Low System Cost and High Value Integration:
• Embedded audio subsystem
• 0.8mm ball pitch package reduces PCB design complexity
• Simple power management scheme

Ultra-Low Power Consumption:
• Low-power architecture for extensive battery life
• <200uA retention mode with fast wake-up
• 5uA in backup mode

State-of-the-Art Security:
• Secure Boot
• Integrity Check Monitor of the memory content
• Hardware encryption engine
• Tamper pins and secure key storage

Extensive Ecosystem:
• Free Linux® distributions
• MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment
• MPLAB Harmony 3
• Complete set of C examples for bare metal users
• Multiple third-party software and hardware partners

The SAMA5D21 is a high-performance, low-power Arm Cortex-A5 CPU-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) running up to 500 MHz, with support for multiple memories such as DDR2, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, and QSPI and e.MMC Flash. The device integrates powerful peripherals for connectivity and user interface applications, and offers advanced security functions (Arm TrustZone® , tamper detection, secure data storage, secure boot, etc.), as well as high-performance crypto accelerators AES, SHA and TRNG.

The SAMA5D2 series is delivered with free Linux® distributions, MPLAB X IDE, MPLAB Harmony v3 and bare metal C examples.

Microchip provides fully tested and validated power management solutions complying with the SAMA5D21 specific power sequencing needs for various supply and DRAM configurations-enabling a risk-free solution immediately on first power-up. Go to the Treelinktool -> DC/DC converters and select SAMA5D2 to find more details.