Texas Instrument: MDL-S2E Stellaris®︎ Serial-to-Ethernet Module

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Kit Overview

The tiny-footprint Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module (MDL-S2EMDL-S2E) offers a complete, ready-to-implement solution designed to add web connectivity to any serial device. The most common application for the MDL-S2E..MDL-S2E.. is for augmenting legacy products that only contain a serial port for a configuration or control interface. In addition, newer computers, especially laptop computers, do not necessarily have serial ports, and a serial connection is limited by cable length (typically 10 m).

Simply installing a Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module into the legacy serial device provides many benefits including no major board redesign or software changes, easy sharing on a network other than Ethernet, tiny form-factor for unobtrusive implementation, and 10-meter maximum cable length for serial connections is no longer a limitation.

The Serial-to-Ethernet (S2E) module is a simple add-on product that provides serial to Ethernet communications. Existing systems that lack Ethernet connectivity but have a UART or RS-232RS-232 port can be easily upgraded by the addition of the S2E module. A web server supports module configuration from any web browser.

The MDL-S2EMDL-S2E is the first serial-to-Ethernet converter available with a highly integrated ARM® Cortex™-M3 microcontroller with 50 MHz of performance and ample single-cycle, on-chip Flash and SRAM memory for efficient network traffic handling. For maximum space savings, the Stellaris® microcontroller is offered in a small BGA package and integrates the 10/100 Ethernet MAC and PHY on-chip.

Key Applications: Connectivity, Security, Industrial Automation.

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Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
IDE	Embest	CoIDE	ARM Cortex™-M	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™-M	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™-M / Cortex-R4 / ARM7™ / ARM9™	The MDK-ARM is a complete software development environment for Cortex™-M, Cortex-R4, ARM7™ and ARM9™ processor-based devices. MDK-ARM is specifically designed for microcontroller applications, it is easy to learn and use, yet powerful enough for the most demanding embedded applications. Learn More
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	embOS	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™-M	ARM Cortex-M MCU JTAG Hardware Debugging Probe which supports in CooCox software and Keil Realview MDK
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINK2ULINK2	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINK2 Debug Adapter
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINKProULINKPro	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINKpro Debug and Trace Unit
Emulator	Segger	J-LinkJ-Link	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / Cortex-A / ARM7™ / ARM9™	JTAG/SWD Emulator with USB interface
Programmer	Segger	Flasher ARMFlasher ARM	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / Cortex-A / ARM7™ / ARM9™	Flash Programmer for ARM and Cortex cores

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Texas Instruments: Stellaris LM3S6432 S2E RDK Readme First
Product Brief	Texas Instruments: Stellaris LM3S6432 S2E Reference Design Kit Product Brief
Datasheet	TI: Stellaris LM3S6432 Microcontroller Data Sheet (Rev. H)
Datasheet	TI: Stellaris LM3S6432 Microcontroller Data Sheet (Rev. G)
Datasheet	TI: Stellaris LM3S6432 S2E Board Data Sheet
Application Note	TI: Application Note of MODBUS Bridge using Stellaris
Selection Guide	TI:Stellaris Family Product Selector Guide (Excel) (Rev. H)
Selection Guide	TI: Stellaris Family Product Selection Guide (Rev. J)
Revision Note	TI: Stellaris LM3S6432 Rev A2 Errata (Rev. J)
Revision Note	TI: Stellaris Fury-Class Product Change Notice

Design Elements

Type	Description
Application Library	TI: Application Library of MODBUS Bridge using Stellaris

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Kit Features

The MDL-S2EMDL-S2E is a ready-for-production serial-to-Ethernet module with the following features:

LM3S6432LM3S6432 in a 10 x 10 mm BGA package for reduced board size
10/100 Mbit Ethernet port
Auto MDI/MDIX cross-over correction
Traffic and link indicators Serial ports
UART ports include RTS/CTS for flow control
UART0 has RS232 levels, transceiver runs at up to 230.4 Kbaud
UART1 has CMOS/TTL levels, can run at 1.0 Mbaud
IP configuration with static IP address or DHCP
Telnet server for access to serial port (VCP software included)
Web server for module configuration
UDP responder for device discovery
Telnet client for Ethernet-based serial port extender
Module supports 5 V and 3.3 V supplies
Multiple mounting options
JTAG port pads for factory programming

Kit Contents

The Texas Instrument's MDL-S2EMDL-S2E supplied with below contents:

MDL-S2EMDL-S2E Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module

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