Atmel announced the availability of the SAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit for application development on the ARM Cortex -M3 based Flash microcontroller with high-speed 480 Mbps USB + Phy. In addition to a plug-and-play socket for the high-speed USB device it features a SDIO/SDCard/MMC slot, two UART connectors, a ZigBee radio header, two analog inputs, audio in- and outputs and a JTAG-ICE debug port.

For application development purposes, the SAM3U-EK board contains a 240 x 320 TFT color LCD display with resistive touch-panel and backlight, 3D accelerometer and temperature sensor, potentiometer, on-board 512K x 16-bit PSRAM and 2G-bit x8 or x16 NAND Flash Memories, 12MHz and 32KHz clock sources and a backup battery. On power-up, the SAM3U-EK runs an interactive demonstration that takes advantage of its touch screen capability. This enables the user to experience some of the outstanding features of the SAM3U and the Evaluation Kit. This demonstration includes a facility that enables the SAM3U-EK to be connected to the high-speed USB port of a PC, where it is viewed as a USB key.

Product documentation, sound and image samples and demonstration software may be downloaded from it and viewed on the display. For application development, the SAM3U-EK plugs directly into a PC where it is supported by a wide range of tools, debuggers, operating systems and protocol stacks from industry-leading third party suppliers, including IAR Development Toolchain, Micrium uC/OS-II Operating System and Protocol Stacks, Keil Development Toolchain, SEGGER Development Toolchain, and FreeRTOS Operating System.

Availability and Pricing

The SAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit is available now, order code AT91SAM3U-EK, price US$199.