Atmel SAMD21-XPRO

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

SAMD21J18A

Frequency

48MHz

Flash

256KB

RAM

32KB

Vendor

Atmel

Configuration

Please use samd21_xpro ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:samd21_xpro]
platform = atmelsam
board = samd21_xpro

You can override default Atmel SAMD21-XPRO settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest samd21_xpro.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:samd21_xpro]
platform = atmelsam
board = samd21_xpro

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = samd21j18a

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 48000000L

Uploading

Atmel SAMD21-XPRO supports the following uploading protocols:

  • atmel-ice

  • blackmagic

  • cmsis-dap

  • jlink

Default protocol is cmsis-dap

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:samd21_xpro]
platform = atmelsam
board = samd21_xpro

upload_protocol = cmsis-dap

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).

Atmel SAMD21-XPRO has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don’t need to use/buy external debug probe.

Compatible Tools

On-board

Default

Atmel-ICE

Black Magic Probe

CMSIS-DAP

Yes

Yes

J-LINK

Frameworks

Name

Description

Zephyr

Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures