Audio I/O Devices

The evaluation kit for the CryptoAuthentication™ AT88SA102S device includes an AT90USB162 microcontroller and a convenient USB interface that lets designers learn about and experiment with CryptoAuthentication on their PCs. This kit gives engineers, developers, and decision makers a tool to develop applications to protect confidential files, encrypt downloads, perform two-factor logons, or prevent software piracy. Developers can use the provided 3-pin interface to connect the CryptoAuthentication device directly to their existing project. Complete source code for the Atmel AVR® is available, along with a schematic, Gerber files, and a bill of materials. This kit replaces the Atmel AT88SA-ADK1.

Mature tool; replaced with AT88CK440RED.

The SAM4S Xplained Pro starter kit is ideal for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM4S Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4S Xplained Pro board is available as an evaluation kit or starter kit. Extension boards can also be individually purchased.

The ATSAM4S-XSTK starter kit includes the Atmel I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, and PROTO1 Xplained Pro extension boards.

If just the MCU evaluation board is all you need, the ATSAM4S-XPRO evaluation kit is available and does not include extension boards.

The SAM4L Xplained Pro starter kit is ideal for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM4L Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4L Xplained Pro board is available as an evaluation kit or starter kit. Extension boards can also be individually purchased.

The ATSAM4L-XSTK starter kit includes the Atmel I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, PROTO1 Xplained Pro, and SLCD1 Xplained Pro extension boards.

If the MCU evaluation board is all you need, the ATSAM4L-XPRO evaluation kit is available and does not include extension boards.

The AVR Dragon sets a new standard for low cost development tools for 8-bit and 32-bit AVR devices with On Chip Debug (OCD) capability. It can perform a symbolic debug on all devices with OCD with SPI, JTAG, PDI (selected devices), high voltage serial programming, parallel programming, and aWire modes, and supports debugging using SPI, JTAG, PDI interfaces.

A development area lets designers build their own circuitry or add sockets for the desired device footprint. The debugger also supports NanoTrace, depending on the OCD module on the AVR device, using the target device's memory.

Note: Atmel AVR XMEGA PDI mode on AVR Dragon does NOT work for the following XMEGA devices: A3/D3 - revisions B, C and E or A1 (up to revision K).

A mid-range development tool for Atmel 8-bit and 32-bit AVR devices with on-chip debugging for source level symbolic debugging, NanoTrace (if supported by the device) and device programming. It supports SP, JTAG, PDI, and aWire modes and interface debugging. The tool is firmware upgradeable to support future AVR devices.

A professional development tool for all Atmel 8-bit and 32-bit AVR devices with On-Chip Debug capability. It is used for source level symbolic debugging, program trace and device programming. AVR ONE! supports the complete development cycle and is the fastest debugging tool offered from Atmel.

It supports SPI, JTAG, PDI, and aWire programming modes and debugging using debugWIRE, JTAG, PDI, and aWire interfaces. AVR ONE! is driven by a powerful FPGA which provides high-speed data transfer between the host PC and the target AVR device, facilitating rapid program download and a most responsive debugging experience.

Mid-range development tool for Atmel 8-bit and 32-bit AVR microcontrollers with on-chip debugging for source level symbolic debugging, NanoTrace (if supported by the device) and device programming.

For more information, please visit the Online User Guide.

Development tool for applications that protect confidential files, encrypt downloads, perform two-factor logons, authenticate products, and prevent software piracy. The starter kit includes a microbase board with a USB interface that lets designers learn and experiment on their PCs. It includes a daughterboard that interfaces to the microbase via a 10-pin header. The daughterboard has a single 3-pin SOT23 socket for development. Software developed on the PC can also serve as the base for code to be ported to an embedded microcontroller. Source code can also be edited to integrate with ARM or other platforms. This kit uses a modular approach, enabling the daughterboard to connect directly to an STK series AVR development platform to easily add security to applications. An optional adapter kit is also available when the 10-pin header on the daughterboard requires a different pin out. Theeasy-to-use CryptoAuthentication™ utility demonstrates the functionality of the CryptoAuthentication device.

Development tool for applications that protect confidential files, encrypt downloads, perform two-factor logons, authenticate products, and prevent software piracy. The kit includes a microbase board with a USB interface to connect to a PC, and daughterboard that interfaces to the microbase via a 10-pin header. The daughterboard has two 3-pin SOT23 sockets for either client or client-host development. Software developed on the PC can also serve as the base for code ported to an embedded microcontroller. Source code can also be edited for integration with ARM or other platforms. This kit uses a modular approach, enabling the daughterboard to connect directly to an STK series AVR development platform to easily add security to applications. An optional adapter kit is also available if the 10-pin header on the daughterboard requires a different pin out. The easy-to-use Atmel CryptoAuthentication™ utility demonstrates the functionality of the CryptoAuthentication device.

