Portenta H7 Lite Connected is a high-performance MCU development board with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and is a product in the Arduino Portenta H7 series. It uses the same STM32H7 MCU chip and Cortex-M7/Cortex-M4 core as Arduino Portenta H7, enabling complex multi-threaded processing and high-speed data handling.

Portenta H7 Lite Connected has 16MB of external QSPI Flash memory and 8MB of SDRAM, as well as rich communication interfaces, including USB, Ethernet, CAN bus, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and various sensor and actuator interfaces. It supports Ethernet and Wi-Fi networking, and can transfer and process data with cloud platforms, meeting the needs of IoT applications.

The board features an Arduino MKR shape, allowing it to be easily combined with various Arduino MKR expansion boards to achieve more extensions and functions. Moreover, it supports multiple operating systems, such as FreeRTOS, Mbed OS, and Zephyr, as well as various development toolchains and libraries, such as Arduino IDE, STM32CubeIDE, and Mbed Studio, providing a flexible and diverse development environment.

Portenta H7 Lite Connected is a powerful, scalable, easy-to-use, and connected development board, suitable for developers and manufacturers in various IoT, robotics, and AI application scenarios.

Pinout

What is the difference between Portenta H7, Lite and Lite Connected?

The Portenta H7 is specially designed for high performance in industrial environments. While the hardware is highly customizable, Arduino provide three ready-made solutions:

Portenta H7: The full version. Program using high-level languages and AI while performing low-latency operations on its customizable hardware.
Portenta H7 Lite: A cost-optimized solution, ideal for complex environments where radio communication is not suitable or possible. Designed for developers who want to leverage the same computational power of the Portenta H7, but do not need wireless connectivity, high-resolution video interface, and additional security features.
Portenta H7 Lite Connected: Fills the gap between the full and Lite variants by integrating wireless connectivity, hitting another sweet spot for industrial-strength solutions.

difference between Portenta H7, Lite and Lite Connected

Features:

Dual-Core with two best-in-class processors in one, running parallel tasks
AI on the edge that is so powerful it can run AI state machines
Highly customizable in volumes
High-level programming language support (Micropython)

Specifications:

Microcontroller: STM32H747XI dual Cortex®-M7+M4 32bit low power Arm® MCU (datasheet)
Connectivity: Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth® Low Energy
Secure Element (default): Microchip ATECC608
Power Supply (USB/VIN): 5V
Supported Battery: Li-Po Single Cell, 3.7V, 700mAh Minimum (integrated charger)
Circuit Operating Voltage: 3.3V
Current Consumption: 2.95 μA in Standby mode (Backup SRAM OFF, RTC/LSE ON)
Timers: 22x timers and watchdogs
UART: 4x ports (2 with flow control)
Ethernet PHY: 10 / 100 Mbps (through expansion port only)
SD Card: Interface for SD Card connector (through expansion port only)
Operational Temperature: -40 °C to +85 °C
MKR Headers: Use any of the existing industrial MKR shields on it
High-density Connectors: Two 80 pin connectors will expose all of the module's peripherals to other devices
Camera Interface: 8-bit, up to 80 MHz
ADC: 3× ADCs with 16-bit max. resolution (up to 36 channels, up to 3.6 MSPS)
DAC: 2× 12-bit DAC (1 MHz) available, only one is accessible by the user through the external A6 pin
USB-C: Host / Device, High / Full Speed, Power delivery