Microchip EV63J76A is the SAMA7D65 Curiosity Kit for ARM Cortex-A7 MPUs
Design and develop embedded Linux, industrial, and HMI applications with the Microchip EV63J76A SAMA7D65 Curiosity Kit.
The EV63J76A is a development kit designed for evaluating and prototyping with the Microchip SAMA7D65 microprocessor (MPU). The SAMA7D65 is a high-performance ARM® Cortex®-A7–based embedded MPU operating at speeds up to 1 GHz. The board enables evaluation of powerful peripherals for connectivity, audio, and user-interface applications, including MIPI-DSI and LVDS display interfaces with 2D graphics support, dual Gigabit Ethernet with TSN, and CAN-FD.
The MPU integrates advanced security features such as tamper detection, secure boot, secure key storage, TRNG, PUF, and high-performance cryptographic accelerators for AES and SHA. The SAMA7D65 series is supported by Microchip’s MPLAB® X development tools, MPLAB Harmony v3, Linux distributions, and the Microchip Graphics Suite (MGS) for Linux. The SAMA7D65 is well suited for industrial and automotive applications, supporting graphical displays up to WXGA/720p.
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Smart Asset Monitoring
This demo showcases a smart factory monitoring system using embedded devices to simulate real industrial equipment such as pumps, compressors, cranes, and inspection systems. Telemetry is securely transmitted to the cloud, where real-time KPIs—like utilization, duty cycles, rejection rates, and anomaly detection—are calculated using DURATION-based logic. The system demonstrates how manufacturers can gain operational insights, trigger alerts, and improve uptime without requiring physical assets on-site.
Kit Contents
- The SAMA7D65-Curiosity board inside an ESD bag
- One USB Type-A to USB Type-C cable
- One 64 GB microSD card with SD adapter
- One QR code coupon pointing to the product web page
Features
Processor
- Microchip SAMA7D65-V/4HB-SL3
- SoC 343-ball TFBGA, 14x14 mm, 0.65 mm pitch
External clock
- 24-MHz crystal for MPU main clock
- 32.768-KHz crystal for MPU slow clock
- 32.768-KHz clock generator for M.2 interface
- 25-MHz crystal for on-board ETH RGMII
Memory
- 8-Gbit DDR3L
- 64-Mbit QSPI NOR Flash with EUI-48
- 4-Gbit SLC NAND Flash
- 2-Kbit EEPROM with EUI-48
SD/MMC
- One 4-bit SD card socket
- One M.2 radio module interface, SDIO I/F multiplexed with an SPI interface
USB
- One device USB Type-C connector
- Two host USB Type-A connectors
Ethernet
- One 10/100/1000 RGMII on board
- One 10/100/1000 RGMII SODIMM add-on slot
Display
- One MIPI DSI® 34-pin FPC connector
- One LVDS 30-pin FPC connector
Debug port
- One UART debug connector
- One JTAG interface
User interaction
- One RGB (Red, Green, Blue) LED
- Four push button switches
CAN-FD
- Three on-board CAN-FD transceivers
- Two interfaces available on mikroBUS™ slots
Expansion
- Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO connector
- Two mikroBUS connectors
- Two PIOBU/System headers
- Power management
Power supply unit
- Power monitoring
- Daughter cards power supply
- Backup power supply
Block Diagram
Functional Block Diagram
Applications
- HMI and connectivity applications
- Home/Building
- Industrial
- Appliance markets
Technical Documents and Resources
User Guides
Datasheets
Hardware Design Files
Application Notes
Blogs
Videos
Provisioning a SAMA7D65 MPU to Boot from NAND Using the SAM-BA®In-System Programmer
NAND PMECC Header Calculation for the SAMA7D65 Curiosity Board
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Published in Feb 26.