Introduction

The SAMA7D6 Series is a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) targeting HMI and connectivity applications in the home/building, industrial, appliance and medical markets.

The SAMA7D6 Series is delivered with a comprehensive development suite that includes a mainline Linux® distribution and the Microchip MPLAB® X/Harmony v3 software framework.

Running at up to 1 GHz, the device offers support for multiple memories, such as 16-bit DDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, octal/quad SPI, NAND Flash, e.MMC and SD card. It integrates various display interfaces, including MIPI DSI®, LVDS and 8-bit Serial RGB, a 2D GPU, a dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with TSN support and an I3C controller.

The SAMA7D6 Series features connectivity options such as five CAN-FD and three high-speed USB interfaces and embeds advanced security functions, such as PUF, secure boot, secure key storage and high-performance crypto accelerators for AES, SHA, RSA and ECC.