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SAM3S-EK Development Board .................................................................................................................... User Guide 11031C–ATARM–30-Mar-11 ...
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Section 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 SAM3S 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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Configuration.................................................................................................................... 4-15 4.4.1 PIO Usage ......................................................................................................... 4-15 4.4.2 Jumpers ............................................................................................................. 4-19 4.4.3 Test Points ......................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4.4 Solder Drops ...................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4.5 Assigned PIO Lines, Disconnection Possibility.................................................. 4-20 4.5 Connectors....................................................................................................................... 4-22 4.5.1 Power Supply Connector J9 .............................................................................. 4-22 4.5.2 ...
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... Section 6 describes the hardware resources, default jumper and switch settings, and connectors. Section 7 provides schematics. Section 8 describes the troubleshooting. 1.3 References and Applicable Documents Table 1-1. References and Applicable Documents Title SAM3S Datasheet SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide Comment http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/datasheets.asp?family_id=605#2127 Section 1 Introduction 1-1 11031C–ATARM–30-Mar-11 ...
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... USB cable – one serial RS232 cable A Welcome Letter Figure 2-1. Unpacked SAM3S-EK Unpack and inspect the kit carefully. Contact your local Atmel distributor, should you have issues con- cerning the contents of the kit. SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide Section 2 Kit Contents 2-1 11031C– ...
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Kit Contents 2.2 Electrostatic Warning The SAM3S-EK board is shipped in a protective anti-static package. The board must not be subjected to high electrostatic potentials. A grounding strap or similar protective device should be worn when han- dling the board. ...
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... Recovery Procedure The DevStart ends by giving step-by-step instructions on how to recover the SAM3S-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. SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide ...
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... Power Up 3.4 Sample Code and Technical Support After boot up, you can run some sample code or your own application on the development kit. You can http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4678 Figure 3-1. Atmel Website for AT91SAM Products 3-2 11031C–ATARM–30-Mar- SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide ...
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... Board Overview This section introduces the Atmel SAM3S Evaluation Kit design. It introduces system-level concepts, such as power distribution, memory, and interface assignments. The SAM3S-EK board is based on the integration of an ARM NAND Flash and a set of popular peripherals designed to provide a high performance processor evaluation solution with high flexibility for various kinds of applications ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.2 Features List Here is the list of the main board components and interfaces: SAM3S4C chip LQFP100 package with optional socket footprint 12 MHz crystal 32.768 KHz crystal Optional SMB connector for external system clock input NAND ...
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The SAM3S features an External Bus Interface (EBI) that permits interfacing to a broad range of external memories and virtually to any parallel peripheral. The SAM3S-EK board is equipped with a memory device connected to the SAM3 EBI: One NAND ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware The SAM3S chip internally generates the following clocks: SLCK, the Slow Clock, which is the only permanent clock of the system MAINCK, the output of the Main Clock Oscillator selection: either a Crystal Oscillator or a 4/8/12 ...
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VDDIO pins: Power for the Peripherals I/O lines. The voltage ranges from 1.62V to 3.6V. VDDOUT pin: Output of the internal voltage regulator. VDDCORE pins: Power for the core, including the processor, embedded memories and peripherals. The voltage ranges from ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.3.7.1 RS232 SAM3S-EK connects the USART1 bus (including TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS handshake signal controls and EN command) to the DB9 male connector J5 through the RS232 Transceiver MN5. Figure 4-6. USART 4.3.7.2 RS485 As noticed above, ...
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Figure 4-8. LCD Block PC[0..31] NRST 4.3.8.2 Backlight Control The LCD backlight is made of four integrated white chip-LEDs arranged in parallel. These are driven by an AAT3155 charge pump, MN8.The AAT3155 is controlled by the SAM3S through a single ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.3.8.3 Touch Screen Interface The LCD module integrates a 4-wire touch panel controlled by MN7 (ADS7843) which is a slave device on the SAM3S SPI bus. The controller sends back the information about the X and Y ...
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Figure 4-11. JTAG Interface 4.3.10 Audio Interface The SAM3S–EK board supports both audio recording and playback. The audio volume can be adjusted using the potentiometer RV1, and the microphone amplifier gain can be adjusted via jumpers (fixed gain of 24 ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware Figure 4-12. Microphone Input AVDD R77 R77 470R 470R C63 C63 R78 R78 22uF 22uF 1K 1K AGND MIC1 MIC1 SVB6050 SVB6050 R85 R85 1K 1K C73 C73 R88 R88 22uF 22uF 470R 470R AGND AGND 4.3.10.2 ...
