SAM3A
The Atmel® SAM3A ARM® Cortex™-M3 Flash-based Microcontroller (MCU) features connectivity peripherals including a dual CAN interface and high-speed USB (HS USB) MiniHost and device with on-chip physical layer (PHY). Devices are available in a dual-bank configuration of 256KB and 512KB Flash total and in 100-pin QFP and BGA package options. The architecture is designed to support high-speed data transfers and includes a multi-layer bus matrix plus dual SRAM banks, direct memory access (DMA) channels and peripheral DMA controller (PDC) for applications supporting multi-task operations. The SAM3A series is ideal for networking applications in the industrial embedded market and in home and building automation, smart grids and industrial automation.
Features
Core
- ARM® Cortex®-M3 revision 2.0 running at up to 84MHz
Memories
- 16kb ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART, USB) and IAP routines
- Static Memory Controller (SMC): SRAM, NOR, NAND support; NAND Flash controller with 4kb RAM buffer and ECC
- SDRAM Controller
System
- Embedded voltage regulator for single supply operation
- POR, BOD, and Watchdog for safe reset
- Quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators: 3 to 20MHz main and optional low power 32.768kHz for RTC or device clock
- High precision 8/12MHz factory trimmed internal RC oscillator with 4MHz Default Frequency for fast device startup
- Slow Clock Internal RC oscillator as permanent clock for device clock in low power mode
- One PLL for device clock and one dedicated PLL for USB 2.0 High Speed Mini Host/Device
- Temperature sensor
- Up to 17 peripheral DMA (PDC) channels and 6-channel central DMA plus dedicated DMA for High-Speed USB Mini Host/Device and Ethernet MAC
Low Power Modes
- Sleep and Backup modes, down to 2.5μA in Backup mode
- Backup domain: VDDBU pin, RTC, eight 32-bit backup registers
- Ultra Low-power RTC
Peripherals
- USB 2.0 Device/Mini Host: 480Mbps, 4kb FIFO, up to 10 bidirectional Endpoints, dedicated DMA
- Up to 8-channel 16-bit PWM (PWMC) with Complementary Output, Fault Input, 12-bit Dead Time Generator Counter for Motor Control
- One Ethernet MAC 10/100 (EMAC) with dedicated DMA
- Two CAN Controller with eight Mailboxes
- One True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
| Part Number |
Package |
Flash |
SRAM |
Number
of PIOs |
12-Bit
ADC |
DAC |
Timers |
PDC
Channels |
USART/
UART |
SPI |
| ATSAM3A4CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
2x128K |
32 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
1 |
| ATSAM3A8CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
2x256K |
64 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
1 |
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SAM3N
The Atmel® entry point into ARM® Cortex™-M3 technology, the SAM3N Microcontroller family intelligently combines high-performance architecture, peripherals and power-saving techniques to deliver uncompromised performance. Available in multiple memory densities, pin counts and package types, the SAM3N offers a scalable solution to meet application requirements. It is supported by a full set of software libraries, project examples, tools and a worldwide ecosystem to shorten development cycle time. Pin-to-pin compatible with the SAM7S and the SAM3S, the SAM3N facilitates migration within the family.
