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SAMA7D6 Series

Last modified by Microchip on 2025/07/11 10:58

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The SAMA7D6 Series is a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) that operates up to 1 GHz, targeting Human Machine Interface (HMI) and connectivity applications in the home/building, industrial, appliance, medical and automotive markets. The SAMA7D6 Series is delivered with a comprehensive development suite that includes a mainline Linux® distribution and Microchip's MPLAB® X IDE and MPLAB Harmony v3 software framework. 

Key Features

  • Powered by an Arm Cortex-A7 core, featuring Arm TrustZone® technology for enhanced security and the Arm NEON™ multimedia engine for efficient audio, video, and signal processing, running up to 1 GHz with 32 Kbytes of L1 data cache, 32 Kbytes of L1 instruction cache, 256 Kbytes of L2 cache
  • 128 Kbytes of SRAM
  • 80 Kbytes of ROM, embedding a secure boot loader (boot on Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) NOR, Single-Level Cell (SLC) and Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND, SDTM card, eMMC)
  • 96 Kbytes ROM for NAND Flash Error Correcting Code (ECC) tables, 40 Kbytes ROM for crypto libraries (RSA, ECC, etc.), 11 Kbytes of internal OTP
  • Supports up to 16 Gbit 8-bank DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/LPDDR2/LPDDR3 up to 533 MHz
  • Power-on reset cells, reset controller, shutdown controller, watchdog and secure watchdog timers, real-time clock
  • Two internal trimmed RC oscillators with typical values, 32 kHz and 12 MHz
  • Two crystal oscillators, 32.768 kHz and 20 to 50 MHz
  • Two 32-channel DMA with per-channel security configuration and one 8-channel DMA dedicated to memory-to-memory transactions
  • Low-power consumption in Backup mode with 5 Kbytes of secure backup SRAM and DDRSDRAM in Self-Refresh mode
  • Optimum connection to Microchip MCP16501/2 PMICs to enter and exit various power modes of the application
  • Audio: 
    • Two synchronous serial controllers, each with up to eight channels of up to 32-bit TDM data
    • Two inter-IC sound multi-channel controller with TDM256 support
    • Up to two 4-channel pulse density microphone controllers, support for eight microphones
    • One Sony/Philips Digital Interface transmitter and receiver
    • Audio sample rate converter including four stereo channels
  • Display Subsystem:
    • Supporting one display up to WXGA/720p (1366x768p60/1280x720p60)
    • One 4-lane MIPI® D-PHY interface and one DSI controller
    • One single-channel LVDS interface, and one LVDS controller
    • 8-bit data bus serial RGB interface
    • One 2D GPU controller
  • Two high-speed USB devices, three high-speed USB hosts and two USB Type-C™ Controllers (TCPC)
  • Two 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC supporting RGMII and RMII interfaces
  • Five flexible data rate CAN-FD controllers
  • I3C controller interface supporting FM, FM+, SDR and HDR-DDR modes
  • Eleven FLEXCOMs supporting U(S)ART, Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), TWI/I2C
  • One 8-bit high-speed memory card host with eMMC 5.1 (HS400), SD3.0, SDR104 mode support, one 4-bit high-speed memory card host with eMMC 5.1 (HS200), SD3.0, SDR104 mode support, one 4-bit high-speed memory card host with SD3.0, SDR104 mode support
  • One Octal Serial Peripheral Interface (OSPI) supporting high-speed DDR mode, one QSPI
  • 8-bit SLC and MLC NAND controller with up to 32-bit ECC
  • Six 64-bit Periodic Interval Timers (PIT), two three-channel 32-bit timer counters with PWM generation
  • One four-channel 16-bit PWM controller
  • One 19-channel 12-bit 1 Msps Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), one 4-differential inputs Analog Comparator (AC) controller
  • Main crystal monitor and clock failure detector with failsafe switchover to main RC oscillator
  • Arm TrustZone support, one Secure TrustZone Watchdog Timer (WDT) running on RC oscillator, protecting against TrustZone starvation.
  • Temperature, voltage and frequency monitoring (also applicable for safety purposes)
  • Four tamper pins for static or dynamic detection
  • Configurable JTAG/SWD security (full debug, non-secure-only debug, no debug)
  • Cryptography:  Asymmetric cryptography (CPKCC+CPKCL), AES, SHA, TRNG, TDES, PUF
  • Design for Low Electromagnetic Interference (EMI): Slew rate controlled I/Os, DDR Phy with impedance-calibrated drivers, programmable spread spectrum PLLs
  • Operating Conditions:
    • Industrial TJ: -40°C to +105°C
    • Extended Industrial or Automotive TJ: -40°C to +125°C
  • Package: 343-ball BGA 14x14x1.2 mm, 0.65 mm pitch, optimized for standard class PCB layout (down to four layers)
  • Qualification: AEC-Q100 Grade 2 qualified (-E/4HBVAO devices only) 

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