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 The compact Luminary Micro Stellaris 
 In addition to the 256K of single-cycle Flash memory and 64K of single-cycle SRAM available within the integrated LM3S6918LM3S6918 microcontroller, the Intelligent Display Module also includes a 168K of display buffer memory, an SD Card interface, additional serial connectivity options, an audio transducer, a relay output, and four analog measurement inputs. Also, the MDL-IDM28MDL-IDM28 can be powered with a standard 24 V DC power supply or through 5 V DC terminals. 
 The MDL-IDM28MDL-IDM28 feature additional serial connectivity options for easy implementation as a Human Machine Interface (HMI) touch display panel in an embedded control device. The Stellaris 
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Development Tools
Software Development Tools:
| Tool Type | Supplier | MPN | Supported Family | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
IDE  | Embest | CoIDE | ARM Cortex | CooCox offer freely available powerful software development tool for ARM Cortex-M3 & Cortex-M0 based microcontrollers. Coocox Tools organizes and provides the knowledge required by developers. Learn More | 
| RTOS | Embest | CoOS | ARM Cortex | CoOS is a free and open RTOS from CooCox, designed specifically for Cortex-M processor, supports preemptive priority and round-robin, Semaphore, Mutex, Flag, Mailbox and Queue for communication & synchronization, highly scalable, minimum system kernel is only 974Bytes, supports interrupt while task switching, supports stack overflow detection, supports the platforms of ICCARM, ARMCC, GCC. Learn More | 
| IDE | Texas Instruments | Code Composer Studio (CCStudio) | TI ARM MCUs | CCStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI embedded processor families. CCStudio comprises a suite of tools used to develop and debug embedded applications. It includes compilers for each of TI's device families, source code editor, project build environment, debugger, profiler, simulators, real-time operating system and many other features. Learn More | 
| IDE | ARM | Keil MDK-ARM | ARM Cortex | The MDK-ARM is a complete software development environment for Cortex | 
| RTOS | Micrium | µC/OS-III | TI ARM MCUs | μC/OS-III is Micrium’s newest RTOS, designed for developers who need to save time on their current and next embedded sytem projects. Using a commercial real-time kernel such as μC/OS-III provides a solid foundation and framework to the design engineer dealing with the growing complexity of embedded designs. Learn More | 
| RTOS | Segger | TI ARM MCUs | SEGGER embOS (Real Time Operating System) follows strict, yet efficient coding and documentation standards. embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. Learn More  | 
Hardware Development Tools:
| Tool Type | Supplier | MPN | Supported Family | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
Debugger  | Embest | ColinkExColinkEx | ARM Cortex | ARM Cortex-M MCU JTAG Hardware Debugging Probe which supports in CooCox software and Keil Realview MDK | 
| Emulator / Debugger / Programmer | ARM | ULINK2ULINK2 | ARM Cortex | ULINK2 Debug Adapter | 
| Emulator / Debugger / Programmer | ARM | ULINKProULINKPro | ARM Cortex | ULINKpro Debug and Trace Unit | 
| Emulator | Segger | J-LinkJ-Link | ARM Cortex | JTAG/SWD Emulator with USB interface | 
| Programmer | Segger | Flasher ARMFlasher ARM | ARM Cortex | Flash Programmer for ARM and Cortex cores | 
Technical Documents
Learning Center
| Type | Description | 
|---|---|
| User Guide | TI: User Guide of Stellaris LM3S6918 IDM RDK | 
| Product Brief | Texas Instruments: Stellaris LM3S6918 IDM Reference Design Kit Product Brief | 
| Datasheet | TI: Stellaris LM3S6918 Microcontroller Data Sheet (Rev. H) | 
| Datasheet | TI: Stellaris LM3S6918 Microcontroller Data Sheet (Rev. G) | 
| Datasheet | TI: Stellaris LM3S6918 IDM Board Data Sheet | 
| Application Note | TI: Stellaris ADC Calibration (AN01282) (Rev. B) | 
| Revision Note | TI: Stellaris LM3S6918 Rev A2 Errata (Rev. J) | 
| Revision Note | TI: ARM Cortex-M3 Errata (r1p1 and r2p0) | 
Design Elements
| Type | Description | 
|---|---|
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Kit Features
- Bright QVGA LCD touch-screen display
 -  Ethernet and Serial connectivity options  
- 10/100 Ethernet with Auto MDI/MDIX and Traffic /Link indicator LED
 - Header provides TXD and RXD signals
 - RS232 signal levels
 - Default 115.2k,8,n,1 operation
 
 - High performance and memory
 -  Flexible power supply options  
- Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af compliant)
 - 24V DC power jack
 - 5V DC terminals
 
 - Easy to customize - full source code and design files including.. 
- Example applications included
 - Develop using tools from Keil, IAR, Code Sourcery, Code Red and GCC
 
- Supported by Stellaris Graphics Library and StellarisWare
Peripheral Driver Library
 
 - Additional Peripherals  
- Four analog measurement inputs
 - One relay output (1 form C / SPDT contacts)
 
 - Compact size simplifies system integration
 
Kit Contents
The Texas Instrument's MDL-IDM28MDL-IDM28 supplied with below contents:
-  MDL-IDM28MDL-IDM28 Stellaris
Ethernet-Enabled Intelligent Display Module
 
			    




