Adafruit Metro M7 with AirLift - Featuring NXP iMX RT1011

Get ready for our fastest Metro ever - the NXP iMX RT1011 microcontroller powers this board with a 500 MHz ARM Cortex M7 processor. There's 8 MB of execute-in-place QSPI for firmware and disk storage, and 128KB of SRAM in-chip, plus a WiFi co-processor using an on-board ESP32 module.

The iMX series of chips is the fastest microcontrollers around, with a Cortex M7 processor more powerful than the M0 or M4, and clock speeds of 500MHz+. This chip family is well known for being featured in the Teensy 4 dev board series. Now we have a Metro-shaped board so you can use many Arduino shields. It is fully open source, allowing you to adapt the design to create your own custom layouts. It features a USB drag-n-drop bootloader plus CircuitPython support for easy development. Beginners and experts alike will enjoy the combination of low cost, roomy memory and storage, and no-soldering quick start.

Please note: This board does not have Arduino or Platform.io support. You can program it with CircuitPython, a fast-to-start embedded version of the popular Python programming language, or with MCU Xpresso IDE for C/C++ advanced embedded development.

Features:

• NXP iMX RT1011 processor: ARM Cortex M7 processor running at 500 MHz, with 128KB SRAM and high speed USB
• AirLift WiFi Co-processor with TLS/SSL support and plenty of RAM for sockets, communication over SPI and CircuitPython library support for fast wireless integration
• 8MB of QSPI XIP Flash
• ESP32 WiFi co-processor programmed with 'nina-fw' firmware as a SPI-to-Wireless module
• Power options: 6-12VDC barrel jack or USB type C
• UNO-shape allows shields to plug in
• Reset button (click to restart, double-click to enter UF2 bootloader)
• Boot-mode switches for ROM bootloader access
• SWD connector for advanced debugging
• On/Off switch
• STEMMA QT connector for I2C devices
• On/User LEDs and status NeoPixel
• Works with CircuitPython
• Dimensions: 53.2mm x 72mm (2" x 2.8")
• Height (with barrel jack): 14.8mm (0.6")
• Weight: 22.5g