ATSAM3X-EK Atmel, ATSAM3X-EK Datasheet
ATSAM3X-EK
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SAM3X-EK .................................................................................................................... User Guide 11156A–ATARM–25-May-12 ...
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Section 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 SAM3X Evaluation Kit ........................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 User Guide ......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 References and Applicable Documents ............................................................................. 1-1 Section 2 Kit Contents ................................................................................................................2-1 2.1 Deliverables ....................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Electrostatic Warning ......................................................................................................... 2-2 Section 3 Power Up ...
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ZigBee ............................................................................................................... 4-15 4.3.19 PIO Expansion ................................................................................................... 4-17 4.3.20 Ethernet MAC 10/100 (EMAC) .......................................................................... 4-18 4.3.21 CAN ................................................................................................................... 4-18 4.4 Configuration.................................................................................................................... 4-19 4.4.1 PIO Usage ......................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4.2 Jumpers ............................................................................................................. 4-25 4.4.3 Test Points ......................................................................................................... 4-26 4.4.4 Assigned PIO ...
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... Section 4 describes the hardware resources, including default jumper and switch settings, and the schematics Section 5 provides all the board schematics Section 6 gives troubleshooting recommendations 1.3 References and Applicable Documents Table 1-1. References and Applicable Documents Title SAM3X Datasheet SAM3X-EK User Guide http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/devices.asp?category_id=163&family_id=605&subfamily_id=2363 Section 1 Introduction Comment 11156A–ATARM–25-May-12 1-1 ...
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... Micro A to Type A receptacle changer one serial RS232 cable one Ethernet cross cable A Welcome Letter Figure 2-1. Unpacked SAM3X-EK Unpack and inspect the kit carefully. Contact your local Atmel distributor, should you have issues concerning the contents of the kit. SAM3X-EK User Guide Section 2 Kit Contents 2-1 ...
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Electrostatic Warning The SAM3X-EK board is shipped in a protective anti-static bag. The board must not be subjected to high electrostatic potentials. A grounding strap or similar protective device should be worn when handling the board. Avoid touching the ...
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... Recovery Procedure The DevStart ends by giving step-by-step instructions on how to recover the SAM3X-EK to the state as it was when shipped by Atmel. Follow the instructions if you deleted the contents of the embedded Flash or the NAND Flash and want to recover from this situation. SAM3X-EK User Guide ...
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... Sample Code and Technical Support After boot up, you can run some sample code or your own application on the development kit. You can download sample code and get technical support from Atmel website: 3-2 11156A–ATARM–25-May-12 www.atmel.com SAM3X-EK User Guide ...
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... Board Overview This section introduces the Atmel SAM3X Evaluation Kit design. It introduces system-level concepts, such as power distribution, memory, and interface assignments. The SAM3X-EK board is based on the integration of an ARM SDRAM, NAND-Flash and a set of popular peripherals designed to provide a high performance pro- cessor evaluation solution with high flexibility for various kinds of applications ...
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Features List Here is the list of the main board components and interfaces: SAM3X8H LFBGA chip with optional socket footprint 12 MHz crystal 32.768 KHz crystal SDRAM NAND-Flash Backup Battery 2.8 inch TFT color LCD display with touch-panel and ...
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The SAM3X8H features an External Bus Interface (EBI) that permits interfacing to a broad range of external memories and virtually any parallel peripheral. The SAM3X-EK board is equipped with two kinds of memory devices connected to the SAM3X8H EBI: One ...
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The chip select signals SDCS and NCS0 are used for SDRAM and NAND-Flash chips selection, respec- tively. Furthermore, a dedicated jumper can disconnect these from the memories, to let SDCS and NCS0 be used for other custom purpose. 4.3.3 Clock ...
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NRSTB pin as a system-user reset. In all modes, this pin will reset the chip including the Backup region (RTC, RTT and Supply Controller). It reacts as the Power-on reset. It can be ...
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VDDCORE and VDDPLL can also be powered by an external supply. (Refer to the SAM3X datasheet for more details). VDDBU pin is powered from the 3.3V rail and a backup battery BT1 via a dual Schottky diode D1. Figure 4-7. ...
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There are 4 USARTs on the SAM3X8H device. 4.3.7.1 RS232 SAM3X-EK connects the USART0 bus (including TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS handshake signals control) to the DB9 male connector J13 through the RS232 Transceiver MN16. Figure 4-9. RS232 (COM0_EN) [3] PE14 ...
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Figure 4-11. LEDs 4.3.9 LCD, Backlight Control and Touch Panel SAM3X-EK carries one TFT/Transmissive LCD module with touch screen, FTM280C12D, with inte- grated driver IC HX8347. The LCD display size is 2.8 inches, with a native resolution of 240 x ...
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The LCD module gets its reset from NRST. As explained previously, this NRST is shared with the JTAG port and the push button BP1. The LCD chip select signal is connected to NCS2 (a dedicated jumper can disable it, making ...
