Overview
The SAMA7G54-EK evaluation kit is intended for evaluating and prototyping with the SAMA7G54 microprocessor (MPU).
The SAMA7G54 is a Arm Cortex-A7 based MPU running up to 1GHz supporting up to 2GBytes of 16-bit DDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, with octal/quad SPI, NAND and e.MMC Flash support. The SAMA7G54 integrates a complete imaging and audio subsystems with 12-bit parallel and MIPI-CSI2 camera interfaces up to 8 Mp and 720p @ 60 fps, up to four I2S, one SPDIF transmitter and receiver and a 4-stereo channel audio sample rate converter. The device also features a large number of connectivity options including Dual Ethernet (one Gigabit ethernet and one 10/100 Ethernet), six CAN-FD and three high-speed USB and offers advanced security functions such as: secure boot, secure key storage, high-performance crypto accelerators for AES, SHA, RSA and ECC.
The SAMA7G54-EK board itself features connectors and expansion headers for easy customization and quick access to leading edge embedded features such as MIKROE Click boards™ and Raspberry Pi expansion header plus MIPI CSI camera. The kit is supported by mainline Linux distribution as well as bare metal software frameworks and RTOS allowing you to easily get started with your development. The kit includes an on-board Embedded Debugger, eliminating the need for external tools to program or debug.
To learn more about this kit and get started quickly review the SAMA7G54-EK training module on Microchip's Developer Help.
- SAMA7G54-V/4HB Microprocessor
- Raspberry Pi CSI camera interface
- On-Board Memory
- One 16-bit, 4Gb DDR3L
- One 32Gb e.MMC
- 1Gb Octal SPI Flash
- 2 EEPROMs w/ EUI-48TM MAC ID
- 1 SD card slot
- Connectivity
- 3 HS USB ports
- 2 CAN interfaces
- 2 Ethernet ports (Gigabit and 10/100)
- 3 HS USB ports
- Pad for ATWILC3000 Wi-Fi/BT module (unpopulated)
- Audio Support
- S/PDIF RX and TX ports
- 4 digital microphone ports
- Board Expansion
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi expansion header
- 2 mikroBUS™ connectors
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi expansion header
- USB powered
- SAMA7G54-EK Board
- 2 USB-A to USB Micro-AB cables
Documentation
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| SAMA7G54-EK User's Guide | User Guide | PDF | HTML | ||
| SAMA7G54-EK Board Design Files | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| SAMA7G5 Series Data Sheet | Data Sheets | PDF | HTML | ||
| SAMA7G5 Series Silicon Errata and Data Sheet Clarification | Errata | PDF | HTML | ||
| AN4532 SAMA7G5/D6 Series Product Lifetime Estimation | Application Notes | Link | PDF | HTML | |
| Linux Basics and Solutions for Microprocessors | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| High-Density BGA Routing Guidelines for Microchip MPUs | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| AN4598 - SAMA7G54 Hardware Design Considerations | Application Notes | Link | PDF | HTML | |
| AN4530 - SAMA7G5 Series Temperature Sensor Calibration | Application Notes | Link | PDF | HTML | |
| SAMA7G5 Series Secure Boot | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| AN5939 - Accessing Secure SAM-BA Cipher on the Secure Document Extranet (SDE) | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| AN5940 - Accessing Secure Resources for Microchip MPU Products | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| Manually Solder WILC3000 Module on MPU Board | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| TB3371 Audio Over Ethernet using FFmpeg on SAMA7G54-EK under Linux | Tech Brief | Download | ||
| TB3372 Getting Started with the SAMA7G54-EK Audio System under Linux™ | Tech Brief | Download | ||
| Getting Started Linux OS Development | Software | Link | ||
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