The Microchip's SAM4C8 microcontroller is a system-on-chip solution for smart energy applications built around two high performance 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M4 RISC processors. These devices operate at a maximum speed of 120 MHz and feature 512 Kbytes of embedded Flash, 152 Kbytes of SRAM and on-chip cache for each core. The dual ARM® Cortex®-M4 architecture allows for integration of application layer, communications layers and security functions in a single device, with the ability to extend program and data memory via a 16-bit external bus interface.
Additional Features
Application / Master Core
ARM Cortex-M4 running at up to 120MHz
Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
DSP Instruction
Thumb®-2 instruction set
Instruction and Data Cache Controller with 2 Kbytes Cache Memory
512Kbytes of flash, 128Kbytes of SRAM, 8Kbytes of ROM
Coprocessor (provides ability to separate application, communication or metrology functions)
ARM Cortex-M4F
IEEE 754 Compliant, Single precision Floating-Point Unit (FPU)
DSP Instruction
Thumb-2 instruction set
Instruction and Data Cache Controller with 2 Kbytes Cache Memory
16K+8K bytes of SRAM
Symmetrical/Asynchro
nous Dual Core Architecture
Interrupt-based Inter-processor Communication
Asynchronous Clocking
One Interrupt Controller (NVIC) for each core
Each Peripheral IRQs routed to each NVIC Inputs
Cryptography
High performance AES 128 to 256 with various modes (GCM, CBC, ECB, CFB, CBC-MAC, CTR)
TRNG (up to 38 Mbit/s stream, with tested Diehard and FIPS)
Public Key Crypto accelerator and associated ROM library for RSA, ECC, DSA, ECDSA
Integrity Check Module (ICM) based on Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA1, SHA224, SHA256), DMA assisted
Safety
Up to four physical Anti-tamper Detection I/Os with Time Stamping and Immediate Clear of General Backup Registers
Security Bit for Device Protection from JTAG Accesses
Shared System Controller
Power Supply
Embedded Core and LCD Voltage Regulator for single supply operation
Power-on-Reset (POR), Brownout Detector (BOD) and Dual Watchdog for safe operation
Ultra-low-power Backup mode (< 0.5 µA Typical @ 25ºC)
Clock
Optional 3 to 20 MHz quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators with clock failure detection
Ultra-low-power 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator for RTC with frequency monitoring
High-precision 4/8/12 MHz factory-trimmed internal RC oscillator with on-the-fly trimming capability
One high-frequency PLL up to 240 MHz, one 8 MHz PLL with internal 32 kHz input
Low-power slow clock internal RC oscillator as permanent clock
Ultra-low-power RTC with Gregorian and Persian Calendar, Waveform Generation and Clock Calibration
Up to 23 Peripheral DMA (PDC) Channels
Shared Peripherals
One Segmented LCD Controller
Display capacity of 50 segments and 6 common terminals
Software-selectable LCD output voltage (Contrast)
Can be used in Backup mode
Up to five USARTs with ISO7816, IrDA®, RS-485, SPI and Manchester Mode
Two 2-wire UARTs
Two 400 kHz Master/Slave and Multi-Master Two-wire Interfaces (I2C compatible)
Up to seven Serial Peripheral Interfaces (SPI)
Two 3-channel 16-bit Timer/Counters with Capture, Waveform, Compare and PWM modes
Quadrature Decoder Logic and 2-bit Gray Up/Down Counter for Stepper Motor
4-channel 16-bit Pulse Width Modulator
32-bit Real-time Timer
Analog Conversion Block
8-channel, 500 kS/s, Low-power, 10-bit SAR ADC with Digital averager providing 12-bit resolution at 30 kS/s
Software Controlled On-chip Reference ranging from 1.6V to 3.4V
Temperature Sensor and Backup Battery Voltage Measurement Channel
I/O
Up to 74 I/O lines with External Interrupt Capability (edge or level sensitivity), Schmitt Trigger, Internal Pull-up/pull-down, Debouncing, Glitch Filtering and On-die Series Resistor Termination
Package
100-lead LQFP, 14 x 14 mm, pitch 0.5 mm
The Microchip's SAM4C8 microcontroller is a system-on-chip solution for smart energy applications built around two high performance 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M4 RISC processors. These devices operate at a maximum speed of 120 MHz and feature 512 Kbytes of embedded Flash, 152 Kbytes of SRAM and on-chip cache for each core. The dual ARM® Cortex®-M4 architecture allows for integration of application layer, communications layers and security functions in a single device, with the ability to extend program and data memory via a 16-bit external bus interface.