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Using a readily available 1/8-in. (3,5 mm) stereo headphone jack, the control switch is closed when no plug is inserted. When closed, a 100-kOhm/1-kOhm divider pulls the ST/MN input low. When a jack plug is inserted, the 1-kOhm resistor is ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.3.12.2 Analog Input The BNC connector CN1 is connected to the ADC port PB1 as an external analog input. An on-board 50- Ohm resistor termination can be applied by closing jumper JP16. A low pass filter can ...
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Figure 4-18. QST Keys 4.3.13.2 Slider A group of channels forms a Slider. A Slider is composed of three channels for a QTouch acquisition method using three pairs of PIO. Such a sensor is used to detect a linear finger ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.3.15 LEDs There are three LEDs on the SAM3S-EK board: A blue LED (D2) and a green LED (D3), which are user defined and controlled by the GPIO. A red LED (D4), which is a power LED ...
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Figure 4-23. ZigBEE Interface 4.3.18 PIO Expansion The SAM3S product features three PIO controllers, PIOA, PIOB and PIOC, which are multiplexed with the I/O lines of the embedded peripherals. Each PIO Controller controls lines (16 for PIOB). ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.4 Configuration This section describes the PIO usage, the jumpers, the test points and the solder drops of a SAM3S-EK board. 4.4.1 PIO Usage Table 4-1. PIO Port A Pin Assignments and Signal Descriptions I/O Peripheral Peripheral ...
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Table 4-1. PIO Port A Pin Assignments and Signal Descriptions (Continued) I/O Peripheral Peripheral No Line PA29 RI1 TCLK2 31 PA30 PWML2 NPCS2 32 PA31 NPCS1 PCK2 Table 4-2. PIO Port B Pin Assignments and Signal Descriptions ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-3. PIO Port C Pin Assignments and Signal Descriptions No I/O Line Peripheral A 1 PC0 D0 2 PC1 D1 3 PC2 D2 4 PC3 D3 5 PC4 D4 6 PC5 D5 7 PC6 D6 8 ...
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Jumpers The SAM3S-EK board jumpers are essentially used for two main purposes: functional selection or cur- rent measurement. Details are given below. Table 4-4. Jumpers Setting Designation Label JP1 JTAG JP2 ADVREF JP3 ERASE JP4 TEST JP5 VDDPLL JP6 ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-5. Audio Input Configuration JP17 OFF OFF ON ON 4.4.3 Test Points Some test points have been placed on the SAM3S-EK board for the verification of important signals. Table 4-6. Test Points Designation TP1 TP2 TP3 ...
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Table 4-8. Disconnecting Possibility Designation R19 R20 R22 R25 R26 R27 R28 R31 R33 R34 R35 R36 R44 R47 R48 R59 R66 R67 R68 R69 R70 R118 R119 R120 R121 Table 4-9. Default Not Populated Parts Reference J1, R1 Y1, ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-9. Default Not Populated Parts Reference D1 R61, R63, RA2, RA3 JP4 TPxx 4.5 Connectors 4.5.1 Power Supply Connector J9 The SAM3S-EK evaluation board can be powered from a 5VDC power supply connected ...
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Table 4-11. Serial COM1 Connector J5 Signal Descriptions Pin 4.5.3 UART Connector J7 Male RS232/UART connector J7 Table 4-12. Male RS232/UART Connector J7 Signal Descriptions Pin ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.5.5 TFT LCD Connector J8 One 39-pin connector is available on the board to connect the LCD module, backlight and touch screen. Figure 4-28. LCD Connector J8 Table 4-14. LCD Connector J8 Signal Descriptions Pin 1 3 ...
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JTAG Debugging Connector J6 This JTAG connector is a 20-way Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) keyed box header (2.54 mm male) that mates with IDC sockets mounted on a ribbon cable. Its signal assignment is compatible with the SAM-ICE or ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-15. JTAG/ICE Connector J13 Signal Descriptions (Continued) Pin Mnemonic 15 nSRST RESET — 16 GND 17 RFU 18 GND 19 RFU 20 GND 4.5.7 SD/MMC - MCI Connector J3 Figure 4-30. SD/MMC Connector J3 Table 4-16. ...
