Azure Sphere MT3620 Development Kit_EU Version

About Azure Sphere

Microsoft Azure Sphere is a solution for creating highly-secured, connected, MCU-powered devices. Azure Sphere brings together the best of Microsoft’s expertise in cloud, software and silicon—resulting in a unique approach to security that starts in the silicon and extends to the cloud. Together, Azure Sphere certified MCUs, the Azure Sphere OS, and the Azure Sphere Security Service provide you with the confidence and the power to re-imagine your business and create the future.

Azure Sphere provides three parts security technology:

1.Secured MCU

Secured from the silicon up. The new MT3620 crossover class of MCUs combines for the first time both real-time and application processors with built-in Microsoft security technology and connectivity.

2.Secured OS

An OS purpose built for security and agility to create a trustworthy platform for new IoT experiences. Our secured OS builds security innovations pioneered in Windows into a HLOS small enough for MCUs.

3.Cloud Security

Protect devices with a cloud built for IoT security. The Azure Sphere Security Service renews device security, identifies emerging threats, and brokers trust between device, cloud, and other endpoints.

About Azure Sphere MT3620 Development Kit

Azure Sphere MT3620 Development Kit is specially designed for rapid prototyping and help developer experience Azure Sphere technology. MT3620 is the first Azure Sphere certified MCU. Azure Sphere certified MCUs are a new class of secured, connected crossover microcontrollers. MT3620 features three user-accessible microcontroller cores. One ARM Cortex-A7 core and two general purpose ARM Cortex-M4F cores. MT3620 were designed to support real-time requirements when interfacing with a variety of on-chip peripherals including UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, and ADC. It has built-in security subsystem with its own dedicated CM4F core for secure boot and secure system operation, dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi.

The Azure Sphere operating system is pre-installed on the MT3620 and is designed to work with the Azure Sphere Security Service to create a secured IoT platform. 

MT3620 software development is supported using the powerful Microsoft Visual Studio IDE:

• Install Visual Studio (Support Community, Enterprise and Professional) and the Azure Sphere extension, plug the development board into a PC over USB, and start developing IoT applications with unprecedented levels of security.

• To use MT3620 Dev Board for Azure Sphere, you’ll need a Windows 10 PC with the latest Windows Updates, along with Azure Sphere software development kit (SDK). 

   

NOTE:

The current Azure Sphere software release does not support all features of the MT3620 hardware. For example, the following are not yet supported in software:

• 2 x ARM Cortex-M4 with FPU

• ADC, I2C, I2S, PWM and SPI peripheral interfaces (GPIO and UART are supported)

• Wi-Fi 802.11a (b/g/n are supported)

• RTC with clock selection and battery backup

Now user can use MT3620 Grove Shield board to enable the ADC, I2C function, which has a UART to I2C chip and a I2C 12-bit ADC chip.

Key Features

• Azure Sphere: End-to-end security for IoT devices

• Dual-band 802.11 /b/g/n with antenna diversity

• Tri-core microcontroller with on-chip RAM & flash

• Microsoft Visual Studio development environment

• Online authentication & updates for device lifetime

Service and Support Lifecycle

• Azure Sphere OS with 10 years of on-device updates

• Azure Sphere Security Services for 10 years