SparkFun MicroMod SAMD51 Processor

The SparkFun MicroMod SAMD51 Processor Board is a compact, powerful microcontroller featuring a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F MCU. This economical, user-friendly development platform is perfect for projects requiring significant power in a small workspace. The board uses an M.2 MicroMod connector for easy connection to your SAMD51 Processor. The SAMD51 is a highly powerful and economical microcontroller, making it a valuable addition to your MicroMod Carrier Board.

The ATSAMD51J20 on the board is a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 processor with a Floating Point Unit (FPU) that runs up to 120MHz. It has up to 1MB of flash memory, up to 256KB of SRAM with ECC, and up to 6 SERCOM interfaces. For convenience, the MicroMod SAMD51 is flashed with the same UF2 bootloader as the SAMD51 Thing Plus and the RedBoard Turbo.

MicroMod is a modular interface ecosystem that connects a microcontroller “processor board” to various “carrier board” peripherals. The MicroMod standard, utilizing the M.2 standard, is designed to easily swap out processors on the fly. This allows you to pair a specialized carrier board for your specific project with your choice of compatible processor.

The MicroMod SAMD51 Processor Board comes with a range of features and specific peripherals, including a dedicated USB for programming and debug, two UARTs, two I²C, one SPI, one CAN, eleven GPIO, two digital pins, two analog pins, two PWM, 128mbit/16MB (external) flash memory, a status LED, and a VIN Level ADC.

The MicroMod SAMD51 Processor Board is also accompanied by comprehensive documentation, including a schematic, Eagle Files, Board Dimensions, a Hookup Guide, and a Datasheet for the ATSAMD51J20. There is also a Graphical Datasheet and a GitHub Hardware Repo available.

Additional MicroMod documentation includes the SparkFun MicroMod Interface v1.0 - Pinout and Pin Descriptions, Getting Started with MicroMod guide, Designing with MicroMod guide, MicroMod Info Page, MicroMod Forums, SparkFun Eagle Libraries (which contains example footprints for the M.2 connector and SMD standoff), M.2 MicroMod Connector Datasheet, and MicroMod Reflowable Standoff Datasheet.

Further SAMD51 documentation includes the ATSAM Product Family Page.