Atmel: ATSAM3X-EK Evaluation Kit

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Kit Overview

The Atmel's ATSAM3X-EKATSAM3X-EK Evaluation Kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel SAM3X and SAM3A microcontrollers. It has enough features to demonstrate most of the product’s capabilities to its users. The SAM3X-EK also features extension connectors to allow users to add new interfaces in case they are not on-board.

The ATSAM3X-EKATSAM3X-EK board is based on the integration of an ARM® Cortex®-M3 processor with on-board SDRAM, 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.The SAM3X-EK is equipped with a SAM3X8H in a LFBGA217 package.

The SAM3X8H chip embeds:

512 Kbytes of embedded Flash
100Kbytes of embedded SRAM with dual bank
16 Kbytes of ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART, USB) and IAP (In-Application Programming functions) routines.

The SAM3X8H features an External Bus Interface (EBI) that permits interfacing to a broad range of external memories and virtually any parallel peripheral. The ATSAM3X-EKATSAM3X-EK board is equipped with two kinds of memory devices connected to the SAM3X8H EBI:

One 4Mega x16 x4 banks SDRAM device
One NAND-Flash MT29F2G08AAD.

Key Applications:

The SAM3X/A devices are particularly well suited for networking applications such as industrial and home/building automation, gateways.

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Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Supported Family	MPN	Description
IDE	Atmel	ARM Cortex-M	Atmel Studio 6 IDE	Atmel Studio 6 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is the integrated development environment (IDE) for developing and debugging Atmel ARM® Cortex™-M and Atmel AVR® microcontroller (MCU) based applications. The Atmel Studio 6 IDE gives you a seamless and easy-to-use environment to write, build and debug your applications written in C/C++ or assembly code. Learn More
IDE	ARM	ALL ARM	ARM DS-5	The ARM Development Studio 5 (DS-5) tool enable developers to get the best from their ARM technology-based systems. Whether implementing an ARM processor-based SoC or writing software for an Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP), ARM tools enable you to deliver the best solution with the highest performance and lowest power. Learn More
IDE	ARM	ALL ARM Cortex	KEIL MDK ARM	The MDK-ARM (Microcontroller Development Kit) is the complete software development environment for ARM7, ARM9, Cortex-M, and Cortex-R4 processor-based devices. Learn More
RTOS	Micrium	ARM7 / AMR9	Micrium uc/OSIII	μC/OS-III is Micrium’s newest RTOS, designed for developers who need to save time on their current and next embedded sytem projects. Learn More
RTOS	ARM KEIL	ALL ARM	KEIL RTX	The Keil RTX is a royalty-free, deterministic Real-Time Operating System designed for microcontrollers based on ARM7™TDMI, ARM9™, and Cortex™-M CPU cores. Learn More
RTOS	Segger	ALL ARM	embOS	SEGGER embOS (Real Time Operating System) follows strict, yet efficient coding and documentation standards. embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Supported Family	MPN	Description
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Atmel	ARM	AT91SAM-ICEAT91SAM-ICE	USB JTAG In-Circuit Emulator for SAM3, SAM7 and SAM9 ARM-based microcontrollers
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	ARM	ALL ARM	DSTRM-KT-0181ADSTRM-KT-0181A	DSTREAM Debug and Trace Unit
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	ARM	ALL ARM	ULINK2ULINK2	USB Debugger
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	ARM	ALL ARM	ULINKProULINKPro	High-Speed Debug and Trace Unit
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Segger	ARM / CORTEX-M/A/R	J-LinkJ-Link	USB JTAG Emulator
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Segger	ALL ARM Cortex-M	J-Trace for Cortex-MJ-Trace for Cortex-M	USB JTAG Emulator
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Segger	ALL ARM	J-Trace for ARMJ-Trace for ARM	USB JTAG Emulator
Flasher	Segger	ALL ARM	Flasher ARMFlasher ARM	ARM & Cortex M Flash Programmer

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Atmel: User Guide for SAM3X-EK Evaluation Kit
Datasheet	Atmel: Datasheet for AT91SAM ARM based Flash MCUs Embedded MPUs
Revision Note	Atmel: Demo Release Notes for SAM3X-EK Evaluation kit

Design Elements

Type	Description
Schematics	Atmel: Schematics File for SAM3X-EK Dev Kit
Layout	Atmel: Layout File for SAM3X-EK Dev Kit
Application Library	Atmel: Software Code for SAM3X-EK Dev Kit
Application Library	Atmel: Software Code for SAM3X-EK Demo Sources
Application Library	Atmel: Software Code for SAM3X-EK Demo Binaries

Video

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Kit Features

SAM3X8H (LFBGA package)chip with optional socket footprint
12MHz crystal
32.768KHz crystal
SDRAM
NAND Flash
Backup battery
2.8 inch TFT color LCD display with touch-panel and backlight
UART port with level shifter IC
USART port with level shifter IC
Audio codec with input and output jacks: stereo headphone out and mono microphone in
SD/MMC interface
QTouch® buttons: Up, Down, Left, Right, Valid and Slider
Reset and wake-up buttons: NRST, NRSTB, FWUP
User buttons: Left and Right
High-speed USB Host/Device port
JTAG/ICE port
On-board power regulation with shutdown control (by the SAM3 chip)
Three user LEDs
Power LED
User potentiometer connected to the ADC input
IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee® connector
Two serial CAN 2.0B communication ports via two RJ12 connectors

Kit Contents

The Atmel® ATSAM3X-EKATSAM3X-EK toolkit contains the following items:

A SAM3X-EK board
One power supply
One universal input AC/DC power supply with US, Europe and UK plug adapters
One 3V Lithium Battery type CR1225
One USB cable
One Micro A to Type A receptacle changer
One serial RS232 cable
One Ethernet cross cable
A Welcome Letter

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