ThingMagic Mercury xPRESS Platform v1.7 - Manual (Page 106)

A D I V I S I O N O F T R I M B L E
106 Hardware Reference Guide
Description of Functional Blocks
In the diagram above, the white areas represent the xPRESS motherboard, the yellow
shaded areas are optional components, and the blue shaded areas represent interface
modules that could potentially be added to the system. The primary elements of this block
diagram are described below.
Processor (MCU)
The process is from the Atmel ARM Cortex M3 family, It is a SAM3A in a QFP 100 pin
package. Interfaces to the MCU include: