SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra

Overview

The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra evaluation kit is ideal for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM E54 Cortex®-M4F processor-based microcontrollers. The kit includes Microchip’s Embedded Debugger (EDBG), which provides a full debug interface without the need for additional hardware.

Hardware

  • ATSAME54P20A, 120 MHz, 1MB Flash, 256 KB RAM

  • On-Board Debugger (EDBG)

  • Virtual COM port (VCOM)

  • Data Gateway Interface (DGI)

  • One mikroBUS interfaces

  • One X32 audio interfaces supporting Bluetooth and audio

  • Ethernet interface

  • Graphics interface

  • Xplained Pro extension compatible interface

  • CAN interface

  • User buttons

  • User LEDs

  • 8-MB QSPI memory

  • Arduino Uno R3 compatible interface

Supported Features

The sam_e54_cult board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

Connections and IOs

The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra User Guide has detailed information about board connections.

Programming and Debugging

The SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra features an on-board Microchip Embedded Debugger (EDBG), which provides both a standard debug interface and a virtual serial port used as the Zephyr console. SERCOM1 of the ATSAME54P20A MCU is configured as a USART for console output.

  1. Connect the board to your host machine using the debug USB port.

  2. Open a terminal and start a serial console on the corresponding port. On Linux, this is typically /dev/ttyACM0. For example:

    $ minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0 -o

    The -o option tells minicom not to send the modem initialization string. Connection should be configured as follows:

    • Speed: 115200

    • Data: 8 bits

    • Parity: None

    • Stop bits: 1

  3. Build and flash the Zephyr hello_world sample application:

    west build -b sam_e54_cult samples/hello_world
west flash

  4. Observe output on the terminal. If everything is set up correctly, you should see:

    Hello World! sam_e54_cult

References

SAM E54 Product Page:

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/ATSAME54P20A

SAM E54 Curiosity Ultra evaluation kit Page:

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/EV66Z56A