The development/programmer kit supports the ATF15xxAS/ASL/ASV/ASVL/BE family of 1.8-V, 3.3-V, and 5-V industry-standard, pin-compatible CPLDs with Logic Doubling™. This kit includes an ISP cable, ProChip Designer software, a 44-TQFP adapter module, and ATF1502BE and ATF1504ASV samples in a 44-TQFP package. Adapter modules that support the 44-PLCC, 84-PLCC, and 100-TQFP packages are available separately.

A complete touch development kit for buttons, sliders, and wheels. It allows designers to experiment with Atmel touch technology and serves as the easiest way to analyse and validate touch products. Both Atmel QTouch® and QMatrix® acquisition methods are supported. The kit uses QTouch Studio as its front-end software. It includes a USB-powered interface board, three MCU boards (ATtiny88, ATmega324PA, and ATxmega128A1), three sensor boards that support up to 64-channels, and cables.

Atmel SAM-ICE™ is a JTAG emulator designed for Atmel SAMA5, SAM3, SAM4, SAM7 and SAM9 ARM® core-based microcontrollers, including the Thumb® mode. It supports download speeds up to 720K Bytes per second and maximum JTAG speeds up to 12 MHZ. It also supports Serial Wire Debug (SWD) and Serial Wire Viewer (SWV) from SAM-ICE hardware V6.

An ideal kit for evaluating the Atmel Touch Library implemented on the ATmega88. It comes preloaded with software for two buttons, one slider, and one rotor and includes a mini-B plug to std-A plug ~1.5m USB2.0 cable. The kit is designed using the QTouch acquisition method. Designers can create and upload other configurations to the kit using of an external programmer such as ATAVRISP mkII or AVR Dragon.

An ideal kit for evaluating the Atmel Touch Library implemented on the Atmel ATtiny88. It comes preloaded with software for four buttons and one rotor and includes a mini-B plug to std-A plug ~1.5m USB2.0 cable. The kit is designed using the QMatrix acquisition method. Designers can create and upload other configurations to the kit using of an external programmer such as ATAVRISP mkII or AVR Dragon.

Evaluation kit and development system for Atmel 32-bit AVR UC3A microcontrollers. The kit is equipped with a rich set of peripherals and memory to make it easy to access the full potential of 32-bit AVR UC3A devices.

Evaluation kit and development system for the Atmel AVR UC3B microcontrollers. The kit is equipped with a rich set of peripherals and memory to make it easy to assess the full potential of 32-bit AVR UC3B devices.

The evaluation kit combines an Atmel 32-bit AVR UC3 microcontroller with a wide selection of communication interfaces, including On-The-Go, SDcard, NAND flash with ECC, and stereo 16-bit DAC.

Evaluation Kit for Atmel AVR AT32UC3A3256AU demonstrating Atmel's state-of-the-art AVR UC3 32-bit microcontroller in Hi-Fi audio decoding and streaming applications, including applications that carry an Atmel licensed Audio firmware IPs.

The kit demonstrates the Atmel AVR AT32UC3A3256AU microcontroller which combines an unrivalled selection of communication interfaces like Hi-Speed USB device with On-The-Go functionality, dual SDcard, NAND flash with ECC and stereo 16-bit DAC, making it the perfect fit in Hi-Fi audio decoding and streaming applications. The kit contains reference hardware and software for playing MP3 files from mass storage devices.

It is also capable of executing Atmel licensed Audio firmware IPs.

The evaluation kit combines an Atmel 32-bit AVR AT32UC3A3256S microcontroller with AES crypto module and a wide selection of communication interfaces, including On-The-Go, SDcard, NAND flash with ECC, and stereo 16-bit DAC.

The kit demonstrates Atmel 32-bit AVR microcontroller in Hi-Fi audio decoding and streaming applications. The kit contains reference hardware and software for generic MP3 player docking stations.

Evaluation Kit for Atmel AVR AT32UC3A0512AU demonstrating Atmel's state-of-the-art AVR UC3 microcontroller in Hi-Fi audio decoding and streaming applications, including applications that carry an Atmel licensed Audio firmware IPs.

