1 Description

The SAM D21/DA1 is a series of low-power microcontrollers using the 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ processor, and ranging from 32-pins to 64-pins with up to 256 KB Flash and 32 KB of SRAM. The SAM D21/DA1 operates at a maximum frequency of 48 MHz and reach 2.46 CoreMark/MHz. They are designed for simple and intuitive migration with identical peripheral modules, hex compatible code, identical linear address map, and pin compatible migration paths between all devices in the product series. All devices include intelligent and flexible peripherals, Event System for inter-peripheral signaling, and support for capacitive touch button, slider, and wheel user interfaces.

The SAM D21/DA1 provides the following features: In-system programmable Flash, 12-channel Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC), 12-channel Event System, programmable Interrupt Controller, up to 52 programmable I/O pins, 32-bit Real-Time Clock and Calendar (RTC), up to five 16-bit Timer/Counters (TC) and up to four 24-bit Timer/Counters for Control (TCC), where each TC can be configured to perform frequency and waveform generation, accurate program execution timing or input capture with time and frequency measurement of digital signals. The TCs can operate in 8-bit or 16-bit mode, selected TCs can be cascaded to form a 32-bit TC, and three timer/counters have extended functions optimized for motor, lighting, and other control applications. The series provide one full-speed USB 2.0 embedded host and device interface; up to six Serial Communication Modules (SERCOM) that each can be configured to act as an USART, UART, SPI, I²C up to 3.4 MHz, SMBus, PMBus, and LIN client; two-channel I²S interface; up to twenty-channel 350 ksps 12-bit ADC with programmable gain and optional oversampling and decimation supporting up to 16-bit resolution, one 10-bit 350 ksps DAC, up to four analog comparators with Window mode, Peripheral Touch Controller (PTG) supporting up to 256 buttons, sliders, wheels, and proximity sensing; programmable Watchdog Timer (WDT), brown-out detector and power-on Reset and two-pin Serial Wire Debug (SWD) program and debug interface.

All devices have accurate and low-power external and internal oscillators. All oscillators can be used as a source for the system clock. Different clock domains can be independently configured to run at different frequencies, enabling power saving by running each peripheral at its optimal clock frequency, and thus maintaining a high CPU frequency while reducing power consumption.

The SAM D21/DA1 have two software-selectable sleep modes, Idle and Stand-by. In Idle mode, the CPU is stopped while all other functions can be kept running. In Stand-by mode, all clocks and functions are stopped, expect those selected to continue running. The device supports SleepWalking. This feature allows the peripheral to wake up from sleep based on predefined conditions, and thus allows the CPU to wake up only when needed, for example, when a threshold is crossed or a result is ready. The Event System supports synchronous and asynchronous events, allowing peripherals to receive, react to and send events even in Stand-by mode.

The Flash program memory can be reprogrammed in-system through the SWD interface. The same interface can be used for non-intrusive on-chip debug of application code. A boot loader running in the device can use any communication interface to download and upgrade the application program in the Flash memory.

The SAM D21/DA1 microcontrollers are supported with a full suite of program and system development tools, including C compilers, macro assemblers, program debugger/simulators, programmers, and evaluation kits.