Ambiq Micro had launched a new EVK for their Apollo 2 MCU.
It is delivered in a small box.
MCU
- Ambiq Micro Apollo 2: AMAPH1KK-KBR
- 48MHz
- 10µA/MHz
- 1MB Flash, 256KB RAM
Schematics
The schematics can be found in the support area of Ambiq Micro: http://ambiqmicro.com/support or via the direct link: http://ambiqmicro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/apollo2-amaph1kk-kbr-brd-r1.0.pdf
Features
The board offers all pins available at Arduinio compatible pin-outs:
The board also offers:
- Power Switch
- Power Measurement Headers
- USB-Micro – Power Supply
- On-Board J-Link Debugger
- SWD Debug-out connector to debug external applications
- SWD Debug-in connector to use your favorite debugger for the EVK
- Reset Button
- 3 user buttons
- 5 user LEDs
Software
Software can be found in the support area of Ambiq Micro as well: http://ambiqmicro.com/support
The AmbiqSuite SDK must be downloaded.
There is also a getting started with the AmbiqSuite SDK available called “Getting Started with AmbiqSuite SDK”.
The SDK install itself at C:\AmbiqMicro.
As IDE there is support for:
- IAR Embedded Workbench 8.11.1
- EWARM 30-day Evaluation Version
http://supp.iar.com/Download/SW/?item=EWARM-EVAL - EWARM 32K Kickstart Version
http://supp.iar.com/Download/SW/?item=EWARM-KS32
- EWARM 30-day Evaluation Version
- Keil uVision 5.23 (commercial)
- Evaluation Version
https://www.keil.com/demo/eval/arm.htm
- Evaluation Version
- Atollic TrueSTUDIO 7.1.2 (free of charge / commercial)
- GCC 5.3.1
Documents
Schematic: apollo2-amaph1kk-kbr-brd-r1.0
Datasheet MCU: Apollo2_MCU_Data_Sheet_rev0p92
Availability
The Apollo 2 evaluation board called AMAPHEVK is available for 55€ at the webshop of Fujitsu Electronics Europe GmbH (FEEU):
http://shop.feeu.com/Shops/es966226/Products/AMAPHEVK
Apollo 2 MCUs (AMAPH1KK-KBR and AMAPH1KK-KBR) are available as well: http://shop.feeu.com/Shops/es966226/Categories/Ultralow_power_MCUs_and_RTCs/Page__Category
