[sdiy] ATSamD4 Breakout Board

[Bruno Afonso]

How to these compare with the teensy 3.x?

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 3:19 AM Mikko Helin <maohelin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can get some STM32F030 board almost for nothing:
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STM32F030F4P6-ARM-CORTEX-M0-Core-Minimum-System-Dev-Board-for-Arduino-/291577503424?hash=item43e35f9ec0:g:asgAAOSw9r1WC3ec
>
> Not all 030's come with I2S though.
>
> As a development environment I use STM32CubeMX tool for pinning and
> generating project files together with Eclipse CDT IDE with ARM GCC Eclipse
> plugin toolchain.
> https://github.com/gnuarmeclipse
>
> Some manual copying was required last time but may be the integration of
> CubeMX and Eclipse CDT has been improved in the meantime (got to check the
> latest versions, Keil and Atollic and some other IDE's are properly
> supported but not plain CDT).
>
> -Mikko
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:38 AM, Eric Brombaugh <ebrombaugh1 at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Atmel Studio has a good reputation as a development environment. I must
>> admit that I've never tried it - perhaps if I did it would allow me to get
>> up to speed on the SAMD parts more easily. I do most of my ARM MCU work in
>> a very stripped down development toolchain - editor / GCC / GDB downloader
>> and I don't typically use IDEs. The STM32 parts work well in this
>> simplified flow and the vendor peripheral library is easy to use.
>>
>> There are some very inexpensive development boards for STM32, including
>> the F03x family. Here's a small form factor one that's close to what you're
>> asking for:
>>
>>
>> http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/NUCLEO-F031K6/497-15979-ND/5428803
>>
>> The main downside of going with ST parts is that they don't have a well
>> supported free IDE at the moment. They're working on one - there are beta
>> releases available, but it's still a bit glitchy. Worth a look though.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Nov 8, 2015, at 8:59 PM, Jim Patchell wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Eric!
>> >
>> > The main reason I picked the Atmel part is because of Atmel Studio. I
>> did receive in the mail just yesterday the D21 Explained board, so at least
>> I have something to play with.  But that board is not suitable for
>> projects.  Something like your breakout is really needed.  Also, it has the
>> DAC on board, as well as USB.  I do have some STM Cortex M3 boards I also
>> want to play with.  But the 57 each (I am assuming 1000 units here) is a
>> very attractive price. Because of my visual handicap I am trying to stay
>> away from as much building as possible.  I was hoping to find a ready made
>> solution.
>> >
>> > Sounds encouraging the amount of stuff you managed to squeeze into a
>> cortex M0.
>> >
>> > On 11/7/2015 3:11 PM, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
>> >> Have you already decided to go with the Atmel SAMDxx parts or are you
>> just looking for any old Cortex M0? I've done a little breakout done for
>> the STM32F030F4 here:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://ebrombaugh.studionebula.com/embedded/stm32f030breakout/index.html
>> >>
>> >> The parts are really cheap ($0.57 ea in 20qty from Future) and they've
>> got lots of useful features. I did a little DIY Euro-Rack module based on
>> this part and a SPI DAC here:
>> >>
>> >> http://ebrombaugh.studionebula.com/synth/cheep_mod/index.html
>> >>
>> >> I've got wavetable oscillators, drum voices and LPC speech running on
>> it.
>> >>
>> >> I got a few of the Atmel SAMD21 parts a while back but the learning
>> curve between them and the STM32 parts I'm used to is pretty steep so I
>> shelved them. I suppose I should try again at some point.
>> >>
>> >> Eric
>> >>
>> >> On 11/07/2015 03:48 PM, Jim Patchell wrote:
>> >>> I will take a looky see.  Sounds pretty good.  Looking forward to the
>> >>> release of a SAMD21 board.  I would really prefere to get something
>> that
>> >>> was already done.
>> >>>
>> >>> -Jim
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 11/7/2015 1:05 PM, Byron G. Jacquot wrote:
>> >>>>> I am sorry.  Not enough sleep lately. The processor is actually the
>> >>>>> ATSAMD21, not D4.  Not even sure where the D4 came from in my brain.
>> >>>> Offlist as I want to keep this a little bit quiet:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I know of a small form factor SAMD21 board that's imminent - to be
>> >>>> released in time for Black Friday.  I'll try to remember to point you
>> >>>> to it when it comes out.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> In the meantime, take a look at the Teensy 3.2 and it's Audio shield.
>> >>>> Paul Stoffgren has the I2S DMA stuff working such that it's not hard
>> >>>> to add DSP modules.  I'm working through an emulation of a Simmons
>> >>>> drum with one right now, with plenty of horsepower left over.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -Byron Jacquot
>> >>>>
>> >>>
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