Additional Features
- Application / Master Core
- ARM Cortex-M4 running at up to 120MHz
- Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
- DSP Instruction
- Thumb®-2 instruction set
- Instruction and Data Cache Controller with 2 Kbytes Cache Memory
- 512Kbytes of flash, 128Kbytes of SRAM, 8Kbytes of ROM
- Coprocessor (provides ability to separate application, communication or metrology functions)
- ARM Cortex-M4F
- IEEE 754 Compliant, Single precision Floating-Point Unit (FPU)
- DSP Instruction
- Thumb-2 instruction set
- Instruction and Data Cache Controller with 2 Kbytes Cache Memory
- 16K+8K bytes of SRAM
- Symmetrical/Asynchronous Dual Core Architecture
- Interrupt-based Inter-processor Communication
- Asynchronous Clocking
- One Interrupt Controller (NVIC) for each core
- Each Peripheral IRQs routed to each NVIC Inputs
- Cryptography
- High performance AES 128 to 256 with various modes (GCM, CBC, ECB, CFB, CBC-MAC, CTR)
- TRNG (up to 38 Mbit/s stream, with tested Diehard and FIPS)
- Public Key Crypto accelerator and associated ROM library for RSA, ECC, DSA, ECDSA
- Integrity Check Module (ICM) based on Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA1, SHA224, SHA256), DMA assisted
- Safety
- Up to four physical Anti-tamper Detection I/Os with Time Stamping and Immediate Clear of General Backup Registers
- Security Bit for Device Protection from JTAG Accesses
- Shared System Controller
- Power Supply
- Embedded Core and LCD Voltage Regulator for single supply operation
- Power-on-Reset (POR), Brownout Detector (BOD) and Dual Watchdog for safe operation
- Ultra-low-power Backup mode (< 0.5 µA Typical @ 25ºC)
- Clock
- Optional 3 to 20 MHz quartz or ceramic resonator oscillators with clock failure detection
- Ultra-low-power 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator for RTC with frequency monitoring
- High-precision 4/8/12 MHz factory-trimmed internal RC oscillator with on-the-fly trimming capability
- One high-frequency PLL up to 240 MHz, one 8 MHz PLL with internal 32 kHz input
- Low-power slow clock internal RC oscillator as permanent clock
- Ultra-low-power RTC with Gregorian and Persian Calendar, Waveform Generation and Clock Calibration
- Up to 23 Peripheral DMA (PDC) Channels
- Shared Peripherals
- One Segmented LCD Controller
- Display capacity of 50 segments and 6 common terminals
- Software-selectable LCD output voltage (Contrast)
- Can be used in Backup mode
- Up to five USARTs with ISO7816, IrDA®, RS-485, SPI and Manchester Mode
- Two 2-wire UARTs
- Two 400 kHz Master/Slave and Multi-Master Two-wire Interfaces (I2C compatible)
- Up to seven Serial Peripheral Interfaces (SPI)
- Two 3-channel 16-bit Timer/Counters with Capture, Waveform, Compare and PWM modes
- Quadrature Decoder Logic and 2-bit Gray Up/Down Counter for Stepper Motor
- 4-channel 16-bit Pulse Width Modulator
- 32-bit Real-time Timer
- Analog Conversion Block
- 8-channel, 500 kS/s, Low-power, 10-bit SAR ADC with Digital averager providing 12-bit resolution at 30 kS/s
- Software Controlled On-chip Reference ranging from 1.6V to 3.4V
- Temperature Sensor and Backup Battery Voltage Measurement Channel
- I/O
- Up to 74 I/O lines with External Interrupt Capability (edge or level sensitivity), Schmitt Trigger, Internal Pull-up/pull-down, Debouncing, Glitch Filtering and On-die Series Resistor Termination
- Package
- 100-lead LQFP, 14 x 14 mm, pitch 0.5 mm