The kit demonstrates the Atmel AVR AT32UC3A0512AU microcontroller in Hi-Fi audio decoding and streaming applications. The kit contains reference hardware and software for playing MP3 files from mass storage devices.

It is also capable of executing Atmel licensed Audio firmware IPs.

Evaluation kit for MFi audio docks.The kit contains all required reference hardware and software for control and digital audio streaming from iPod®, iPhone® and iPad® devices.

MFi evaluation kits are available through Apple's MFi licensing program.

iPad, iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

The EXTBT provides a complete demonstration and is a good development platform for any Bluetooth applications. The kit is compatible with the Atmel AVR UC3 series of microcontrollers.

A QTouch® Library-supported add-on board for the Xplain kit that adds capacitive touch functionality. The kit demonstrates how QTouch solutions require very simple circuit design and few external components. The kit features one slider, one wheel, and two buttons, and has eight through-holes to allow the LEDs on the board to remain visible from the front. The Xplain kit must be bought separately.

NOTE:
The QTouch Xplained is only available as a bundle consisting of AVR Xplain, Display Xplained and QTouch Xplained.

The SAM4S Xplained kit is the ideal platform for early evaluation of the capabilities offered by the SAM4S Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4S Xplained contains four QTouch® button sensors, LEDs and a USB port. The Xplained expansion headers provide easy access to analog and digital I/O pins. The board is powered by the USB cable and integrates a JTAG emulator with USB interface for programming and debugging.

For more information, please visit the Online User Guide.

The SAM4S Xplained Pro evaluation kit is ideal for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM4S Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4S Xplained Pro board is available as an evaluation kit or starter kit. Extension boards can also be individually purchased.

The ATSAM4S-XPRO evaluation kit does not include extension boards.

For a complete and ready to go package, the ATSAM4S-XSTK starter kit includes the Atmel I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, and PROTO1 Xplained Pro extension boards.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel® SAM4S Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontrollers.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel® SAM4S with the ARM®-based Cortex®-M4 core.

The Atmel® UC3-A3 Xplained evaluation kit is a hardware platform for evaluating the Atmel AT32UC3A3256 microcontroller. The kit offers a range of features that enable the Atmel AVR® UC3 user to get started using AVR UC3 peripherals right away and understand how to integrate the AVR UC3 device in their own design.

NOTE: The UC3-A3 Xplained is suited for evaluation of both UC3A3 and UC3A4 microcontrollers. The two series share the same peripherals, except that the UC3A3 features a External Bus Interface (EBI) while the UC3A4 does not.
The AES peripheral of the UC3A3S/A4S and the Audio peripheral of the UC3A3AU are not supported by the device on this board. To evaluate these features please use the EVK1104S and EVK1104AU respectively.  

The Atmel AVR Xplained kits are great platforms for early evaluation of the capabilities offered by the Atmel AVR microcontrollers. The XMEGA-A3BU Xplained contain one QTouch button sensor, three mechanical buttons, two LEDs, 3 analog sensors, a USB port, battery backup system and a 128x32 pixel FSTN LCD display.

The AVR Xplained expansion headers provide easy access to analog and digital I/O pins. The board is powered by the USB cable and equipped with the standard 10-pin JTAG header that connects to the full range of AVR debuggers.

NOTE: The XMEGA-A3BU Xplained can be used to evaluate the XMEGA A1/A3/A4 and A1U/A3U/A4U devices. The devices shares the same peripherals, but the A1, A3 and A4 devices has different pin count and hence different number of each peripherals. The A3BU devices features Battery Back-up for the RTC peripheral, which the other devices does not. The XMEGA A1 devices features an External Bus Interface (EBI) which the A3BU devices does not. To evaluate the EBI it is recommended to use the XMEGA-A1 Xplained.

The Atmel® XMEGA-B1 Xplained evaluation kit is a hardware platform for evaluating the Atmel ATxmega128B1 microcontroller. The kit offers a range of features that enable the Atmel AVR® XMEGA® user to get started using AVR XMEGA peripherals right away and understand how to integrate the AVR XMEGA device in their own design.

The Atmel® XMEGA-C3 Xplained evaluation kit is a hardware platform for evaluating the Atmel ATxmega384C3 microcontroller. The kit offers a range of features that enable the Atmel AVR® XMEGA® user to get started using AVR XMEGA peripherals right away and understand how to integrate the AVR XMEGA device in their own design.

The Atmel® AVR® XMEGA-E5 Xplained evaluation kit is a hardware platform to evaluate the Atmel ATxmega32E5 microcontroller. The kit offers a larger range of features that enables the Atmel AVR XMEGA® user to get started using XMEGA peripherals right away and understand how to integrate the XMEGA device in their own design.

