Texas Instruments: RDK-S2E-Stellaris®︎ Serial-to-Ethernet Reference Design Kit

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Kit Overview

Texas Instruments Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Reference Design Kit (RDK-S2E ) offers a complete, open-tool, and ready-to-implement solution designed to add web connectivity to any serial device. Included in the RDK-S2E is the tiny-footprint Luminary Micro Stellaris Serial-to-Ethernet Module (MDL-S2E ). The most common application for the 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 MDL-S2E is the first serial-to-Ethernet converter available with a highly integrated 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. The MDL-S2E is a ready-for-production serial-to-Ethernet module with the LM3S6432 in a 10 x 10 mm BGA package for reduced board size.

The Stellaris® LM3S6432 microcontroller is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 controller core operating at up to 50 MHz, with 96 kB flash and 32 kB SRAM. The LM3S6432-IQC50-A2 also features real-time industrial connectivity, with a 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, an SSI / SPI controller, an I2C interface, and 2 UARTs. The LM3S6432-IQC50-A2 microcontroller also features advanced motion control features, including 2 motion-control PWM outputs with dead-band and 1 fault protection inputs for low-latency shutdown. The microcontroller also features intelligent analog capability, including 2 analog comparators and 3 channels of highly accurate 10-bit analog-to-digital conversion - with the ability to sample at speeds of 250K samples per second.

Ordering Information:

Part Number	Description
MDL-S2E	Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module for Single-Unit Packaging
RDK-S2E	Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Reference Design Kit (includes MDL-S2E board)
MDL-S2E-B	Stellaris® Serial-to-Ethernet Module for Volume Packaging

KeyApplications:MotorControl,IndustrialAutomation,WirelessNetworking,Medical,SecurityandAccess,Appliance,Transportation

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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	ColinkEx	ARM Cortex™-M	ARM Cortex-M MCU JTAG Hardware Debugging Probe which supports in CooCox software and Keil Realview MDK
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINK2	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINK2 Debug Adapter
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINKPro	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINKpro Debug and Trace Unit
Emulator	Segger	J-Link	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / Cortex-A / ARM7™ / ARM9™	JTAG/SWD Emulator with USB interface
Programmer	Segger	Flasher ARM	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / Cortex-A / ARM7™ / ARM9™	Flash Programmer for ARM and Cortex cores

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
Reference Manual	Texas Instruments: Reference Design For RDK-S2E Kit
Data Sheet	Texas Instruments: Datasheet For RDK-S2E(Serial-to-Ethernet Module)
User Guide	Texas Instruments: READ ME FIRST-RDK-S2E Kit
Tutorials	Texas Instruments: Tutorials on RDK-S2E(Serial-to-Ethernet Module)
User Manual	Texas Instruments: User’s Manual For RDK-S2E (Serial-to-Ethernet Module)
Application Note	Texas Instruments: Implementing RS-232 Flow Control on a Stellaris Microcontroller
Product Brief	Texas Instruments: Release Notes on StellarisWare
Application Note	Texas Instruments: Serial-to-Ethernet Converter for Stellaris Microcontroller

Design Elements

Type	Description
Application Library	Texas Intruments: Stellaris Family Driver Library Installer
Application Library	Texas Instruments: AN0126 - Sample Code for Using Stellaris Microcontrollers Internal Flash Memory to Emulate EEPROM
Application Library	Texas Instruments: AN01245 - Sample Code for Creating an Autonomous Car with the Stellaris LM3S Microcontroller
Application Library	Texas Instruments: AN01242 - Sample Code for Using the Stellaris Serial Flash Loader
Application Library	Texas Instrument: AN01274 - Sample Code for Configuring Stellaris with Pin Multiplexing

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Kit Features

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

LM3S6432 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
Software
- 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 3.3V supplies
- Multiple mounting options
- JTAG port pads for factory programming

Kit Contents

Stellaris Serial-to-Ethernet Module (MDL-S2E ) multiProductLinkRS-232 adaptor board
Retractable Ethernet cable
DB9 serial cable
USB cable
Reference Design Kit CD containing a Quickstart Guide, User's Manual, Software Reference Manual, Board Data Sheet, source code, BOM, schematics, and Gerber files

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