This Starter Kit highlights Avnet's certified, production-ready Sphere MT3620 module which is based on the highly integrated MediaTek MT3620AN tri-core Wi-Fi SoC device. Embedded user applications targeting it’s 500 MHz ARM Cortex-A7 application processor are built and debugged using Microsoft’s popular Visual Studio IDE.
The SoC also includes two 200 MHz ARM Cortex-M4F MCU cores to meet real-time I/O requirements, plus a rich variety of on-chip peripherals (GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, PWM, ADC) that can be assigned to any of the three processor cores. The kit includes: A carrier board with Azure Sphere MT3620 module, USB cable, and Quick Start Card. Product Brief ![]()
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Carrier Board- Two MikroE Click board expansion sockets
- Grove expansion connector (I2C)
- On-board sensors
- 3-Axis accelerometer
- 3-Axis gyro
- Temperature
- Pressure/Barometric
- Ambient Light
- Interface for optional OLED 128x64 display
- USB Interface
- Supports debug, service & recovery UARTs, and JTAG
- User pushbutton switches and LEDs
- 5V to 3.3V Power regulation
- DC Supply Input:
- USB 5V from host computer
- Terminal footprints for external 5V DC and VBAT supplies
| Azure Sphere MT3620 Module- MT3620AN SoC
- 3x ISU interfaces pre-configured for UART, SPI, I2C
- ADC/GPIO: 3x 12-bit ADC inputs (or 3 GPIOs)
- PWM/GPIO: 9x PWM outputs (or up to 24 GPIOs)
- RTC (requires VBAT supply)
- Dual-band 2.4/5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Dual-band 2.4/5GHz chip antenna
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- IoT edge devices
- Consumer appliances
- Smart retail
- Remote access
- Building automation
- Factory automation
| - Carrier board with Azure Sphere MT3620 module
- USB Cable
- Quick Start Card
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| Specification | Description |
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| Avnet Azure Sphere MT3620 Module | - 1x 500MHz ARM Cortex A7, 4MB SRAM
- 2x 200MHz ARM Cortex M4F cores, 64KB SRAM
- OS: Azure Sphere Operating System for end-to-end security
- ISU interfaces: 3 of 5 available: Pre-configured for UART, SPI, I2C (max interface rates are: UART=3Mbps, SPI=40MHz, I2C=1MHz)
- ADC/GPIO: 3x 12bit ADC inputs (or can be used as GPIOs)
- PWM/GPIO: 9x PWM outputs, or can be used as GPIOs (for a total of up to 24 GPIOs)
- RTC : On-chip, requires VBAT supply
- Wi-Fi: Dual-band 2.4/5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Antenna: On-board dual-band 2.4/5GHz chip antenna (Pulse W3006)
- Operating Temperature: -30°C ~ 85°C
- Dimensions: 33mm x 22mm x 3.68mm
- Certification: FCC, IC, CE, MIC (pending), RoHS
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| USB to Serial 4-Port Interface | - Debug, Service, Recovery UARTs
- SWD Interface
- System Reset and Recovery Signals
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| On-board Sensors | - Ambient Light Sensor: Analog (sampled by 12 bit ADC)
- LSM6DSO: 3-axis Accelerometer, 3-axis Gyro and Temperature sensor
- LPS22HH: Barometric Pressure and Temperature sensor
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| Hardware Expansion Interfaces (multiple standards supported) | - MikroE Click Board Expansion Sockets (two sockets. I2C,SPI,UART,ADC,etc interfaces)
- UART/BLE connector (2x6 pin R/A connector, compatible with a subset of Pmod boards)
- Grove Expansion Connector (I2C)
- OLED 128x64 Display Interface (I2C), - option not fitted
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| Push-Button Switches (3) | |
| User and Status LEDs (7) | - RGB User LED
- APP. User LED
- WLAN User LED
- USB Status LED
- PWR Status LED
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| 5V to 3.3V DC Power Regulation (with over/under voltage protection) and Power Interfaces for | - USB 5V DC from Development Computer (or 5V DC adaptor, option not included)
- AUX 5V DC (compact terminal, option not fitted)
- VBAT Battery Backup (compact terminal, option not fitted)
- ADC VREF External Reference Input (2-pin header)
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| Operating Temperature | |
| Dimensions | |
| Certification | - FCC, IC, CE, MIC (pending), RoHS
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