The JTAG opto-isolation (AI-JTAG/OPTO-1) board can be connected between development tools and an application board to provide electrical isolation. This is essential when the development tools are not connected to the same ground as the application. It is also useful to protect the development tools from electrical spikes that often occur in some applications, such as motor control applications.

The JTAG opto-isolation board can be used with any tools that use the 20-pin JTAG standard connection for in-circuit debugging and programming of ST ARM core-based microcontrollers.

The ST-LINK/V2 is an in-circuit debugger and programmer for the STM8 and STM32 microcontroller families. The single wire interface module (SWIM) and JTAG/serial wire debugging (SWD) interfaces are used to communicate with any STM8 or STM32 microcontroller located on an application board.

In addition to providing the same functionalities as the ST-LINK/V2, the ST-LINK/V2-ISOL features digital isolation between the PC and the target application board. It also withstands voltages of up to 2500 VRMS.

STM8 applications use the USB full speed interface to communicate with STMicroelectronic’s ST Visual Develop (STVD) or ST Visual Program (STVP) software.

STM32 applications use the USB full speed interface to communicate with Atollic, IAR, Keil or TASKING integrated development environments.

The Raisonance REva Starter Kits are complete, low-cost solutions for starting application development and evaluating the features of STMicroelectonics ARM® Cortex™-M3, ARM966E™ and ARM7TDMI™ core-based microcontrollers. Kits come with all the hardware and software that developers need to start developing applications, including the

REva evaluation board, microcontrollers, embedded RLink JTAG in-circuit debugger/programmer and Raisonance Integrated Development Environment (RIDE).

The REva starter kits are available for a full range of 32-bit and 8-bit microcontrollers.

For more information, refer to the microcontrollers support site on www.st.com.

This set of 3 boards expands the functionality of the STM32F4 Discovery kit. A base board, connected to the STM32 F4 Discovery provides Ethernet connectivity, a micro SD Card™ slot and extension connectors for the 2 other boards, and provides easy access to features such as UART, SPI, CAN and so on. A digital camera board featuring a 1.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor, and a 3"5 LCD board with touch screen capability connect to the base board to form a complete system.

For more information, visit www.element14.com/stm32f4-expansion

The RLink Professional (STX-PRO/RAIS) provides unlimited programming, compiling and real-time debugging of 32-bit STMicroelectronics ARM Cortex™-M, ARM7TDMI® and ARM9E™ core based microcontrollers.

The tool contains everything required to develop STM32 and STR7/9 applications including an in-circuit debugger/programmer, free downloadable Raisonance IDE (Ride7) with GNU C/C++ compiler (available at www.raisonance.com).

The STX-PRO/RAIS does not include trace support for ARM® core-based with embedded Trace Microcell™ such as STR9.

The RLink (STX-RLINK) is Raisonance’s versatile, low-cost, in-circuit debugger and programmer for a complete range of STMicroelectronics microcontrollers (STM8, ST7, STM32, STR7 and STR9). It connects to application or evaluation boards for in-circuit programming and debugging via an industry standard JTAG-SWD connection for ARM^® core-based microcontrollers, via STMicroelectronics’ SWIM connection for STM8, or via an in-circuit communication (ICC) connection for ST7 microcontrollers. ST72Cxxxx devices are not supported.

The RLink, driven by Raisonance’s Ride7 integrated development environment provides both unlimited in-circuit debugging and programming of applications for STM8 and ST7. The RLink allows in-circuit debugging of STM32, STR7 and STR9 MCUs with debug code limitation up to 1/2 the size of the device Flash if Flash is less than or equal to 64 Kbytes, or up to 64 Kbytes if Flash is more than 64 Kbytes.

In combination with Raisonance’s free RFlasher7 programming software, RLink can also be used as a very-low cost, dedicated in-circuit programmer for STM8, ST7, STM32, STR7 and STR9 microcontrollers.

Complete software tool sets are provided by download at www.raisonance.com.

The RLink does not include trace support for ARM® core-based devices with Embedded Trace Macrocell™ such as STR9.