Energy Micro has announced the introduction of a starter kit for its ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32 Tiny Gecko microcontrollers. The EFM32TG-STK3300 kit provides users with all the functionality that is needed to create low-power system designs.
Achieving an active mode current consumption of only 160 μA/MHz, the energy friendly EFM32TG840 microcontroller featured in the kit is the largest in a family of 23 Tiny Gecko devices now in full production. The starter kit includes an 8x20 segment LCD supported by Tiny’s sub-μA LCD controller and a selection of light, touch and motion sensors, backed by the MCU’s low energy sensor (LESENSE) interface.
Tiny’s LESENSE interface with ‘wake-on-touch’ capability runs independently of the Cortex-M3 core and enables a mix of up to 16 resistive, capacitive or inductive sensors to be autonomously monitored while the microcontroller remains in its 900 nA deep sleep mode. Other low-power peripherals offered by the kit’s MCU include a 150 nA UART and a 350 μA, 1 MSps, 8-channel, 12-bit ADC. The starter kit provides a comprehensive choice of GPIO pins, serial communication ports and debug connections.
To support the development of energy efficient application code, the Tiny Gecko starter kit also integrates Energy Micro’s unique Advanced Energy Monitoring system (AEM), enabling system current consumption and voltage to be accurately viewed in real-time, allowing code to be debugged for adverse energy drains.
Visualisation and analysis of the starter kit system’s energy consumption data is via energyAware Profiler, one of a comprehensive selection of software tools and resources accessible through Energy Micro’s free-to-download Simplicity Studio. Providing immediate access to and updates on all the software tools, product documentation and other resources needed in the development of EFM32 Gecko microcontroller systems, Simplicity Studio aims to reduce embedded development times.
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