The Luminary Micro Stellaris? family of microcontrollers—the first ARM? Cortex?-M3 based controllers—brings high-performance 32-bit computing to cost-sensitive embedded microcontroller applications. These pioneering parts deliver customers 32-bit performance at a cost equivalent to legacy 8- and 16-bit devices, all in a package with a small footprint. The LM3S610 controller in the Stellaris family offers the advantages of ARM’s widely available development tools, System-on-Chip (SoC) infrastructure IP applications, and a large user community. Additionally, the controller uses ARM’s Thumb?-compatible Thumb-2 instruction set to reduce memory requirements and, thereby, cost. Luminary Micro offers a complete solution to get to market quickly, with a customer development board, white papers and application notes, and a strong support, sales, and distributor network.