Connectivity features in Cortex A-5 evaluation kit

14th March 2014

Mick Elliott

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Farnell element14 and Atmel have launched the SAMA5D3 Xplained evaluation kit, a low-cost fast prototyping and evaluation platform for microprocessor-based design. The board, which is based on Atmel’s SAMA5D3 ARM Cortex-A5 processor-based MPU, comes with a rich set of ready-to-use connectivity and storage peripherals, along with Arduino shield-compatible expansion headers for easy customisation.

A Linux distribution and software package also enables rapid software development. The board is a perfect target for headless Android, too.

“Our partnership with Farnell element14 on the development and manufacturing of this kit and its first set of expansion boards enables engineers from all communities to build applications requiring rapid prototyping and evaluation for their MPU designs,” said Jacko Wilbrink, Sr. Marketing Director of Microprocessors, Atmel. “Offering features such as mid-range graphical user interfaces, capacitive touch capability, wired and wireless communication, free-of-charge Linux distribution and Qt developer’s kit, we’re incredibly proud of this newest member of the Xplained family.”

Applications for the SAMA5D3 series iinclude wearable computing and mobile applications where low power and a small footprint are critical.

The SAMA5D3 Xplained features: Atmel’s Xplained hardware platform for evaluation and rapid prototyping, fully documented and readily available Cortex-A5 based MPU solution, a rich set of peripherals, specifically on connectivity, USB power (no need for power adaptor), flexibility – Arduino-compatible connectors, enable the user to leverage the extensive Arduino shields ecosystem, Open Source hardware, a software package with drivers and examples for bare metal developers and a Qt developers kit and Linux distribution free of charge

“We are excited about the accelerating demand for embedded control development platforms and especially value our continued partnership with Atmel for providing turnkey power solutions for their broadly deployed SAMA5 and SAM9 MPUs,” said Mark Cieri, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Active-Semi. “Atmel’s new SAMA5D3 Xplained evaluation kit focuses on enabling designers with a low-cost, fast prototyping platform across a wide breadth of customer MPU-based applications, and our Atmel-optimized ACT8865 and ACT8945A PMIC power devices play a key role by reducing board size and design complexity.”