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Figure 4-14. Touch Screen Controller X_RIGHT Y_UP X_LEFT Y_DOWN TP5 TP5 TP6 TP6 SMD SMD SMD SMD R57 R57 100K 100K AGND_TP 4.3.10 JTAG/ICE A standard 20-pin JTAG connector is implemented on the SAM3X-EK for any ARM JTAG emulator con- ...
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The bit clock is shared; it can be the SSC transmitter clock (TK) or the receiver clock (RK). The default setting on SAM3X- and RK shorted together through R71/R72. Please note that trying different ADC/DAC rates would mean ...
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PIn Name Pin Description DHSDM HS Data -: Hi-Speed Differential Data Line - Port DHSDP HS Data +: Hi-Speed Differential Data Line + Port UOTGID USB Identification: Mini Connector Identification Port Figure 4-17. USB Block 7 6 USB Micro AB ...
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Figure 4-18. Analog VREF A 10 KOhm potentiometer (VR1) is connected to ADC1 port PA3 to implement an easy access to ADC programming and debugging(or implement an analog user control such as display brightness, volume, etc.). Figure 4-19. ADC Input ...
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Figure 4-21. QST Keys [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] Slider 4.3.15.2 A group of channels forms a Slider. A Slider is composed of three channels for a QTouch acquisition method using three pairs of PIO. ...
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Figure 4-23. EEPROM Block 4.3.17 SD Card The SAM3X-EK has an MMC/MMCPlus high-speed 8-bit multimedia interface. This interface is used as a 4/8-bit interface, connected to an 8-bit SD/MMC card slot with card detection. Figure 4-24. SD Card Socket (MCDA2) ...
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... PE9 3 4 ZB_IRQ1 R104 R104 0R 0R [3,8] PE12 (SPI1_NPCS0 [3,8] PE31 (SPI1_MISO [3,8] PE28 9 10 IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee for Atmel RZ600 R103 R103 0R 0R ZB_IRQ0 PE11 [3,8] R105 R105 0R 0R ZB_SLPTR PE10 [3,8] (SPI1_MOSI) PE29 [3,8] (SPI1_SPCK) JP13 JP13 +3V3 PE30 [3,8] C116 C116 C117 ...
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PIO Expansion The SAM3X8H product features six PIO controllers, PIOA-F, which are multiplexed with the I/O lines of the embedded peripherals. Each PIO Controller controls lines (31 for PIOC and PIOD, 6 for PIOF). Expansion ports ...
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Ethernet MAC 10/100 (EMAC) The EMAC module implements a 10/100 Ethernet MAC compatible with the IEEE 802.3 standard using an address checker, statistics and control registers, receive and transmit blocks, and a DMA interface. The SAM3X-EK is equipped with ...
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SAM3X-EK connects the CAN0 and CAN1 bus (including CANRX0/1, CANTX0/1, CANRX0/1EN, CANTX0/1RS handshake signals control) to the RJ12 female connector J17 and J20 through the CAN Transceiver MN17 and MN18. Figure 4-28. CAN (CANTX0RS) [3] PB20 (CANTX0) [3] PA0 (CANRX0EN) ...
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PIO Usage Table 4-4. PIO Port A Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PA0 CANTX0 PA1 CANRX0 PA2 TIOA1 PA3 TIOB1 PA4 TCLK1 PA5 TIOA2 PA6 TIOB2 PA7 TCLK2 PA8 URXD PA9 UTXD PA10 RXD0 PA11 TXD0 PA12 RXD1 PA13 ...
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Table 4-5. PIO Port B Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PB0 ETXCK/EREFCK PB1 ETXEN PB2 ETX0 PB3 ETX1 PB4 ECRSDV/ERXDV PB5 ERX0 PB6 ERX1 PB7 ERXER PB8 EMDC PB9 EMDIO PB10 UOTGVBOF PB11 UOTGID PB12 TWD1 PB13 TWCK1 PB14 CANTX1 ...
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Table 4-6. PIO Port C Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PC0 PC1 PC2 D0 PC3 D1 PC4 D2 PC5 D3 PC6 D4 PC7 D5 PC8 D6 PC9 D7 PC10 D8 PC11 D9 PC12 D10 PC13 D11 PC14 D12 PC15 D13 ...
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Table 4-7. PIO Port D Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PD0 A10 PD1 A11 PD2 A12 PD3 A13 PD4 A14 PD5 A15 PD6 A16/BA0 PD7 A17/BA1 PD8 A21/NANDALE PD9 A22/NANDCLE PD10 NWR1/NBS1 PD11 SDA10 PD12 SDCS PD13 SDCKE PD14 SDWE ...
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Table 4-8. PIO Port E Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PE0 A19 PE1 A20 PE2 A21/NANDALE PE3 A22/NANDCLE PE4 A23 PE5 NCS4 PE6 NCS5 PE7 PE8 PE9 TIOA3 PE10 TIOB3 PE11 TIOA4 PE12 TIOB4 PE13 TIOA5 PE14 TIOB5 PE15 PWMH0 ...
