 .. _atsaml21_xpro:

SAM L21 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit
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Overview
********

The SAM L21 Xplained Pro evaluation kit is ideal for evaluation and
prototyping with the SAM L21 Cortex®-M0+ processor-based
microcontrollers. The kit includes Atmel’s Embedded Debugger (EDBG),
which provides a full debug interface without the need for additional
hardware.

.. image:: img/atsaml21-xpro.png
     :width: 500px
     :align: center
     :alt: ATSAML21-XPRO

Hardware
********

- ATSAML21J18 ARM Cortex-M0+ processor at 48 MHz
- 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator
- 256 KiB flash memory, 32 KiB of SRAM, 8KB Low Power SRAM
- One yellow user LED
- One mechanical user push button
- One reset button
- On-board USB based EDBG unit with serial console

Supported Features
==================

The atsaml21_xpro board configuration supports the following hardware
features:

.. list-table::
    :header-rows: 1

    * - Interface
      - Controller
      - Driver / Component
    * - NVIC
      - on-chip
      - nested vector interrupt controller
    * - Flash
      - on-chip
      - Can be used with LittleFS to store files
    * - SYSTICK
      - on-chip
      - systick
    * - WDT
      - on-chip
      - Watchdog
    * - GPIO
      - on-chip
      - I/O ports
    * - PWM
      - on-chip
      - Pulse Width Modulation
    * - USART
      - on-chip
      - Serial ports
    * - I2C
      - on-chip
      - I2C ports
    * - SPI
      - on-chip
      - Serial Peripheral Interface ports
    * - TRNG
      - on-chip
      - True Random Number Generator

Other hardware features are not currently supported by Zephyr.

The default configuration can be found in the Kconfig
``boards/arm/atsaml21_xpro/atsaml21_xpro_defconfig``.

Pin Mapping
===========

The SAM L21 Xplained Pro evaluation kit has 2 GPIO controllers. These
controllers are responsible for pin muxing, input/output, pull-up, etc.

For mode details please refer to `SAM L21 Family Datasheet`_ and the `SAM L21
Xplained Pro Schematic`_.

.. image:: img/atsaml21-xpro-pinout.png
     :width: 500px
     :align: center
     :alt: ATSAML21-XPRO-pinout

Default Zephyr Peripheral Mapping:
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- SERCOM0 SPI MISO : PA04
- SERCOM0 SPI MOSI : PA06
- SERCOM0 SPI SCK  : PA07
- SERCOM1 USART TX : PA18
- SERCOM1 USART RX : PA19
- SERCOM2 I2C SDA  : PA08
- SERCOM2 I2C SCL  : PA09
- SERCOM3 USART TX : PA22
- SERCOM3 USART RX : PA23
- SERCOM4 USART TX : PB08
- SERCOM4 USART RX : PB09
- SERCOM5 SPI MISO : PB16
- SERCOM5 SPI MOSI : PB22
- SERCOM5 SPI SCK  : PB23
- USB DP           : PA25
- USB DM           : PA24
- GPIO SPI CS      : PB17
- GPIO/PWM LED0    : PB10

System Clock
============

The SAML21 MCU is configured to use the 32.768 kHz external oscillator
with the on-chip PLL generating the 48 MHz system clock.

Serial Port
===========

The SAML21 MCU has six SERCOM based USARTs with two configured as USARTs in
this BSP. SERCOM3 is the default Zephyr console.

- SERCOM1 115200 8n1 - connected to EXT2 and EXT3
- SERCOM3 115200 8n1 - connected to the onboard Atmel Embedded Debugger (EDBG)
- SERCOM4 115200 8n1 - connected to EXT1

PWM
===

The SAML21 MCU has 3 TCC based PWM units with up to 4 outputs each and a period
of 24 bits or 16 bits.  If :code:`CONFIG_PWM_SAM0_TCC` is enabled then LED0 is
driven by TCC0 instead of by GPIO.

SPI Port
========

The SAML21 MCU has 6 SERCOM based SPIs, with two configured as SPI in this BSP.

- SERCOM0 - connected to EXT1
- SERCOM5 - connected to EXT2 and EXT3

Programming and Debugging
*************************

The SAM L21 Xplained Pro comes with a Atmel Embedded Debugger (EDBG).  This
provides a debug interface to the SAML21 chip and is supported by
OpenOCD.

Flashing
========

#. Build the Zephyr kernel and the ``hello_world`` sample application:

   .. zephyr-app-commands::
      :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world
      :board: atsaml21_xpro
      :goals: build
      :compact:

#. Connect the SAM L21 Xplained Pro to your host computer using the USB debug
   port.

#. Run your favorite terminal program to listen for output. Under Linux the
   terminal should be :code:`/dev/ttyACM0`. For example:

   .. code-block:: console

      $ picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyACM0

   - Speed: 115200
   - Data: 8 bits
   - Parity: None
   - Stop bits: 1

#. To flash an image:

   .. zephyr-app-commands::
      :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world
      :board: atsaml21_xpro
      :goals: flash
      :compact:

   You should see "Hello World! atsaml21_xpro" in your terminal.

References
**********

.. target-notes::

.. _Microchip website:
    https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/atsaml21-xpro-b

.. _SAM L21 Family Datasheet:
    https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SAM_L21_Family_DataSheet_DS60001477C.pdf

.. _SAM L21 Xplained Pro Schematic:
    https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SAML21-Xplained-Pro_Design-Documentation.zip