RedBoard Turbo

Sparkfun's SAMD21 development board is programmable with Arduino, CircuitPython, or MakeCode

Image of Sparkfun's RedBoard TurboAt its heart, the SparkFun RedBoard Turbo uses the ATSAMD21G18 MCU, which is an Arm® Cortex® M0+ 32-bit microcontroller that can run up to 48 MHz. With an impressive 4 MB of external Flash memory and a UF2 (USB flashing format) bootloader, the RedBoard Turbo provides an economical and easy to use development platform with more power and versatility than the classic RedBoard.

The SparkFun RedBoard Turbo is equipped with a USB interface for programming and power, a Qwiic expansion connector, an RTC crystal, a WS2812-based addressable RGB LED, a 600 mA 3.3 V regulator, and a variety of other components. The RedBoard Turbo may be powered via the micro-B port, through the 5 V tolerant barrel jack, or with a LiPo battery using the onboard battery connector (for a single-cell 3.7 V to 4.2 V lithium-polymer battery). The MCP73831's charge current is configured by a resistor value between 66 kΩ and 2 kΩ, to charge the battery at a rate between 15 mA and 500 mA, respectively. By default, the board is configured to charge the battery at around 250 mA. The board layout meets the Arduino 1.0 footprint standard, including a separate SPI header and additional I2C header.

The RedBoard Turbo can even be flashed over the mass storage class (MSC) just like a removable flash drive, thanks to the UF2 bootloader. With this bootloader, the RedBoard Turbo enumerates as a USB storage device without having to install drivers. When using the Arduino IDE, users will need to select the correct port to program the board but can just as easily use another programming language such as CircuitPython or MakeCode.

Features
  • ATSAMD21G18 32-bit/48 MHz Arm Cortex-M0+
  • 4 MB Flash memory
  • 32 KB SRAM
  • 32 KB of EEPROM (emulated in Flash)
  • 26 GPIO count
  • 14 ADC channels at 12-bit resolution
  • Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADC and DAC)
  • VIN: 4.2 V to 6.0 V for charger, otherwise 3.5 V to 6.0 V
  • VBATT: 3.7 V Lipo
  • VCC: 600 mA at 3.3 V
  • Arduino R3 layout
  • Integrated USB controller
  • RGB LED
  • UF2 bootloader
  • Qwiic connector

Qwiic Expansion Boards

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
DIFFERENTIAL I2C BREAKOUT PCA96114589DIFFERENTIAL I2C BREAKOUT PCA9610 - Immediate$9.39View Details
TRIPLE AXIS MAGNETOMETER BREAKOU14571TRIPLE AXIS MAGNETOMETER BREAKOU30 - Immediate$17.12View Details
PSOC PIONEER IOT ADD-ON SHIELD14531PSOC PIONEER IOT ADD-ON SHIELD0 - Immediate$17.11View Details
ARRAY BREAKOUT 55 FOV MLX9064014844ARRAY BREAKOUT 55 FOV MLX9064030 - Immediate$60.00View Details
VR IMU BREAKOUT BNO080 QWIIC14686VR IMU BREAKOUT BNO080 QWIIC0 - Immediate$32.17View Details

ATSAMD21G18 MCU

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFNATSAMD21G18A-MUIC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFN1035 - Immediate$3.49View Details
IC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFNATSAMD21G18A-MUTIC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFN8366 - Immediate$3.57View Details
IC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48TQFPATSAMD21G18A-AUIC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48TQFP7841 - Immediate$3.57View Details
IC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48TQFPATSAMD21G18A-AUTIC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48TQFP4804 - Immediate$3.65View Details
IC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFNATSAMD21G18A-MFIC MCU 32BIT 256KB FLASH 48QFN746 - Immediate$3.85View Details

MCP73831 Charge Controller

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-5MCP73831T-2ATI/OTIC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-52524 - Immediate$0.65View Details
IC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-5MCP73831T-2ACI/OTIC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-50 - Immediate$0.65View Details
IC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-5MCP73831T-2DCI/OTIC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-57422 - Immediate$0.65View Details
IC BATT CONTRL LI-ION 1CELL 8DFNMCP73831T-5ACI/MCIC BATT CONTRL LI-ION 1CELL 8DFN3300 - Immediate$0.70View Details
IC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-5MCP73831T-4ADI/OTIC BATT CNTL LI-ION 1CEL SOT23-54248 - Immediate$0.65View Details

Classic 8-bit RedBoard

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
REDBOARD ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD13975REDBOARD ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD356 - Immediate$19.30View Details
REDBOARD QWIIC ATMEGA328 EVAL BD15123REDBOARD QWIIC ATMEGA328 EVAL BD49 - Immediate$18.83View Details
REDBOARD ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD14525REDBOARD ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD0 - Immediate$21.40View Details
Published: 2019-03-04