Features
Core
- ARM® Cortex®-M3 revision 2.0 running at up to 48MHz
Memories
- From 4 to 24kb embedded SRAM
- 16kb ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART) and IAP routines
System
- Embedded voltage regulator for single supply operation
- Power-on-Reset (POR), Brown-out Detector (BOD) and Watchdog for safe operation
- Quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators: 3 to 20MHz main power with Failure Detection and optional low power 32.768kHz for RTC or device clock
- High precision 8/12MHz factory trimmed internal RC oscillator with 4MHz default frequency for device startup; In-application trimming access for frequency adjustment
- Slow Clock Internal RC oscillator as permanent low-power mode device clock
- One PLL up to 130MHz for device clock
- Up to 10 peripheral DMA (PDC) channels
Low Power Modes
- Sleep and Backup modes, down to 3μA in Backup mode
- Ultra low power RTC
Peripherals
- 4-channel 16-bit PWM
- 32-bit Real-time Timer and RTC with calendar and alarm features
| Part Number |
Package |
Flash |
SRAM |
Number
of PIOs |
12-Bit
ADC |
DAC |
Timers |
PDC
Channels |
USART |
| ATSAM3N00AA-AU |
LQFP-48 |
16K |
4K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N00AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
16K |
4K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N00BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
16K |
4K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N00BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
16K |
4K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N0AA-AU |
LQFP-48 |
32K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N0AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
32K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N0BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
32K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N0BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
32K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N0CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
32K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N0CA-CU |
TFBGA-100 |
32K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1AA-AU |
LQFP-48 |
64K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N1AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
64K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N1AB-AU |
LQFP-48 |
64K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N1AB-MU |
QFN-48 |
64K |
8K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N1BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
64K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
64K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1BB-AU |
LQFP-64 |
64K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1BB-MU |
QFN-64 |
64K |
8K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
64K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1CA-CU |
TFBGA-100 |
64K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1CB-AU |
LQFP-100 |
64K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N1CB-CU |
TFBGA-100 |
64K |
8K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N2AA-AU |
LQFP-48 |
128K |
16K |
37 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N2AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
128K |
16K |
37 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N2BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
128K |
16K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N2BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
128K |
16K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N2CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
128K |
16K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N2CA-CU |
TFBGA-100 |
128K |
16K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N4AA-AU |
LQFP-48 |
256K |
24K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N4AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
256K |
24K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
6x32-Bit |
8 |
1 |
| ATSAM3N4BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
256K |
24K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N4BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
256K |
24K |
47 |
10-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N4CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
256K |
24K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
| ATSAM3N4CA-CU |
TFBGA-100 |
256K |
24K |
79 |
16-Ch |
1-Ch, 10-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
10 |
2 |
|
Description |
| ATSAM3N-EK |
Evaluation kit allows the evaluation of the SAM3N series of microcontrollers |
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SAM3S
The Atmel® SAM3S Cortex™ M3 Flash Microcontroller Family integrates features to simplify system design and reduce power consumption down to 2.3mW at 1MHz, 1.45mW/MHz at 64MHz operation and 1.6uA in backup mode with the RTC running. Inspired by the best-selling SAM7S series, the SAM3S is the ideal migration path to a more powerful and feature-rich MCU. A renewed peripheral set provides system control, sensor interfaces, an optional external parallel bus interface, connectivity and user interface support.
Features
Core
- ARM® Cortex®-M3 revision 2.0 running at up to 64MHz
Memories
- 16kb ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART, USB) and IAP routines
- 8-bit Static Memory Controller (SMC): SRAM, PSRAM, NOR and NAND Flash support
- Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
System
- Embedded voltage regulator for single supply operation
- Power-on-Reset (POR), Brown-out Detector (BOD) and Watchdog for safe operation
- Quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators: 3 to 20MHz main power with Failure Detection and optional low power 32.768kHz for RTC or device clock
- High precision 8/12MHz factory trimmed internal RC oscillator with 4MHz default frequency for device startup; In-application trimming access for frequency adjustment
- Slow Clock Internal RC oscillator as permanent low-power mode device clock
- Two PLLs up to 130MHz for device clock and for USB
- Temperature sensor
- Up to 22 peripheral DMA (PDC) channels
Low Power Modes
- Sleep and Backup modes, down to 3μA in Backup mode
- Ultra low power RTC
Peripherals
