Adafruit Matrix Portal M4

Hardware

Platform Atmel SAM: Atmel | SMART offers Flash- based ARM products based on the ARM Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M4 architectures, ranging from 8KB to 2MB of Flash including a rich peripheral and feature mix.

Microcontroller	SAMD51J19A
Frequency	120MHz
Flash	496KB
RAM	192KB
Vendor	Adafruit

Configuration

Please use adafruit_matrix_portal_m4 ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:adafruit_matrix_portal_m4]
platform = atmelsam
board = adafruit_matrix_portal_m4

You can override default Adafruit Matrix Portal M4 settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest adafruit_matrix_portal_m4.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:adafruit_matrix_portal_m4]
platform = atmelsam
board = adafruit_matrix_portal_m4

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = samd51j19a

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 120000000L

Uploading

Adafruit Matrix Portal M4 supports the following uploading protocols:

• atmel-ice

• jlink

• sam-ba

Default protocol is sam-ba

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:adafruit_matrix_portal_m4]
platform = atmelsam
board = adafruit_matrix_portal_m4

upload_protocol = sam-ba

Debugging

Debugging - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Adafruit Matrix Portal M4 does not have on-board debug probe and IS NOT READY for debugging. You will need to use/buy one of external probe listed below.

Compatible Tools	On-board	Default
Atmel-ICE		Yes
J-LINK

Frameworks

Name	Description
Arduino	Arduino Wiring-based Framework allows writing cross-platform software to control devices attached to a wide range of Arduino boards to create all kinds of creative coding, interactive objects, spaces or physical experiences.