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Table 4-9. PIO Port F Assignment I/O Line Peripheral A PF0 SPI1_NPCS1 PF1 SPI1_NPCS2 PF2 SPI1_NPCS3 PF3 PWMH3 PF4 CTS3 PF5 RTS3 4.4.2 Jumpers The SAM3X-EK board jumpers are essentially used for two main purposes: functional selection or current measurement. ...
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Table 4-10. Jumpers Setting Designation Label JP14-JP16 RS485 CLOSE PIO expansion JP17-JP21 connector 2-3 voltage supply JP22-JP23 CAN CLOSE 4.4.3 Test Points Some test points have been placed on the SAM3X-EK board for the verification of important signals. Table 4-11. ...
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Table 4-12. Disconnecting Possibility Designation R86 R102 R103 R104 R105 R109 R110 R113 R114 R119 R120 R121 R122 R123 R126 R127 R129 R130 R133 R134 R136 R137 Table 4-13. Default Not Populated Parts Designation R15 R87 C92 ...
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... Schematics This section contains the following schematics: TOP LEVEL POWER SUPPLY & USB & JTAG ATSAM3X_LFBGA217 EBI_MEMORY DISPLAY & QTouch Audio & HSMCI & TWI ETHERNET & ZIGBEE SERIAL & USER INTERFACES SAM3X-EK User Guide Section 5 Schematics 5-1 11156A–ATARM–25-May-12 ...
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... PA15 TF PB0 EREFCK PB17 RF PC2 PA16 TD PB1 ETXEN PB18 RD PC3 ATMEL Cortex-M3 ARM Processor SAM3X (LFBGA217) PIO A,...F Sheet 3 PIO MUXING USAGE USAGE USAGE USAGE RK PC4 D2 PC21 NBS0 PD7 BA1 CANTX0RS PC5 D3 PC22 A1 PD8 NANDALE CANRX0EN ...
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J1 J1 MN1 MN1 MN2 MN2 MP179P 2.1mm MP179P 2.1mm ZEN056V130A24LS ZEN056V130A24LS BNX002-01 BNX002- 100nF 100nF D +5V + PWR_CN IRLML6401 IRLML6401 100K ...
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... PE27 G2 PE27 G15 PD28 PD28 PE28 G1 PE28 F17 PD29 PD29 PE29 H3 PE29 F16 PD30 PD30 PE30 H1 PE30 PE31 F15 PE31 ATSAM3X_LFBGA217 ATSAM3X_LFBGA217 U8 VDDIN [2] VDDIN U7 VDDOUT [2] VDDCORE [2] D10 C25 C25 100nF 100nF G14 C26 C26 100nF 100nF J4 C27 C27 100nF 100nF L4 C28 ...
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PC[0..30] PC23 (A2) D PC24 (A3) PC25 (A4) PC26 (A5) PC27 (A6) PC28 (A7) [3,6,7,8] PD[0..30] PC29 (A8) PC30 (A9) PD22 (A10) PD23 (A11) PD11 (SDA10) PD25 (A13) PD6 (BA0) PD7 (BA1) PD4 (A14) PD13 (SDCKE) [3] SDCK ...
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PC[0..30] JP10 JP10 D [3,8] PB24 PC22 A1 PC18 NWE NRD [3,8] PA29 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 PC8 PC9 PC10 PC11 PC12 PC13 PC14 PC15 PC16 PC17 [2,3,7] NRST X_RIGHT Y_UP X_LEFT Y_DOWN +3V3 C ...
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MN11 MN11 +3V3 XWM8731EDS XWM8731EDS 1 DBVDD 27 DCVDD + + C77 C77 C78 C78 C79 C79 10uF 10uF 100nF 100nF 100nF 100nF 28 DGND 26 XTO 2 D CLKOUT 16 VMID + + C84 C84 C85 C85 12 ...
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[3,8] PD17 OE OE 50MHz 50MHz 2 VSS VSS D (EREFCK) [3,8] PB0 (ETX1) [3,8] PB3 (ETX0) [3,8] PB2 (ETXEN) [3,8] PB1 (ERX1) [3,8] PB6 (ERX0) [3,8] PB5 (ECRSDV) [3,8] PB4 (ERXER) [3,8] PB7 C (EMDC) ...
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MN14 MN14 MAX3232CSE MAX3232CSE +3V3 16 VCC C119 C119 100nF 100nF 2 V+ +3V3 +3V3 C121 C121 100nF 100nF 6 V- C124 C124 D R111 R111 R112 R112 100nF 100nF 100K 100K 100K 100K 15 GND 11 (UTXD) [3] ...
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... Self-Test A test package software is available to implement a functional test for each section of the board. Refer to the SAM3X-EK page on www.atmel.com. 6.2 Board Recovery The SAM3X-EK is delivered with an on-board recovery procedure allowing to reprogram the board as it was when shipped. This procedure is accessible from the Flash disk mounted when the board is ...
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Revision History Table 7-1. Document Comments 11156A First issue. SAM3X-EK User Guide Section 7 Revision History Change Request Ref. 7-1 11156A–ATARM–25-May-12 ...
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