- USB 2.0 Device: 12Mbps, 2668-byte FIFO, up to 8 bidirectional Endpoints; On-Chip Transceiver
- 4-channel 16-bit PWM with Complementary Output, Fault Input, 12-bit Dead Time Generator Counter for Motor Control
- 32-bit Real-time Timer and RTC with calendar and alarm features
- One Analog Comparator with flexible input selection, Selectable input hysteresis
- 32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check Calculation Unit (CRCCU)
- Write Protected Registers
| Part Number |
Package |
Flash |
SRAM |
Number
of PIOs |
12-Bit
ADC |
DAC |
Timers |
PDC
Channels |
USART/
UART |
| ATSAM3S1AA-AU |
QFP-48 |
64K |
16K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S1AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
64K |
16K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S1BA-AU |
QFP-64 |
64K |
16K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S1BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
64K |
16K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S1CA-AU |
QFP-100 |
64K |
16K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S1CA-CU |
BGA-100 |
64K |
16K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S2AA-AU |
QFP-48 |
128K |
32K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S2AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
128K |
32K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S2BA-AU |
QFP-64 |
128K |
32K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S2BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
128K |
32K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S2CA-AU |
QFP-100 |
128K |
32K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S2CA-CU |
BGA-100 |
128K |
32K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S4AA-AU |
QFP-48 |
256K |
48K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S4AA-MU |
QFN-48 |
256K |
48K |
34 |
8-Ch |
--- |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/1 |
| ATSAM3S4BA-AU |
QFP-64 |
256K |
48K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S4BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
256K |
48K |
47 |
10-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
3x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S4CA-AU |
QFP-100 |
256K |
48K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S4CA-CU |
BGA-100 |
256K |
48K |
79 |
15-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S8BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
512K |
64K |
47 |
11-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S8BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
512K |
64K |
47 |
11-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3SD8BA-AU |
LQFP-64 |
512K |
64K |
47 |
11-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
24 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3SD8BA-MU |
QFN-64 |
512K |
64K |
47 |
11-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
24 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3SD8CA-CU |
BGA-100 |
512K |
64K |
79 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
24 |
3/2 |
| ATSAM3S8CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
512K |
64K |
79 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3S8CA-CU |
BGA-100 |
512K |
64K |
79 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
22 |
2/2 |
| ATSAM3SD8CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
512K |
64K |
79 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch, 12-Bit |
6x32-Bit |
24 |
3/2 |
|
Description |
| ATSAM3S-EK2 |
Evaluation kit allows the evaluation of the SAM3S series of microcontrollers |
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SAM3U
The Atmel® SAM3U family is the industry's first ARM® Cortex™ M3 Flash Microcontroller with on-chip high speed USB Device-and-Transceiver, SDIO/SDCard/MMC and SPI interfaces. This connectivity, together with the SAM3U's 96MHz/ 1.25 DMIPS/MHz operating frequency, makes the SAM3U the unique Cortex M3 device suited to applications with intensive communications requirements, such high speed gateways in industrial, medical, data processing and consumer applications. For rapid evaluation and code development, industry-leading third parties provide a full range of development tools, RTOS, middleware and support services to reduce time-to-market to a minimum.
Features
Core
- ARM® Cortex®-M3 revision 2.0 running at up to 96MHz
Memories
- 16kb ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART, USB) and IAP routines
- Static Memory Controller (SMC): SRAM, NOR, NAND support. NAND Flash controller with 4kb RAM buffer and ECC
System
- Embedded voltage regulator for single supply operation
- POR, BOD and Watchdog for safe reset
- Quartz or resonator oscillators: 3 to 20MHz main and optional low power 32.768kHz for RTC or device clock
- High precision 8/12MHz factory trimmed internal RC oscillator with 4MHz Default Frequency for fast device startup
- Slow Clock Internal RC oscillator as permanent clock for device clock in low power mode
- One PLL for device clock and one dedicated PLL for USB 2.0 High Speed Device
- Up to 17 peripheral DMA (PDC) channels and 4-channel central DMA
Low Power Modes
- Sleep and Backup modes, down to 2.5μA in Backup mode
- Backup domain: VDDBU pin, RTC, 32 backup registers
- Ultra low power RTC: 0.6μA
Peripherals
- USB 2.0 Device: 480Mbps, 4kb FIFO, up to 7 bidirectional Endpoints, dedicated DMA
- 4-channel 16-bit PWM (PWMC)
- 32-bit Real Time Timer (RTT) and RTC with calendar and alarm features
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SAM3X
The Atmel® SAM3X ARM® Cortex™-M3 Flash-based Microcontroller (MCU) brings more connectivity to the SAM3 family by adding Ethernet, dual CAN and high-speed USB (HS USB) MiniHost and device with on-chip physical layer (PHY). Devices feature a dual-bank configuration of 256kb and 512kb Flash total and are available in 100-pin and 144-pin QFP and BGA package options. The architecture is designed to support high-speed data transfers and includes a multi-layer bus matrix plus dual SRAM banks, direct memory access (DMA) channels and peripheral DMA controller (PDC) for applications supporting multi-task operations. The SAM3X series is ideal for networking applications in the industrial embedded market and in home and building automation, smart grids and industrial automation.
