Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Luminary Micro | Subject: LM3S301, LM3S310, LM3S315 and LM3S316
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 May 2006
MCU family expands with motor control to
the fore
32bit microcontrollers offer new features such as an analogue-to-digital convertor (ADC) and a sophisticated motion control unit, as well as larger on-chip memories.
Luminary Micro has added four new members to its Stellaris family of 32bit microcontrollers (MCUs) The four devices - the LM3S301, LM3S310, LM3S315 and LM3S316 - are available immediately and offer new features such as an analogue-to-digital convertor (ADC) and a sophisticated motion control unit, as well as larger on-chip memories
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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