SLSTK3701A Giant Gecko S1

Hardware

Platform Silicon Labs EFM32: Silicon Labs EFM32 Gecko 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family includes devices that offer flash memory configurations up to 256 kB, 32 kB of RAM and CPU speeds up to 48 MHz. Based on the powerful ARM Cortex-M core, the Gecko family features innovative low energy techniques, short wake-up time from energy saving modes and a wide selection of peripherals, making it ideal for battery operated applications and other systems requiring high performance and low-energy consumption.

Microcontroller

EFM32GG11B820F2048GL192

Frequency

48MHz

Flash

2MB

RAM

512KB

Vendor

Silicon Labs

Configuration

Please use efm32gg11_stk3701 ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:efm32gg11_stk3701]
platform = siliconlabsefm32
board = efm32gg11_stk3701

You can override default SLSTK3701A Giant Gecko S1 settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest efm32gg11_stk3701.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:efm32gg11_stk3701]
platform = siliconlabsefm32
board = efm32gg11_stk3701

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = efm32gg11b820f2048gl192

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 48000000L

Uploading

SLSTK3701A Giant Gecko S1 supports the following uploading protocols:

  • blackmagic

  • jlink

  • mbed

Default protocol is mbed

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:efm32gg11_stk3701]
platform = siliconlabsefm32
board = efm32gg11_stk3701

upload_protocol = mbed

Debugging

Debugging - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

SLSTK3701A Giant Gecko S1 has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don’t need to use/buy external debug probe.

Compatible Tools

On-board

Default

Black Magic Probe

J-LINK

Yes

Yes

Frameworks

Name

Description

Mbed OS

Arm Mbed OS is a platform operating system designed for the internet of things