The Arduino Due is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU
It is the first Arduino board based on a 32-bit ARM core microcontroller
It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 12 can be used as PWM outputs), 12 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 84 MHz clock, an USB OTG capable connection, 2 DAC (digital to analog), 2 TWI, a power jack, an SPI header, a JTAG header, a reset button and an erase button
The board contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started
The Due is compatible with all Arduino shields that work at 3.3V and are compliant with the 1.0 Arduino pinout
The Due follows the 1.0 pinout:
TWI: SDA and SCL pins that are near to the AREF pin
The IOREF pin which allows an attached shield with the proper configuration to adapt to the voltage provided by the board. This enables shield compatibility with a 3.3V board like the Due and AVR-based boards which operate at 5V
An unconnected pin, reserved for future use
Warning:
Unlike other Arduino boards, the Arduino Due board runs at 3.3V
The maximum voltage that the I/O pins can tolerate is 3.3V
Providing higher voltages, like 5V to an I/O pin could damage the board
Specification
Microcontroller : AT91SAM3X8E
Operating Voltage : 3.3V
Input Voltage (recommended) : 7~12V
Input Voltage (limits) : 6~20V
Digital I/O Pins : 54 (of which 12 provide PWM output)
Analog Input Pins : 12
Analog Outputs Pins : 2 (DAC)
Total DC Output Current on all I/O lines : 130 mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin : 800 mA
DC Current for 5V Pin : 800 mA
Flash Memory : 512 KB all available for the user applications