These Starter Kits highlight Avnet's certified, production-ready Sphere MT3620 modules 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 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.
Azure Sphere MT3620 Starter Kit 2.0 is an upgraded version of the versatile prototyping platform based on the globally certified Avnet Azure Sphere MT3620AN module. Full detail of the 2.0 Starter Kit enhancements are tabled in the Hardware User Guide, but highlights include the following:
- Click sockets have different mapping to ISU serial peripherals to facilitate the use of optional Ethernet and BLE Click boards
- ISU2 pinout has been expanded to 4-pins, facilitating more flexible interface options
- The Pmod and Grove connectors can now be configured for different interface types
- Powerdown mode as well as RTC battery backup are now supported
- A wider voltage input range is supported with more robust EMC protection.
- The optional OLED display now has better placement in the central part of the PCB
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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
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 V2- MT3620AN SoC multicore device, 1x 500MHz Arm Cortex A7, 4MB SRAM 2x 200MHz Arm Cortex M4F, 64KB SRAM
- 3x ISU interfaces (configured as 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 coin cell battery for VBAT voltage
- Wi-Fi: Dual-band 2.4/5GHz 802.11 b/g/n radio
- Antenna: Dual-band 2.4/5GHz chip antenna
Carrier Board 2.0 - Azure Sphere MT3620 Module 2.0 (dual-band WiFi)
- Two MikroE Click board expansion sockets
- Grove expansion connector (configured as I2C)
- On-board sensors
- 3-Axis accelerometer
- 3-Axis gyro
- Temperature (die not ambient)
- Pressure/Barometric
- Ambient Light
- Interface for optional OLED 128x64 display
- USB-based program/debug & recovery interfaces
- User pushbutton switches and LEDs
- 5V to 3.3V Power regulation
- DC Supply Input:
- USB 5V from host computer
- External 5V via terminal-block
- VBAT supply from optional coin-cell battery
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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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