Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4

The Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 is very compact ARM development board based on the Atmel SAMD51 family of SoC.

Interfaces

Interface Hardware Supported TinyGo Support
GPIO YES YES
UART YES YES
SPI YES YES
I2C YES YES
ADC YES YES
PWM YES YES
USBDevice YES YES

Pins

Pin Hardware pin Alternative names PWM
D0 PA16 UART_RX_PIN TCC1 (channel 0), TCC0 (channel 4)
D1 PA17 UART_TX_PIN TCC1 (channel 1), TCC0 (channel 5)
D2 PA07 UART2_RX_PIN
D3 PB22
D4 PA14 TCC2 (channel 0), TCC1 (channel 2)
D5 PA15 TCC2 (channel 1), TCC1 (channel 3)
D6 PB02 TCC2 (channel 2)
D7 PA18 TCC1 (channel 2), TCC0 (channel 6)
D8 PB03 TCC2 (channel 3)
D9 PA19 TCC1 (channel 3), TCC0 (channel 7)
D10 PA20 TCC1 (channel 4), TCC0 (channel 0)
D11 PA21 TCC1 (channel 5), TCC0 (channel 1)
D12 PA23 TCC1 (channel 7), TCC0 (channel 3)
D13 PA22 LED TCC1 (channel 6), TCC0 (channel 2)
A0 PA02
A1 PA05
A2 PB08
A3 PB09
A4 PA04 UART2_TX_PIN
A5 PA06
USBCDC_DM_PIN PA24 TCC2 (channel 2)
USBCDC_DP_PIN PA25 TCC2 (channel 3)
SDA_PIN PA12 TCC0 (channel 6), TCC1 (channel 2)
SCL_PIN PA13 TCC0 (channel 7), TCC1 (channel 3)
SPI0_SCK_PIN PA01
SPI0_SDO_PIN PA00
SPI0_SDI_PIN PB23
QSPI_SCK PB10 TCC0 (channel 4), TCC1 (channel 0)
QSPI_CS PB11 TCC0 (channel 5), TCC1 (channel 1)
QSPI_DATA0 PA08 TCC0 (channel 0), TCC1 (channel 4)
QSPI_DATA1 PA09 TCC0 (channel 1), TCC1 (channel 5)
QSPI_DATA2 PA10 TCC0 (channel 2), TCC1 (channel 6)
QSPI_DATA3 PA11 TCC0 (channel 3), TCC1 (channel 7)

Machine Package Docs

Documentation for the machine package for the Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4

Flashing

UF2

The ItsyBitsy M4 comes with the UF2 bootloader already installed.

CLI Flashing

  • Plug your ItsyBitsy M4 into your computer’s USB port.

  • Flash your TinyGo program to the board using this command:

    tinygo flash -target=itsybitsy-m4 [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]
    
  • The ItsyBitsy M4 board should restart and then begin running your program.

Troubleshooting

If you have troubles getting your ItsyBitsy M4 board to receive code, try this:

  • Press the “RESET” button on the board two times to get the ItsyBitsy M4 board ready to receive code.

  • The ItsyBitsy M4 board will appear to your computer like a USB drive.

  • Now try running the command as above:

    tinygo flash -target=itsybitsy-m4 [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]
    

Once you have updated your ItsyBitsy M4 board the first time, after that you should be able to flash it entirely from the command line.

Notes

You can use the USB port to the ItsyBitsy M4 as a serial port. UART0 refers to this connection.

The DotStar LED on the ItsyBitsy M4 can be accessed using the APA102 driver via a software SPI on the PB02 and PB03 pins