Wednesday, January 8, 2014

IAR kickstart dev kit for the LPC1788

Long story short I am working on my first commercial product and the lpc17xx series of cortex-m3 processors fits the bill.  Picked up this lpc1788 system on ebay for a whopping $47 + $16 = $63 verses the 399.99 it used to cost new. Board appears to power up - comes with JLINK lite for debugging ... Heres a breakdown and pics


LPC1788-SK evaluation board
Microcontroller
  • LPC1788FBD208 LQFP

User interfaces
  • 2x user buttons
  • LCD 3.5’’ 320x200 24bit color TFT with backlight and touch screen

Debug interfaces

  • JTAG/SWD connector - 20 pin 0.1’’
  • SWD connector - small 9 pin 0.05’’
  • ETMv3 connector - small 19 pin 0.05’’

Communication interfaces
  • RS232/ICSP
  • USB host and OTG
  • CAN driver and connector
  • IrDA
  • 100 Mbit Ethernet 12C routed to connector
  • UXT connector
  • EXT connector
  • QEI connector

Power functions
  • Multiple power supply options:
    - J-Link (pin 19)
    - Trace connector (pin 11&13)
    - External supply
  • Power supply LED

Additional features
  • Audio in and out
  • SD/MMC card connector
  • Trimpot
  • Accelerometer

Schematic for download (PDF)

J-Link Lite for ARM
J-Link Lite for ARM is a small JTAG/SWD hardware debug probe; it connects via USB to the PC host running Windows.