Seeeduino XIAO Board

This article describes the Seeeduino XIAO development board

Seeeduino XIAO

Seeeduino-XIAO-pinout

The general specifications of the card are

CharacteristicValue
CPUARM Cortex-M0+ CPU(SAMD21G18) running at up to 48MHz
Flash Memory256KB
SRAM32KB
Digital I/O Pins11
Analog I/O Pins11
I2C interface1
SPI interface1
UART interface1
Power Led Green
Test LedYellow
TX Serial LedBlue
RX Serial LedBlue
Power supply and downloading interfaceUSB Type C
Supply Voltage3.3V/5V DC
Dimensions20×17.5×3.5mm

As shown in the  table,  peculiar aspects of the board are the following

  • Powerful CPU: ARM® Cortex®-M0+ 32bit 48MHz microcontroller(SAMD21G18) with 256KB Flash,32KB SRAM.
  • Compatible with Arduino IDE and CircuitPython.
  • Breadboard-friendly.
  • As small as a thumb(20×17.5mm) for wearable devices and small projects.
  • Multiple development interfaces: 11 digital/analog pins, 10 PWM Pins, 1 DAC output, 1 SWD Bonding pad interface, 1 I2C interface, 1 UART interface, 1 SPI interface.

Here are the links to the Seeed wikis for configuration with Arduino and CircuitPython

Seeeduino XIAO with IDE Arduino

Seeeeduino XIAO with CircuitPython

CircuitPython is a simplified Micropython derived project for microcontrollers

CircuitPython 

The board is programmed via USB Type C connection. It also offers a pad for power supply as well as the SWD (Serial Wire Debug) interface in the back part.

seeeduino-xiao-pinout-back

The board supports multiplexing pin and the same pin can be used,depending on the function that uses it,  as analog, digital pin, etc.

On the upper part of the board there are two pins for resetting the board itself and for setting it in dfu mode for loading another bootloader (for example CircuitPython).

Seeeduino-XIAO-reset

To reset or load another bootloader, connect the board via USB Type C and reset it by short-circuiting quickly the reset pins. When the orange LED starts to light up and  flicker, the board is ready to load the firmware. Use this method even if the board is no longer visible on the USB port of the PC.

The board is available directly from the Seeed website

Seeeduino XIAO

In the next articles we set up the Arduino IDE for a small project with Seeeduino XIAO

Seeeduino XIAO – Arduino envinronment

 

About Seeed

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