The SAMA7D6 Series is a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) targeting HMI and connectivity applications in the home/building, industrial, appliance, medical & automotive markets. The SAMA7D6 Series is delivered with a comprehensive development suite that includes a mainline Linux® distribution and the Microchip MPLAB® X/Harmony software framework. Running at up to 1 GHz, the device offers support for multiple memories, such as 16-bit DDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, octal/quad SPI Flash. It integrates various display interfaces, including MIPI DSI®, LVDS and 8-bit Serial RGB. The SAMA7D6 Series features connectivity options such as a dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with TSN support, five CAN-FD, three high-speed USB interfaces and embeds advanced security functions, such as PUF, secure boot, secure key storage and high-performance crypto accelerators for AES, SHA, RSA and ECC.
- Getting Started Demo - Out of Box Experience
- This kit comes with an online Getting Started Demo allowing users to run a Linux or MPLAB Harmony v3 demo in less than 10 minutes. Try it here!
- Hardware
- Order the kit on Microchip Direct
- Find the kit details on the kit web page
- Curiosity board Design Files (revision 3)
- Curiosity Board User Guide (revision B)
- This Curiosity board supports the following Display Modules
- 5.5" MIPI 720p LCD Display Module
- 5" WVGA LCD Display with LVDS interface and maXTouch
- Note: The MIPI Display is in portrait-only mode, and the LVDS Display in landscape-only mode
- Documentation
- Linux Software
- Linux Getting Started (with links to Linux sources and demo images)
- MPLAB Harmony v3 Software
- Microchip Development Tools
- Third-Party Development Tools
