Starter Kits Launched to Lower Evaluation Costs

First to be introduced are a game controller kit and a magnetometer kit. The game controller kit includes a game controller, a 1.8x1.6in. colour LCD and example projects such as a snake game. The magnetometer kit can be used to identify magnetic fields using the included magnetometer module and to output information on a 1.53x1.38in. LCD. The kits include a size-limited license of the powerful toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench and can be used with IAR Systems’ in-circuit debugging probe I-jet as well as other JTAG probes, and are also available in versions including an IAR J-Link Lite USB-JTAG/SWD debug probe.

Both kits are based on the ARM Cortex-M3 STM32L152VB microcontroller from STMicroelectronics and feature several connectors: JTAG 20 pin, a small 19 pin trace connector, two UEXT/UXT connectors and a USB connector. Power is supplied through the JTAG, trace or USB connector. The board also has a prototyping area, user and reset buttons and power and user LEDs, as well as designated power/current measuring points that can be used with IAR Systems’ I-scope probe to enable detailed current and power measurements correlated with the source code in IAR Embedded Workbench.