Also available! View the Arduino Due Microcontroller Board, featuring the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 MCU
Features
Core
- ARM® Cortex®-M3 revision 2.0 running at up to 84MHz
Memories
- 16kb ROM with embedded bootloader routines (UART, USB) and IAP routines
- Static Memory Controller (SMC): SRAM, NOR, NAND support. NAND Flash controller with 4kb RAM buffer and ECC
- SDRAM Controller
System
- Embedded voltage regulator for single supply operation
- POR, BOD, and Watchdog for safe reset
- Quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators: 3 to 20MHz main and optional low power 32.768kHz for RTC or device clock
- High precision 8/12MHz factory trimmed internal RC oscillator with 4MHz Default Frequency for fast device startup
- Slow Clock Internal RC oscillator as permanent clock for device clock in low power mode
- One PLL for device clock and one dedicated PLL for USB 2.0 High Speed Mini Host/Device
- Temperature sensor
- Up
to 17 peripheral DMA (PDC) channels and 6-channel central DMA plus
dedicated DMA for High-Speed USB Mini Host/Device and Ethernet MAC
Low Power Modes
- Sleep and Backup modes, down to 2.5μA in Backup mode
- Backup domain: VDDBU pin, RTC, eight 32-bit backup registers
- Ultra Low-power RTC
Peripherals
- USB 2.0 Device/Mini Host: 480Mbps, 4kb FIFO, up to 10 bidirectional Endpoints, dedicated DMA
- Up to 8-channel 16-bit PWM (PWMC) with Complementary Output, Fault Input, 12-bit Dead Time Generator Counter for Motor Control
- One Ethernet MAC 10/100 (EMAC) with dedicated DMA
- Two CAN Controller with eight Mailboxes
- One True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
| Part Number |
Package |
Flash |
SRAM |
Number
of PIOs |
12-Bit
ADC |
12-Bit
DAC |
Timers |
PDC
Channels |
USART/
UART |
| ATSAM3X4CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
256K (2x128K) |
32 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
| ATSAM3X4CA-CU |
LFBGA-144 |
256K (2x128K) |
32 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
| ATSAM3X4EA-AU |
LQFP-144 |
256K (2x128K) |
32 + 32K |
103 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
17 |
3/2 |
| ATSAM3X4EA-CU |
LFBGA-144 |
256K (2x128K) |
32 + 32K |
103 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
17 |
3/2 |
| ATSAM3X8CA-AU |
LQFP-100 |
512K (2x256K) |
64 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
| ATSAM3X8CA-CU |
LFBGA-100 |
512K (2x256K) |
64 + 32K |
63 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
15 |
3/1 |
| ATSAM3X8EA-AU |
LQFP-144 |
512K (2x256K) |
64 + 32K |
103 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
17 |
3/2 |
| ATSAM3X8EA-CU |
LFBGA-144 |
512K (2x256K) |
64 + 32K |
103 |
16-Ch |
2-Ch |
9x32-Bit |
17 |
3/2 |
|
Description |
| ATSAM3X-EK |
Evaluation kit allows the evaluation of the SAM3X series of microcontrollers |
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