Silicon Labs Microcontrollers
Well known in the industry for the low-power performance, the Gecko family of microcontrollers from Silicon Labs provide performance in small packaging suitable for battery-powered applications. Powered by ARM® Cortex®-M4, M3 and M0+ cores, embedded developers can scale up and down within these families of devices as demands change.
ARM® Cortex®-M4 MCUs
Ranging from the Giant Gecko S1, with its 2MB of flash and 72MHz clock speed, down to the Pearl Gecko, small quad flat-pack and BGA packages make this family suitable for battery-applications, remote sensing and wearables. With a focus on IoT applications, these microcontrollers also feature a range of cryptography hardware to support secure connections, encryption key storage and data security.
ARM® Cortex®-M0+ MCUs
Available in packages as small as 4 x 4mm, and consuming as little as 150µA/MHz, these Cortex®-M0+ devices utilise autonomous and energy efficient peripherals. The Happy Gecko and Zero Gecko are capable of waking-up quickly from their energy saving modes, ensuring that your application can process data quickly without wasting energy.
ARM® Cortex®-M3 MCUs
Small packaging and wafer options ensure that these microcontrollers can find a home in almost any portable application. Powered by a Cortex®-M3 core, this family provides the scope to move from tiny 4 x 4mm packages with 4kB flash memory up to 7 x 7mm packages with 1MB of flash. The Tiny Gecko and Gecko offer fast wake-up and an LCD controller, whilst the larger devices, such as the Giant Gecko, includes USB host and device, AES encryption and low energy UART and sensor interfaces.
iSYSTEM - Enabling Safer Embedded Systems
Regardless of the application or target microcontroller, or if you are using an evaluation board or your own prototype, iSYSTEM has a debugging solution to meet your needs.
Additionally, it is also possible to start with on-chip testing of your application code using testIDEA. As soon as code trace or code coverage becomes an issue, you can upgrade to our range of BlueBox On-Chip Analyzers, as shown in the table below.
| Family | Cortex®-M Core | Development Kit J-Link |
iC5000 | iC5700 |
| Zero Gecko | M0+ | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Happy Gecko | M0+ | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tiny Gecko | M3 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gecko | M3 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Jade Gecko | M3 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Leopard Gecko | M3 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Giant Gecko | M3 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pearl Gecko | M4 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Wonder Gecko | M4 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Giant Gecko S1 | M4 | ✔(1) | ✔ | ✔ |
(1) - Basic debugging supported only; no trace