What this Stellaris MCU brings to a BOM
The LM3S9D96-IBZ80-A1 is a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller from the Stellaris 9000 series, clocked at 80 MHz with 512 KB of Flash program memory and 96 KB of RAM.
80 MHz Cortex-M3 — enough for a protocol gateway
At 80 MHz, the Cortex-M3 core runs a lightweight TCP/IP stack alongside a control loop without external RAM. The 512 KB Flash holds a moderate application image.
