IAR Systems has announced a starter kit for STMicroelectronics' ARM Cortex-M3 based STM32F2xx series. The microcontrollers combine 90nm process technology with the ART (adaptive real-time memory) accelerator and the multi-layer bus matrix. The KickStart kit for STM32F207 contains all the necessary hardware and software and allows embedded software applications to be designed, integrated and tested on hardware, says the company. It includes an evaluation board, software tools, a debug probe, projects and board support packages for RTOS (real time operating systems).
The evaluation board is fitted with an STM32F207ZG microcontroller, colour LCD, connectors for USB host, USB OTG (on-the-go), Ethernet and CAN, and headphone jack. The kit includes debug connectors for ETM (embedded trace macrocell) trace, SWD (serial wire debug) and JTAG (joint test action group).
The IAR J-Link Lite debug probe provides JTAG and SWD debug interfaces. The added debug capabilities can be enabled by separate debug probes. According to the company, the IAR J-Trace enables full instruction trace, and the J-Link Ultra enables power debugging features in the company's embedded workbench.
