MICROCHIP ATSAM4E-EK

This chapter introduces the Atmel SAM4E-EK Evaluation Kit design. It introduces system-level concepts, such as power distribution, memory, and interface assignments. The SAM4E-EK board is based on the integration of an ARM Cortex-M4 processor with on-board NAND Flash and a set of popular peripherals. It is designed to provide a high performance processor evaluation solution with high flexibility for various kinds of applications.

• SAM4E16 chip BGA144 package with optional socket footprint
• 12MHz crystal
• 32.768kHz crystal
• Optional SMB connector for external system clock input
• NAND Flash
• 2.8 inch TFT color LCD display with touch panel and backlight
• UART port with RS232 driver
• USART port with RS232 driver multiplexed with RS485 function with driver
• CAN port with driver
• Mono/stereo headphone jack output
• One Ethernet physical transceiver layer with RJ45 connector
• SD/MMC interface
• Reset button: NRST
• User buttons: WAKU, TAMP, Scroll-up, and Scroll-down
• QTouch buttons: Left, Right, and Slider
• Full Speed USB device port
• JTAG/ICE port
• On-board power regulation
• Three user LEDs
• Power LED
• BNC connector for ADC input
• BNC connector for DAC output
• User potentiometer connected to the ADC input
• ZigBee connector
• PIO connection interfaces (PIOA, PIOC and PIOD with 32-bit, PIOB with 16-bit)