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SAM3A Microcontrollers with CAN Connectivity by Atmel



Semiconductor Vendor with ARM Processor RTL license from ARM

Product Description

The Atmel® SAM3A ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor-based Flash 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.

 

Key Features

  • 1.62V to 3.6V supply
  • Cortex-M3 rev 2.0 processor running at up to 84MHz
  • Memory protection unit (MPU)
  • Up to 2 x 256KB dual-bank Flash and up to 100KB dual-bank SRAM
  • Supports Atmel QTouch® capacitive touch technology
  • Native 6-layer AHB bus matrix, 21 DMA channels
  • Power consumption 500μA/MHz, RAM retention mode 8μA,backup mode down to 1.6μA
  • Connectivity
    • Dual CAN with eight mailboxes
    • USB 2.0 HS Device/MiniHost with PHY
    • HS SD/SDIO/MMC, USART, SPI, I2S, I2C
  • Safety and security
    • ECC on Flash
    • Independent watchdog
    • Dual-bank Flash
    • Clock failure detection
    • True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
    • On-the-fly external memory scrambling
  • Analog
    • Up to 16-channel 12-bit 1Msps ADC with PGA stage and differential inputs
    • 2-channel 12-bit 1Msps DAC
    • Temperature sensor
  • Timers and pulse width modulator (PWM)
    • Powerful and flexible 32-bit timers with quadrature decoder and gray counter
    • 16-bit PWM with complementary output, fault input, 12-bit dead-time generator counter
    • Calendar RTC, watchdog timer
  • System
    • Embedded regulator, power-on reset, brown-out detection
    • Multiple clock sources, including 32kHz oscillator and factory-trimmed RCUp to 63 I/O lines with integrated serial resistors (on-die termination)
  • 100- and 144-pin packages

Application Areas

  • Building and home control/automation
  • Industrial automation
  • Machine-to-machine (M2M)
  • Test and measurement
  • Medical
  • Smart grid

SAM3A Microcontrollers with CAN Connectivity

Market Segment(s)

  • Embedded
  • Enterprise
  • Home
  • Mobile

ARM Processor(s)

  • Cortex-M3
 
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