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MAX32690EVKIT

Overview

The MAX32690 evaluation kit (EV kit) provides a platform for evaluating the capabilities of the MAX32690 microcontroller, which is an advanced system-on-chip (SoC). It features an Arm® Cortex®-M4F CPU for efficient computation of complex functions and algorithms, and the latest generation Bluetooth® 5 Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) radio designed for wearable and hearable fitness devices, portable and wearable wireless medical devices, industrial sensors/networks, internet of things (IoT), and asset tracking.

The Zephyr port is running on the MAX32690 MCU.

MAX32690 EVKIT Front MAX32690 Back

Hardware

  • MAX32690 MCU:

    • Ultra-Efficient Microcontroller for Battery-Powered Applications

      • 120MHz Arm Cortex-M4 Processor with FPU

      • 7.3728MHz and 60MHz Low-Power Oscillators

      • External Crystal Support (32MHz required for BLE)

      • 32.768kHz RTC Clock (Requires External Crystal)

      • 8kHz Always-On Ultra-Low Power Oscillator

      • 3MB Internal Flash, 1MB Internal SRAM (832kB ECC ON)

      • TBDμW/MHz Executing from Cache at 1.1V

      • 1.8V and 3.3V I/O with No Level Translators

      • External Flash & SRAM Expansion Interfaces

    • Bluetooth 5.2 LE Radio

      • Dedicated, Ultra-Low-Power, 32-Bit RISC-V Coprocessor to Offload Timing-Critical Bluetooth Processing

      • Fully Open-Source Bluetooth 5.2 Stack Available

      • Supports AoA, AoD, LE Audio, and Mesh

      • High-Throughput (2Mbps) Mode

      • Long-Range (125kbps and 500kbps) Modes

      • Rx Sensitivity: -97.5dBm; Tx Power: +4.5dBm

      • Single-Ended Antenna Connection (50Ω)

    • Multiple Peripherals for System Control

      • 16-Channel DMA

      • Up To Five Quad SPI Master (60MHz)/Slave (48MHz)

      • Up To Four 1Mbaud UARTs with Flow Control

      • Up To Two 1MHz I2C Master/Slave

      • I2S Master/Slave

      • Eight External Channel, 12-bit 1MSPS SAR ADC w/ on-die temperature sensor

      • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Device

      • 16 Pulse Train Engines

      • Up To Six 32-Bit Timers with 8mA High Drive

      • Up To Two CAN 2.0 Controllers

      • Up To Four Micro-Power Comparators

      • 1-Wire Master

    • Security and Integrity​

      • ChipDNA Physically Un-clonable Function (PUF)

      • Modular Arithmetic Accelerator (MAA), True Random Number Generator (TRNG)

      • Secure Nonvolatile Key Storage, SHA-256, AES-128/192/256

      • Secure Boot ROM

  • External devices connected to the MAX32690EVKIT:

    • Bluetooth SMA Connector with a Hinged 2.4GHz Whip Antenna

    • 3-Pin Terminal Block for CAN Bus 2.0

    • Selectable On-Board High-Precision Voltage Reference

    • On-Board HyperRAM

    • Stereo Audio Codec with Line-In and Line-Out 3.5mm Jacks

    • 128 x 128 (1.45in) Color TFT Display

    • USB 2.0 Micro-B Interface to the MAX32690

    • USB 2.0 Micro-B to Serial UART

    • Board Power Provided by either USB Port

    • Jumpers to Enable Optional Pull-Up Resistors on I2C port

    • All GPIOs Signals Accessed through 0.1in Headers

    • Three Analog Inputs Accessed through 0.1in Headers with Optional Filtering

    • SWD 10-Pin Header

    • On-Board 3.3V, 1.8V, and 1.1V LDO Regulators

    • Individual Power Measurement on All IC Rails through Jumpers

    • Two General-Purpose LEDs and One GeneralPurpose Push Button Switch

Supported Features

Below interfaces are supported by Zephyr on MAX32690EVKIT.

