Pico-SAM9G45 Development Board for Envirobat

Pico
-
SAM9G45 Development
Board for Envirobat

Presented by


Kiran G K

Date : 18/06/13


Pico
-
SAM9G45

Front view

Back view


Features : pico
-
SAM9G45


-

Atmel
SAM9G45

pico
-
ITX
compatible

SBC (80x100mm)

-

ARM9, 400Mhz, ARM926EJ
-
S, 32/32K

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256MB DDR2

-

4 USB 2.0 ports 480Mbps, shared

-

1
miniPCI
-
e with USB only support

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10/100 Mbps Ethernet

-

SD card reader

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SIM card slot

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Bootable
microSD

-

5V power via
microUSB


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6
-
40V support via DC barrel connector

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Expansion header for SPI(Serial Peripheral Interface), I2C, RS232

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Native support 480 x 272 LCD

(higher resolution possible)

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WIFI support via
miniPCI
-
e with USB

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Buzzer


-

Ideal for development or OEM(Original Equipment
Manufacturer) use.

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Linux / Android boot options

•
Pin Count: 324

•
Max. Operating Frequency: 400 MHz

•
CPU: ARM926

•
Max I/O Pins: 160

•
Ext Interrupts: 160

•
SPI: 2

•
TWI (I2C): 2

•
UART: 5

•
SD /
eMMC
: 2

•
Graphic LCD: Yes

•
Video Decoder: No

•
Camera Interface: Yes

•
ADC channels: 8

•
ADC Resolution (bits): 10

•
ADC Speed (
ksps
): 440

•
Resistive Touch Screen: Yes


Example: image representing pico
-
SAM9G45 board with connected I/O
devices:
WiFi

USB dongle,

Bluetooth USB dongle, SD card,
microSD

card,
WiFi

miniPCI
-
e in slot
card, serial PCB board

pico
-
SAM9G45 is highly extensible and permits adding many features
and interfaces. This system board is at the core of a series of small, low
cost systems with touch screen displays, oriented towards modular
hardware I/O configurations.


Details about board

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Supports OS like (Linux) Android, Angstrom

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AC
-
DC 12V / 5A / 60 watt Switching Power Adapter (110/220V)

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Compatible 4.3’’ or 7’’ TFT touch screen

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The pico
-
SAM9G45 board has 4x64Mb DDR2
-
667MHz memory chips
soldered on
-
board.

-

Board can be powered from a DC 6
-
40V power supply via the external


Power supply capable of mating a 5/2.5mm barrel connector.
Alternatively the board can be powered via a 5V USB
-
OTG cable,
plugged into the micro AB USB connector.

-

The SIM card slot has integrated UART and USB
signals.So

can attach
3G module, GPRS module and other mini
-
PCI devices to this
interface.

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Temperature
-
40 to +85 degree centigrade.


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Relative humidity 5 to 95 percent, non
-
condensing.







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Few
pics

on
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) running on picoSAM9G45
board:

Sensor Data Structure

Password;

201001000002;
--------
(Device ID)

10/01/13;
------------------
(Date)

05:11:22;
-----------------
(Time)

A;1388;B;0151;C;0583;D;0071;E;0015;F;0007;G;1192;H;0000;I;0000;J;00
00;K;0000;L;0000;M;0000;N;0000;O;0000;

Z;$GPGLL,1301.423602,N,07733.882448,E,101325.00,A,A*65;
-----
(GPS)