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MAX32672FTHR

Overview

The MAX32672FTHR is a rapid development platform that helps engineers quickly implement complex sensor solutions using the MAX32672 Arm® Cortex®-M4. The board also includes the MAX8819 PMIC for battery and power management. The form factor is a small, 0.9in by 2.6in, dual row header footprint that is compatible with Adafruit® FeatherWing peripheral expansion boards. The board includes an OLED display, a RGB indicator LED, and a user pushbutton. The MAX32672FTHR provides a power-optimized flexible platform for quick proof-ofconcepts and early software development to enhance time to market.

The Zephyr port is running on the MAX32672 MCU.

MAX32672FTHR Front MAX32672FTHR Back

Hardware

  • MAX32672 MCU:

    • High-Efficiency Microcontroller for Low-Power High-Reliability Devices

      • Arm Cortex-M4 Processor with FPU up to 100MHz

      • 1MB Dual-Bank Flash with Error Correction

      • 200KB SRAM (160KB with ECC Enabled), Optionally Preserved in Lowest Power Modes

      • EEPROM Emulation on Flash

      • 16KB Unified Cache with ECC

      • Resource Protection Unit (RPU) and MemoryProtection Unit (MPU)

      • Dual- or Single-Supply Operation, 1.7V to 3.6V

      • Wide Operating Temperature: -40°C to +105°C

    • Flexible Clocking Schemes

      • Internal High-Speed 100MHz Oscillator

      • Internal Low-Power 7.3728MHz and Ultra-Low-Power 80kHz Oscillators

      • 16MHz–32MHz Oscillator, 32.768kHz Oscillator(External Crystal Required)

      • External Clock Input for CPU, LPUART, LPTMR

    • Power Management Maximizes Uptime for Battery Applications

      • 59.8μA/MHz ACTIVE at 0.9V up to 12MHz(CoreMark®)

      • 56.6μA/MHz ACTIVE at 1.1V up to 100MHz(While(1))

      • 3.09μA Full Memory Retention Power in BACKUPMode at VDD = 1.8V

      • 350nA Ultra-Low-Power RTC at

      • Wake from LPUART or LPTMR

    • Optimal Peripheral Mix Provides Platform Scalability

      • Up to 42 General-Purpose I/O Pins

      • Up to Three SPI Master/Slave (up to 50Mbps)

      • Up to Three 4-Wire UART

      • Up to Three I2C Master/Slave 3.4Mbps High Speed

      • Up to Four 32-Bit Timers (TMR)

      • Up to Two Low-Power 32-Bit Timers (LPTMR)

      • One I2S Master/Slave for Digital Audio Interface

      • 12-Channel, 12-Bit, 1Msps SAR ADC with On-DieTemperature Sensor

    • Security and Integrity

      • Optional ECDSA-Based Cryptographic SecureBootloader in ROM

      • Secure Cryptographic Accelerator for Elliptic Curve

      • AES-128/192/256 Hardware Acceleration Engine

  • Benefits and Features of MAX32672FTHR:

    • MAX8819 PMIC with Integrated Charger

    • On-Board DAPLink Debug and Programming Interface for Arm Cortex-M4

    • Breadboard-Compatible Headers

    • Micro USB Connector

    • RGB Indicator LED

    • User Pushbutton

    • OLED Display

    • SWD Debugger

    • Virtual UART Console

Supported Features

Below interfaces are supported by Zephyr on MAX32672FTHR.

Interface

Controller

Driver/Component

NVIC

on-chip

nested vector interrupt controller

SYSTICK

on-chip

systick

CLOCK

on-chip

clock and reset control

GPIO

on-chip

gpio

UART

on-chip

serial

Connections and IOs

J9 Pinout

Pin

Name

Description

1

RST

Master Reset Signal

2

3V3

3.3V Output. Typically used to provide 3.3V to peripherals connected to the expansion headers.

3

1V8

1.8V Output. Typically used to provide 1.8V to peripherals connected to the expansion headers.

4

GND

Ground

5

P0_11

GPIO or Analog Input (AIN3 channel).

6

P0_12

GPIO or Analog Input (AIN4 channel).

7

P0_13

GPIO or Analog Input (AIN5 channel).

8

P0_22

GPIO or ADC_TRIG signal.

9

P0_27

GPIO or QERR signal.

10

P0_26

GPIO or QDIR signal.

11

P0_16

GPIO or SPI1 clock signal.

12

P0_15

GPIO or SPI1 MOSI signal.

13

P0_14

GPIO or SPI1 MISO signal.

14

P0_28

GPIO or UART1 Rx signal.

15

P0_29

GPIO or UART1 Tx signal.

16

GND

Ground

J7 Pinout

Pin

Name

Description

1

SYS

SYS Switched Connection to the Battery. This is the primary system power supply and automatically switches between the battery voltage and the USB supply when available.

2

PWR

In battery-powered mode, turns off the PMIC if shorted to ground.

3

VBUS

USB VBUS Signal. This can be used as a 5V supply when connected to USB. This pin can also be used as an input to power the board.

4

P0_5

GPIO or HFX_CLK_OUT signal.

5

P0_6

GPIO or QEA signal.

6

P0_7

GPIO or QEB signal.

7

P0_23

GPIO or QEI signal.

8

P0_17

GPIO or SPI1 slave select signal.

9

P0_24

GPIO or QES signal.

10

P0_25

GPIO or QMATCH signal.

11

P0_18

GPIO or I2C2 SCL signal.

12

P0_19

GPIO or I2C2 SDA signal.

Programming and Debugging

Flashing

The MAX32625 microcontroller on the board is flashed with DAPLink firmware at the factory. It allows debugging and flashing the MAX32672 Arm Core over USB.

Once the debug probe is connected to your host computer, then you can simply run the west flash command to write a firmware image into flash.

Debugging

Please refer to the Flashing section and run the west debug command instead of west flash.

References