Mini SAM M4

Build around the Atmel® | SMART SAM D ARM® Cortex®-M4 based microcontroller series, the Mini SAM utilizes the SAMD51G19A chip with excellent features in a small, power efficient package sitting on a minifigure sized board featuring two LEDs, a user Button, 600mA of 3.3V power, and 18 available I/O.

  • Atmel® SAMD51G19A
    • ARM® Cortex®-M4 based MCU running up to 120MHz
    • 512KB embedded Flash and 192KB SRAM
    • 32-Bit, 3.3V Logic and Power
    • Full-Speed USB Device and embedded Host
    • 10 Channels of 12-bit ADC ; 10-bit DAC
    • Hardware touch support
  • Micro-USB Connector
  • AP2112K-3.3V LDO Power
    • Low Dropout Voltage (250mV at 600mA)
    • Rated 600mA Output Current
    • High Output Voltage Accuracy (±1.5% typical)
    • Over-Current and Over-Temperature Protection
  • Power through either USB or Battery – Auto switching
  • Built in RED LED accessible in Arduino IDE and CircuitPython
    • PIN_LED
    • PIN_BUILTIN
  • Built in RGB LED
    • Uses Neopixel Arduino Library
    • Self-Contained Driver/RGB LED
    • Only requires one dedicated PIN
  • Built in RESET Button
    • Pulled up to stop unintended reset
    • Discharge safety circuitry / filtering capacitor
  • Built in user Button
    • ACTIVE High
    • Debounce Circuitry
  • Cortex Debug Header (5-Pin)
    • Device programming and debugging
  • 18 Total I/O Pins
    • 7 Analog Pins – 2 Support True Analog Out
    • 1 Analog Reference Pin
    • 10 Digital Pins
    • 9 Pins Support PWM
  • UF2 bootloader
  • Arduino 1.6.5+ Compatible
  • CircuitPython Compatible
  • Minifigure Shaped board
    • Approximately 0.95×1.55 inches (24.21×39.32 mm)
    • 2-Layer, High Quality PCB

I have made a “backpack” for the small 1.27mm spaced pins on the Mini SAM M4. This backpack breaks out those pins to standard 2.54mm spaced pins perfect for breadboards.

Image of an accessory circuit board to connect the mini sam m4 to standard size connectors.

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Mini SAM M4 Pinout

A diagram of the pins available on the Mini SAM M4 board and what feature each pin has.