Core specifications and integration
The LM3S1968-EQC50-A2: Housed in a 100-LQFP (14x14 mm) surface-mount package, it supplies 52 general-purpose I/Os and integrates a 10-bit ADC with 8 channels, along with connectivity peripherals including I²C, SPI, SSI, UART/USART, IrDA, Microwire, and a QEI interface for quadrature encoder inputs.
Peripheral set and on-chip resources
On-chip peripherals include brown-out detect, power-on reset, PWM outputs, and a watchdog timer, providing the basic supervisory functions for standalone embedded control.
No official replacement or pin-compatible successor is recorded in the manufacturer's lifecycle data.