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Analog Connector CN1 & CN2 Figure 4-31. Analog Input Connector CN1 and Analog Output CN2, Bottom View Table 4-17. Analog Input, Output Connector CN1, CN2 Signal Descriptions Pin 4.5.9 RS485 Connector J14 Figure 4-32. ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.5.10 Headphone Connector J11 Figure 4-33. Headphone J11 Table 4-19. Headphone J11 Signal Descriptions Pin 4.5.11 ZigBEE Connector J16 Figure 4-34. ZigBee Connector J16 Table 4-20. Connector J16 Signal Descriptions Signal Function ...
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PIO Expansion Port C Connector J12 Figure 4-35. PIO Expansion Connector J12 Table 4-21. Connector J12 Signal Descriptions Pin ...
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Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.5.13 PIO Expansion Port A Connector J13 Figure 4-36. PIO Expansion Connector J13 Table 4-22. Connector J13 Signal Descriptions Pin ...
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PIO Expansion Port B Connector J14 Figure 4-37. PIO Expansion Connector J14 Table 4-23. Connector J14 Signal Descriptions Pin SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide Mnemonic Pin Mnemonic ...
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Schematics This section contains the following schematics: Block diagram General information Microcontroller NAND Flash, serial interface TFT LCD & Touch Audio & Power Supply USB, LEDs, push-buttons & ZigBEE SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide Section 5 Schematics 5-1 11031C–ATARM–30-Mar-11 ...
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... D ATMEL Cortex M3 Processor SAM3S (LQFP100) Reset,Debug Logic Audio PA C Microphone USB FS Device B RS232 & RS485 AD/ SAM3S-EK RevB Block Diagram User Interface (PIO PortA,B, Power Manage 2.8 Inch TFT-LCD MicroSD Card Nand Flash QTouch Input ZIGBEE 26-NOV-09 26-NOV-09 26-NOV- XX-XXX-XX XX-XXX-XX ...
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REVISION HISTORY REV DATA NOTE A 2009.07 ORIGINAL RELEASED D B 2009.11 UPDATED TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DESCRIPTION 1 Block Diagram 2 Reference guide 3 Microcontroller C 4 NAND Flash, RS232, RS485, MCI, JTAG 5 LCD, Touch items 6 ...
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NOT POPUL ATE DNP DNP DNP DNP 49.9R 1% 49. 20pF 20pF DGND DGND DNP DGND C2 C2 ...
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PC[0..31] +3V3 +3V3 R15 R15 R16 R16 47K 47K 47K 47K PC17 PC16 PC9 D PC10 JP9 JP9 PC14 PC18 R19 R19 0R 0R +3V3 R21 R21 47K 47K R22 R22 DNP DNP DGND C +3V3 C31 C31 ...
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C43 C43 C44 C44 C45 C45 10uF 10uF 100nF 100nF 100nF 100nF {3,4,7} PC[0..31] DGND D PC13 PC22 PC7 LCD_DB17 PC23 PC6 LCD_DB16 PC24 PC5 LCD_DB15 PC25 PC4 LCD_DB14 PC26 PC3 LCD_DB13 PC27 PC2 LCD_DB12 PC28 ...
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AVDD R77 R77 470R 470R D C63 C63 R78 R78 22uF 22uF 1K 1K C67 C67 R79 R79 R80 R80 1uF 1uF AGND MIC1 MIC1 SVB6050 SVB6050 R82 R82 R84 R84 ...
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PB[0..14] {3,4,5} PA[0..31] D {3,4,5} PC[0..31] +5V 1 PC0 PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 PC8 PC9 PC10 PC11 PC12 PC13 PC14 PC15 C +3V3 DGND J15 J15 USB Micro B USB Micro ...
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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 SAM3S-EK page on www.atmel.com. 6.2 Board Recovery Closing JP3 and powering the board will assert ERASE and clear GPNVM bit 1, and thereby selects the boot from the ROM by default. The MCU will boot from the internal ROM to enable a SAM-BA connection through the UART ...
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Revision History Table 7-1. Document Comments 11031C Note 2 added to 11031B A note added at the end of 11031A First issue. SAM3S-EK Development Board User Guide Section 4.3.9 ”JTAG/ICE” Section 4.3.4, ” Reset Circuitry” Section 7 Revision History ...
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