Adafruit seesaw is a near-universal converter framework which allows you to add and extend hardware support to any I2C-capable microcontroller or microcomputer. Instead of getting separate I2C GPIO expanders, ADCs, PWM drivers, etc, seesaw can be configured to give a wide range of capabilities.
But you can reprogram and reconfigure the chip to have more or less of each peripheral - as long as it fits into the ATSAMD09D14's firmware! For example, there's also a UART converter but it isn't included in the default firmware.
The ATSAMD09 breakout is great for development of seesaw capabilities (we use it in-house for our design work) or you can use it as-is to give your Raspberry Pi or ESP8266 more hardware support! Each breakout comes with the assembled and tested board, as well as some header strips.
Please note: The boards do not come with a bootloader. If you want to do development on seesaw (e.g. changing the configuration) you'll need to pick up a J-Link and we recommend a SWD adapter breakout. At this time our project is for Atmel Studio but you could probably get it working with arm gcc and a Makefile. We don't provide any support for custom builds of seesaw - we think this is cool and useful for the Maker community!
Manufacturer | Adafruit Industries LLC |
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Category | Open Source MCU Platforms |
Eval Board Part Number | 1528-2441-ND |
Eval Board Supplier | Adafruit Industries LLC |
IDE |
Arduino IDE, with Software Add-on
Atmel Studio CircuitPython |
Speed |
48 MHz
|
Bits |
32 Bit
|
Memory, Flash/RAM |
8 kB / 4 kB
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Digital I/O |
7 I/O, 3 PWM
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Interface |
I²C x1
SPI x1 |
Analog Outputs (DACs) |
0
|
Analog Inputs (ADCs) |
3 x 12 Bit
|
DMA Channels |
0
|
Features |
1 x NeoPixel Output
EEPROM w/ 64 byte of NVM Memory |
Radio |
-
|
Interrupt Pins |
1
|
I/O Voltage |
3.3 V
|
Voltage In |
3.3 ~ 5 V
|
Touch Sensing Pins |
0
|
Program/Debug Interface |
JTAG (ICDI)
|
Area |
419² mm, 0.65² In
|
Main I.C. Base Part |
ATSAMD09
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Design Author |
Adafruit
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Date Created By Author | 2017-11 |
Date Added To Library | 2019-08 |