Microchip expansions boards, and add audio input and output capability with Microchip audio daughter boards. With or without expansion boards, the SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board provides the freedom to develop ® for a variety of applications, including Bluetooth Audio, CAN, Graphics User Interface (GUI), Internet of Things (IoT), robotics development, and proof-of-concept (PoC) designs.
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Arduino Uno R3 compatible interface Kit Contents The development board kit contains one SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development board (DM320210). Note: If you are missing any part of the kit, contact a Microchip sales office for assistance. A list of Microchip offices for sales and service is provided on the last page of this document.
SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board Functionality and Features The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development board features and functionalists are given in the following sections. SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board Features Figure 1-1. SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board Layout (Top View) Table 1-1. SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board Feature Descriptions...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ....continued Number Description of item Ethernet interface (RMII, SPI, GPIO). X32 audio interface. 2 per board. Bluetooth & audio codecs sold separately CAN interface Graphics interface DAC output Audio reference clock select...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... System Block Diagram The following figure illustrates the system block diagram, which indicates the data bus routing. Figure 1-2. System Block Diagram EDBG/ SPI0 (SCK, SDI, SDO) EXT1 PKoB SPI0_SS_GPIO1 UART2_2w (ADC,GPIO,PWM, I2C6 IRQ,UART_2w) SPI0_SS_GPIO3...
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Power Block Diagram The following diagram shows the power system on the SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development board. The development board has many power sub systems that allow it to accept up to 16V. The barrel jack is a 2.1 mm center positive connector.
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SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... EDBG The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development board implements several Curiosity Pro standards, such as extension headers and connectors. Curiosity Pro is an evaluation platform that provides a full Microchip microcontroller experience. The platform consists of a series of Microcontroller (MCU) boards and extension boards that are ®...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... Table 1-3. Xplained Pro ID Chip Content Example Data Field Data Type Example Manufacture ASCII string Microchip’\0’ Product Name ASCII string Product Revision ASCII string 04’\0’ Product Serial number ASCII string 1774020200000010’\0’...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... Audio Clock Selection The SAM E54 has two ways of supporting I S audio applications: Host mode and Slave mode. This refers to which mode generates the I S Master clock, and it also known as a reference clock. The following figure shows the relationship between the devices.
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ....continued Pin Number Name Description Interface C SDA Data line for I C interface. Audio WS/LRCLK Audio Word Select/Left Right Clock Audio In Audio into MCU, out from codac Audio CLK...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ....continued Interface Reset PC18 REFCLK PA08/PA17 (refer to Figure 1-4 Audio Clock Selection) S Clock PA10 S Audio Out (MOSI) PA11 S Audio In (MISO) PB10 S LRCLK PA09 mikroBUS The mikroBUS interface enables using additional click boards. For more information, and to see the boards that can be used with this development board follow the link: https://www.mikroe.com/.
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header All Xplained Ultra and Curiosity Ultra Kits have many dual-row, 20-pin, and 100 mil extension headers. Xplained Ultra and Curiosity Ultra MCU boards have male headers, while Xplained Ultra extensions have their female counterparts as shown in the following figure.
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Graphics Connectors or GFX Card Interface The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development kit is designed to have a modular graphics interface. This interface enables the use of several different graphics cards, which allows for expandability and different use cases. A 24-bit pass though card is included with the kit, this board passes parallel data through, and can be configured to an 8-bit 8080 MCU mode.
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ....continued Pin Number Name Description SPI SS SPI Slave Select LCD D5 LCD Data bit 5 UART RX Receiver line of target device UART LCD D6 LCD Data bit 6 UART TX Transmitter line of target device UART.
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Mounting Tab Ethernet The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra development kit has a modular Ethernet PHY system that enables different PHYs to be plugged into the board. This interface is setup to use a Reduced Media-Independent Interface (RMII) and a SPI bus interface with GPIO.
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ... Figure 1-6. Ethernet PHY Header Configuration The following table provides the Ethernet PHY interface pinout descriptions. Table 1-8. Ethernet Interface Pinout Description Pin Number Name Description GPIO General purpose I/O GPIO General purpose I/O...
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SAM E54 SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra Development Board ....continued Pin Number Name Description 15 (3) TDX1 Transmit Data 16 (4) MOSI Master Out Slave In line of serial peripheral interface 17 (5) MISO Master In Slave Out line of serial peripheral interface...
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