XIAO SAMD21 Plus and RP2040 Plus USB-C boards get additional GPIO pins, integrated Li-ion battery management

Seeed Studio has expanded its XIAO Plus Series introduced in 2025, with the XIAO SAMD21 Plus and XIAO RP2040 Plus USB-C boards adding several GPIOs and integrated Li-ion battery management to the XIAO (SAMD21) and XIAO RP2040, launched in 2020 and 2021, respectively, while keeping the same form factor. XIAO SAMD21 Plus Specifications: MCU – Microchip SAMD21G18 Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller at up to 48MHz with 256KB Flash,32KB SRAM USB – 1x USB Type-C port for power and programming Expansion I/Os 2x 7-pin “legacy” headers with 11x analog inputs, 11x digital I/Os, 1x DAC, SPI, UART, and I2C Castellated holes and pads with 16x digital I/Os, I2C,and I2S 3.3V I/O voltage (not 5V tolerant) Misc Reset and Boot buttons RGB LED Charge LED Power Supply 5V via USB-C port Pads for battery On-board PMIC Dimensions – 23.5×17.5 mm Temperature Range – -40°C ~ 85°C The upgraded variant of the XIAO SAMD21 [...]

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