Summary of SEEEDUINO XIAO IS AN ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER BASED ON SAMD21 CORTEX M0+
The Seeeduino XIAO is an ultra-compact Arduino-compatible microcontroller board powered by an ARM Cortex-M0+ (SAMD21G18) running at 48MHz. Despite its tiny 23.5×17.5mm size, it offers excellent performance with 14 GPIO pins supporting analog, digital, PWM, DAC, I2C, UART, and SPI interfaces. It features USB Type-C for power and programming, an onboard user LED, power pads for battery connection, and a crystal oscillator for accurate timing. Designed for wearable and small projects, it is breadboard-friendly and fully compatible with the Arduino IDE, making it ideal for compact and power-efficient applications.
Parts used in the Seeeduino XIAO:
- ARM Cortex-M0+ CPU (SAMD21G18) microcontroller
- 14 GPIO pins (11 analog pins, 11 digital pins)
- 1 DAC output pin
- 1 I2C interface
- 1 UART interface
- 1 SPI interface
- USB Type-C interface
- User LED
- Power LED
- Two reset buttons
- Power pads for battery supply
- 32.768 KHz crystal oscillator
- Projection cover for circuit protection
Take a look at Seeeduino XIAO. What a small size and cute looking! It is the smallest member of the Seeeduino family. Seeeduino XIAO still carries the powerful CPU-ARM® Cortex®-M0+(SAMD21G18) which is a low-power Arduino microcontroller. On the other hand, this little board has good performance in processing but needs less power. As a matter of fact, it is designed in a tiny size and can be used for Arduino wearable devices and small projects.
Apart from the strong CPU, Seeeduino XIAO is excellent in many other functions. It has 14 GPIO PINs, which can be used for 11 analog PINs, 11 digital PINs, 1 I2C interface, 1 UART interface, and 1 SPI interface. Some PINs have various functions, A1/D1 to A10/D10 Pins have PWM functions and Pin A0/D0 has a function of DAC which means you can get true analog signals not PWM signals when you define it as an analog pin, that’s why 14 GPIO PINs can realize more I/O PINs and interfaces. Moreover, Seeeduino XIAO supports the USB Type-C interface which can supply power and download code. There are power pads at the back of the XIAO which support battery and make it designed for wearable devices to become realistic. Except for the power LED, we add a user LED on board for your better coding experience. Usually a Dev. Board as small as this size will use the chip’s inner crystal oscillator for time fixing, in order to make the clock more accurate, Seeeduino XIAO layouts an extra 32.768KHz to make the clock more stable.
Seeeduino XIAO is perfectly compatible with Arduino IDE, you can easily develop some small projects with the help of the large and comprehensive Arduino library. So get one and you will soon love it!
Key Features
- Powerful CPU: ARM® Cortex®-M0+ 32bit 48MHz microcontroller(SAMD21G18) with 256KB Flash,32KB SRAM
- Flexible compatibility: Compatible with Arduino IDE
- Easy project operation: Breadboard-friendly
- Small size: As small as a thumb(23.5×17.5mm) 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.
Specification
- CPU: ARM Cortex-M0+ CPU(SAMD21G18) running at up to 48MHz
- Storage: 256KB Flash,32KB SRAM
- I/O PINs: 14 GPIO PINs,11 analog PINs, 11 digital PINs, 1 DAC output Pin
- Interface: 1 I2C interface,1 UART interface, 1 SPI interface
- Power supply and downloading interface: USB Type-C interface
- LEDs: 1 user LED, 1 power LED, two LEDs for serial port downloading
- Reset button: two reset button short connect to reset
- Power Pads: For the battery power supply
- Software compatibility: Compatible with Arduino IDE
- Projection cover for protecting the circuit
- Dimensions: 23.5×17.5×3.5 mm
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