Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift

The Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift is an ARM development board based on the Atmel ATSAMD51J19 family of SoC that has Arduino shield compatible form factor, and a built-in EspressIf ESP32 Wi-Fi Co processor.

Interfaces

InterfaceHardware SupportedTinyGo Support
GPIOYESYES
UARTYESYES
SPIYESYES
I2CYESYES
ADCYESYES
PWMYESYES

Machine Package Docs

Documentation for the machine package for the Adafruit Metro M4 Airlift

Flashing

UF2

The Metro M4 Express comes with the UF2 bootloader already installed.

CLI Flashing on Linux

  • Plug your Metro M4 Express into your computer’s USB port.
  • Flash your TinyGo program to the board using this command:
  1. tinygo flash -target=metro-m4-airlift [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]
  • The Metro M4 Express board should restart and then begin running your program.

CLI Flashing on macOS

  • Plug your Metro M4 Express into your computer’s USB port.
  • Flash your TinyGo program to the board using this command:
  1. tinygo flash -target=metro-m4-airlift [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]
  • The Metro M4 Express board should restart and then begin running your program.

CLI Flashing on Windows

  • Plug your Metro M4 Express into your computer’s USB port.
  • Double tap the “RESET” button on the board.
  • Wait until the Metro M4 Express board appears as a flash drive.
  • Flash your TinyGo program to the board using this command:
  1. tinygo flash -target=metro-m4-airlift [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]
  • The Metro M4 Express board should restart and then begin running your program.

Troubleshooting

If you have troubles getting your Metro M4 Express board to receive code, try this:

  • Press the “RESET” button on the board two times to get the Metro M4 Express board ready to receive code.
  • The Metro M4 Express board will appear to your computer like a USB drive.
  • Now try running the command as above:
  1. tinygo flash -target=metro-m4-airlift [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM]

Once you have updated your Metro M4 Express board the first time, after that you should be able to flash it entirely from the command line.

Notes

You can use the USB port to the Metro M4 Express as a serial port. UART0 refers to this connection.