Architectural Overview

Texas Instrument's Tiva™ C Series microcontrollers provide designers a high-performance ARM®

Cortex™-M-based architecture with a broad set of integration capabilities and a strong ecosystem

of software and development tools. Targeting performance and flexibility, the Tiva™ C Series

architecture offers a 120 MHz Cortex-M with FPU, a variety of integrated memories and multiple

programmable GPIO. Tiva™ C Series devices offer consumers compelling cost-effective solutions

by integrating application-specific peripherals and providing a comprehensive library of software

tools which minimize board costs and design-cycle time. Offering quicker time-to-market and cost

savings, the Tiva™ C Series microcontrollers are the leading choice in high-performance 32-bit

applications.

This chapter contains an overview of the Tiva™ C Series microcontrollers as well as details on the

TM4C1290NCPDT microcontroller:

■ “Tiva™ C Series Overview” on page 46

■ “TM4C1290NCPDT Microcontroller Overview” on page 47

■ “TM4C1290NCPDT Microcontroller Features” on page 50

■ “TM4C1290NCPDT Microcontroller Hardware Details” on page 72

■ “Kits” on page 72

■ “Support Information” on page 73