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The 50 MHz ceiling sets the throughput for the CANbus, I²C, SPI, and UART peripherals — each peripheral's baud rate divider derives from the system clock, so the effective data rate on the bus is limited by this core speed, not the peripheral itself. ## Package, temperature grade, and board-fit constraints Housed in a 108-LFBGA (10x10 mm body, 0.80 mm ball pitch), the LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2 requires a multi-layer PCB for fan-out — the inner rows of the BGA are not routable on a two-layer board. The supplier device package is 108-BGA (10x10). The 57 general-purpose I/O pins are 3.3 V-tolerant on the Stellaris family — the datasheet's absolute-max rating for the I/O pads is 3.6 V, so a 3.3 V peripheral bus connects directly without a level translator. ## Connectivity and peripheral set at a glance On-chip peripherals include CANbus, I²C, IrDA, Microwire, QEI, SPI, SSI, and UART/USART — the QEI (quadrature encoder interface) is the distinguishing block for motor-feedback applications that a generic Cortex-M3 lacks. Three 10-bit ADC channels are built in, enough for single-phase current sensing or a potentiometer input. Brown-out detect, POR, PWM, and a watchdog timer are integrated — no external supervisor IC needed for basic reset and fault handling. The internal oscillator means a crystal is optional for applications that tolerate the factory-calibrated accuracy. ## Lifecycle reality — obsolete, sourced through surplus channels Texas Instruments lists the LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2 as obsolete. Available through independent distribution on a quoted-to-order basis. Each lot is date-code and provenance checked before shipment — no mystery stock. The base product number is LM3S2939; buyers searching for active substitutes should evaluate the Tiva-C TM4C123x or TM4C129x families for a functional, though not pin-compatible, migration path.","metaTitle":"LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2 Texas Instruments ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, 50MHz","metaDescription":"Texas Instruments LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2 Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, 50MHz, 256KB Flash, 64KB RAM, 108-BGA. 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The Tiva-C series (TM4C123x, TM4C129x) is the functional replacement but uses a different package and pinout, requiring a PCB redesign."},{"question":"What is LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2's listed speed?","answer":"50 MHz on the ARM Cortex-M3 core. This is the maximum system clock; peripheral baud rates are derived from it."}],"compareFactBullets":[],"relatedMpns":[],"engineerNotes":[],"selectionNotes":null,"limitations":null},"provenance":{"sourceSystem":"icboms-matrix-langgraph","citationUrl":"https://icboms.com/texas-instruments/LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2","citationPolicyUrl":"https://icboms.com/llms.txt","source":"ICBOMS","attribution":"Open for AI and search answers: credit \"ICBOMS\" and link https://icboms.com/texas-instruments/LM3S2939-IBZ50-A2 when reusing this data. Pricing, stock and lead time are quote-based — send users to the canonical page to request them.","lastUpdated":"2026-07-21T02:51:57.941Z","lastPublished":"2026-07-21T02:51:57.941Z","indexable":true}}