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

SPI

on-chip

spi

I2C

on-chip

i2c

TRNG

on-chip

entropy

DMA

on-chip

dma controller

Watchdog

on-chip

watchdog

ADC

on-chip

adc

Timer

on-chip

counter

PWM

on-chip

pwm

W1

on-chip

one wire master

Flash

on-chip

flash

Connections and IOs

Name

Name

Settings

Description

JP1

VREF

1-2

Open

Connects external voltage reference to VREF pin, must be enabled in software.

Disconnects external voltage reference.

JP2

I2C0 PU

2-1

2-3

Open

Connects VDDIO (1V8) to I2C0 pull-up resistors.

Connects VDDIOH (3V3) to I2C0 pull-up resistors.

Disconnects power from I2C0 pull-up resistors.

JP3

I2C0_SDA_PU

1-2

Open

Connects pull-up to I2C0A_SDA (P2.7) sourced by I2C0 PU (JP2).

Disconnects pull-up from I2C0A_SDA (P2.7) sourced by I2C0 PU (JP2).

JP4

I2C0_SCL_PU

1-2

Open

Connects pull-up to I2C0A_SCL (P2.8) sourced by I2C0 PU (JP2).

Disconnects pull-up from I2C0A_SCL (P2.8) sourced by I2C0 PU (JP2).

JP5

LED0 EN

1-2

Open

Connects red LED D1 to P0.14.

Disconnects red LED D1 from P0.14.

JP6

LED1 EN

1-2

Open

Connects green LED D2 to P2.12.

Disconnects green LED D2 from P2.12.

JP7

RX EN

1-2

Open

Connects the USB - serial bridge to UART2A_RX (P1.9).

Disconnects the USB - serial bridge from UART2A_RX (P1.9).

JP8

TX EN

1-2

Open

Connects the USB - serial bridge to UART2A_TX (P1.10).

Disconnects the USB - serial bridge from UART2A_TX (P1.10).

JP9

P1_7 SEL

2-1

2-3

Connects the USB - serial bridge to UART2A_CTS (P1.7).

Connects I2C2C_SDA (P1.7) to the codec.

JP10

P1_8 SEL

2-1

2-3

Connects the USB - serial bridge to UART2A_RTS (P1.8).

Connects I2C2C_SCL (P1.8) to the codec.

JP11

V_AUX SEL

2-1

2-3

Connects V_AUX to 1V8.

Connects V_AUX to 3V3.

JP12

VDD3A EN

1-2

Open

Connects 3V3 to VDD3A.

Disconnects 3V3 from VDD3A.

JP13

VDDIOH EN

1-2

Open

Connects 3V3 to VDDIOH.

Disconnects 3V3 from VDDIOH.

JP14

VDDB EN

1-2

Open

Connects a 3V3 LDO sourced by USB_VBUS (CN1) to VDDB.

Disconnects a 3V3 LDO sourced by USB_VBUS (CN1) from VDDB.

JP15

VDDA EN

1-2

Open

Connects 1V8 to VDDA.

Disconnects 1V8 from VDDA.

JP16

VDDIO EN

1-2

Open

Connects 1V8 to VDDIO.

Disconnects 1V8 from VDDIO.

JP17

VCORE EN

1-2

Open

Connects 1V1 to VCORE.

Disconnects 1V1 from VCORE.

JP18

BLE LDO EN

1-2

Open

Connects 1V4 to BLE_LDO.

Disconnects 1V4 from BLE_LDO.

JH6

ANALOG PORT3

1-2

3-4

Open

Connects LPUART0B_RX (P3.0) to the SWD connector.

Connects LPUART0B_TX (P3.1) to the SWD connector.

Disconnects LPUART0B_RX (P3.0) and LPUART0B_TX (P3.1) from the SWD connector.

Programming and Debugging

Flashing

The MAX32690 MCU can be flashed by connecting an external debug probe to the SWD port. SWD debug can be accessed through the Cortex 10-pin connector, J3. Logic levels are fixed to VDDIO (1.8V).

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.

Note

This board uses OpenOCD as the default debug interface. You can also use a Segger J-Link with Segger’s native tooling by overriding the runner, appending --runner jlink to your west command(s). The J-Link should be connected to the standard 2*5 pin debug connector (JW3) using an appropriate adapter board and cable.

Debugging

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

References