed, allowing programming
or debugging of an external targ et. The kit is also comp atible with high-performance extern al JT AG
debuggers.
This evaluation kit enables quick evaluation, prototype development, and creation of applicationspecific designs for Ethernet networks. The kit also includes extensive source-code examples,
allowing you to start building C code applications quickly.
Figure 1-1. Stellaris LM3S6965 Evaluation Board Layou t
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Features
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Features
The Stellaris LM3S6965 Evaluation Board includes the following features:
Stellaris LM3S6965 microcon tr oller with fully-integrated 10/100 embedded Ethernet controller
Simple setup; USB cable provides serial communication, debugging, and power
OLED graphics display with 128 x 96 pixel resolution
User LED, navigation switches, and select pushbuttons
Magnetic speaker
LM3S6965 I/O available on labeled break-out pads
Standard ARM® 20-pin JTAG debug connector with input and output modes
USB interface for debugging and power supply
MicroSD card slot
Block Diagram
Figure 1-2. LM3S6965 Evaluation Board Block Diagram
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Evaluation Kit Contents
The evaluation kit contains everything needed to develop and run applications for S tellaris
microcontrollers including:
LM3S6965 Evaluation Board (EVB)
USB cable
20-pin JTAG/SWD target cable
CD containing:
– A supported version of one of the following (including a toolchain-specific Quickstart
guide):
• Keil™ RealView® Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM)
• IAR Embedded Workbench
• Code Sourcery GCC development tools
• Code Red Technologies development tools
• Texas Instruments’ Code Composer Studio™ IDE
– Complete documentation
Stellaris® LM3S6965 Evaluation Board
– Quickstart application source code
– Stellaris® Firmware Development Package with example source code
Evaluation Board Specifications
Board supply voltage: 4.37–5.25 Vdc from USB connector
Boar d su pp ly curre nt : 250 mA typ (fully active, CPU at 50 MHz)
Break-out power output: 3.3 Vdc (60 mA max), 15 Vdc (15 mA max)
Dimensions: 4.0” x 2.45” x 0.7” (LxWxH)
RoHS status: Compliant
Features of the LM3S6965 Microcontroller
32-bit RISC performance using ARM® Cortex™-M3 v7M architecture
– 50-MHz operation
– Hardware-division and single-cycle-multiplication
– Integrated Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
– 42 interrupt channels with eight priority levels
256 KB single-cycle Flash
64 KB single-cycle SRAM
Four general-purpose 32-bit timers
Integrated Ethernet MAC and PHY
Three fully programmable 16C550-type UARTs
Four 10-bit channels (inputs) when used as single-ended inputs
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