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04 Apr 2007

DesignStellaris2006 Winner Announced

DesignStellaris2006 Design Contest Winner

Plano, TX: Keil is pleased to announce Jingxi Zhang as the winner of the DesignStellaris2006 design contest jointly ran by Keil, Luminary Micro and Circuit Celler.

The US $3000 first prize went to Zhang's Handheld Multifunction Scope project based on the Stellaris EKK-LM3S811 evaluation board. The Handheld Multifunction Scope can be operated in standalone mode with three AAA batteries.  It can also be powered through a PC USB port, and in this mode, the PC screen is used to show the oscilloscope display and the measurement values. Zhang's flexible tool functions as a dual channel trace oscilloscope; an AC/DC Voltmeter, Ohmmeter, capacitance, and inductance meters; frequency counter; a logic probe; and a pulse generator.

The Multifunction Scope was developed using a Luminary Micro LM3S811 Evaluation Kit and the  RealView Microcontroller Development Kit featuring the ARM^® RealView compilation tools and the Keil™ µVision^® IDE, debugger, and simulator.

Second place went to Thomas M. Alldread's "RF NimbleSig," an RF signal generator and power meter, which is a compact direct digital synthesizer (DDS) generator / RF power meter module that provides a frequency agile RF output signal source and a low level RF power measurement. Jake Gunderson captured the third prize for his "Squawk Box," a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) user instrument that interfaces the widely accepted Asterisk open source soft telephone switch.

More information on all of the successful entries can be seen at DesignStellaris2006

About Luminary Micro and Stellaris

Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs). Austin, Texas-based Luminary Micro is the lead partner for the Cortex-M3 processor, delivering the world's first silicon implementation of the Cortex-M3 processor. Luminary Micro's introduction of the award-winning Stellaris® family of products provides 32-bit performance for the same price as current 8- and 16-bit microcontroller designs. With entry-level pricing at $1.00 for an ARM technology-based MCU, Luminary Micro's Stellaris product line allows for standardization that eliminates future architectural upgrades or software tools changes. Contact the company at +1-512-279-8800 or email press@luminarymicro.com for more information.

About Keil

Keil, an ARM^® company, makes C compilers, macro assemblers, real-time kernels, debuggers, simulators, integrated environments, and evaluation boards for ARM7/ARM9™/Cortex™-M3, XC16x/C16x/ST10, 251, and 8051 processor-based microcontroller families. Products available from Keil include embedded development tools, evaluation software, product updates, application notes, example code and technical support. More information on Keil is available at http://www.keil.com.