What kind of projects Arduino Portenta H7 can be used for
Arduino Portenta can be used in:
- Industrial level projects
- Robotics
- PLCs
- Artificial Intelligence
- Lab Equipment
Arduino Portenta H7
For making high end projects there is a need for a board having high computational power and Arduino Portenta H7 might be the suitable board as it comes with a dual core STM32H747: Arm Cortex M7 and Cortex M4 which makes it a powerful board. Moreover, the Portenta H7 supports C, C++ Miro Python and JavaScript as its programming languages.
Technical specifications of Arduino Portenta H7
As described above the protneta H7 comes with a dual core processor having a clock speed for core 1, 480 MHz and for second core 2, 240 MHz. The protenta H7 is equipped with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules and has a flash memory of 2MB and SDRAM of 1 MB.
Also, there is a graphical accelerator which gives it the option of connecting a monitor through which you can make a small computer or any customized graphical user interface. This Arduino board also supports the camera option which can make it more suitable for robotic projects. The table below has given the technical specifications of the Arduino Portenta H7.
| Specifications | Description |
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| Microcontroller | Dual core STM32H747XI dual Cortex®-M7+M4 32bit low power Arm® MCU |
| Connectivity | Built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules and Ethernet connectivity |
| Flash memory | 16 MB |
| SD RAM | 8 MB |
| Clock speed | For M7: 480 MHz & for M4:240 MHz |
| GPU | Chrom-ART graphic accelerator |
| Power | For powering the Portenta H7, there is: C-type USB, Battery connector & Vin Pin |
| Communication protocols | I2C, SPI, CAN, PDM, ETH, MIPI, DSI, USB, UART, SAI |
Arduino Portenta H7 pinout
Arduino Portenta H7 comes with two 80 high density pins on the back side. For digital inputs and outputs there are 22 pins and for the analog input and outputs there are 8 pins. There is a separate jack provided on the board to connect the battery to make the board run in the standalone mode.
For powering the external devices there is an ESLOV connector given on the board which has 5 volt pin, ground pin along with SCL/SDA pins for TWI communication and CS pin for SPI communication. We have provided a table which shows the pins of the Arduino Portenta H7 along with the purpose of each pin.
| Pins | Description |
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| Digital pins of Portenta H7 |
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| Analog pins of Portenta H7 |
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| Power pins of Portenta H7 |
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| High density pins of Portenta H7 |
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Below we have given the image in which all pins of Arduino Portenta H7 are highlighted.
Conclusion
The Arduino Portenta H7 is a high-performance board that can be used to make advanced level industrial projects as it comes with a dual core microcontroller. Before starting to work on an Arduino board the pinouts and technical specification of that board should be known to make efficient use of the Arduino board. So, for that purpose we have explained the specifications and pinouts of the Arduino Portenta H7 board.