The SAM4L Xplained Pro evaluation kit is ideal for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM4L Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4L Xplained Pro board is available as an evaluation kit or starter kit. Extension boards can also be individually purchased.

The ATSAM4L-XPRO evaluation kit does not include extension boards.

For a complete and ready to go package, the ATSAM4L-XSTK starter kit includes the Atmel I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, PROTO1 Xplained Pro, and SLCD1 Xplained Pro extension boards.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel SAM4L microcontrollers. The board features an embedded debugger, dedicated circuitry to measure the power consumption of your application, LCD, USB, capacitive touch functionality and much more. It also offers expansion headers to plug in Atmel extension boards so you can easily add gyrometers, accelerometers, Wifi and Zigbee to your SAM4L-EK.

Atmel SAM-BA® software provides an open set of tools for programming the Atmel SAMA5, SAM3, SAM4, SAM7 and SAM9 ARM® core-based microcontrollers.

QTouch Library is a set of pre-compiled binaries for supported AVR and Atmel ARM-based microcontrollers. The library supports both QTouch and QMatrix acquisition methods.

The QTouch Library integrates

• The QT600 Example Project consisting of:
• • Example project for the ATtiny88 MCU board using the QTOUCH8 Panel
  • Example project for the ATxmega128A1 MCU board using the QTOUCH16 Panel
  • Example project for the ATmega324PA MCU board using the QMATRIX8x8 Panel
• Example Projects for SAM3N-EK (SAM3N Cortex M3 flash microcontroller)
• Example Projects for SAM3S-EK (SAM3S Cortex M3 flash microcontroller)

The example projects are available for both IAR and GCC compilers, and a precompiled hex or exe file is included for those who want to reflash the MCU boards without having to compile the projects themselves.

The Atmel® Software Framework (ASF) is a MCU software library providing a large collection of embedded software for Atmel flash MCUs: megaAVR, AVR XMEGA, AVR UC3 and SAM devices.

• It simplifies the usage of microcontrollers, providing an abstraction to the hardware and high-value middlewares
• ASF is designed to be used for evaluation, prototyping, design and production phases
• ASF is integrated in the Atmel Studio IDE with a graphical user interface or available as standalone for GCC, IAR compilers
• ASF can be downloaded for free

Access the ASF documentation.

Note: ASF in Atmel Studio does not require a specific download. Use Atmel Studio Extension Manager (Tools->Extension Manager) or visit Atmel Gallery  to update ASF in Atmel Studio.

One Collaborative Studio for Embedded Design

Atmel® Studio 6 is the integrated development platform (IDP) for developing and debugging Atmel ARM® Cortex™-M processor-based and Atmel AVR® microcontroller applications. The Atmel Studio 6 IDP gives you a seamless and easy-to-use environment to write, build and debug your applications written in C/C++ or assembly code. Atmel Studio 6 supports all 8- and 32-bit AVR, the new SoC wireless family, SAM3 and SAM4 microcontrollers, and connects seamlessly to Atmel debuggers and development kits. Additionally, the IDP now includes two new features designed to further enhance your productivity: Atmel Gallery is an online apps store built in to Studio 6, allowing you to purchase both in-house and third-party development tools and embedded software. Atmel Spaces is a collaborative workspace where you can securely share embedded design and track progress of projects with your peers.

Learn more about Atmel Studio                                                       Studio Archive

Full-featured EDA suite with state-of-the-art, Mentor Graphics synthesis and simulation tools integrated into a user-friendly design environment. The software supports VHDL and Verilog design flows for the ATF15xx family of complex programmable logic devices. This suite also includes a JTAG in-system programming utility and filter technologies to enable logic doubling in ATF15xx CPLDs. Optional add-on tools support schematic and CUPL design flows. A two-year license for Mentor Tool Precision Synthesis software is now available.

The Atmel QTouch Studio is a PC application providing real-time visualization of the QTouch debug data stream sent from supported development and evaluation boards:

• QT600
• SAM3N-EK
• SAM3S-EK
• AVRTS2080A
• AVRTS2080B
• QTouch Xplained

QTouch Studio is built on Microsoft Visual Studio Shell and supports Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Atmel AVR Toolchain is a collection of tools/libraries used to create applications for AVR microcontrollers. This collection includes compiler, assembler, linker and Standard C & math libraries. 

Most of these tools are based on efforts from GNU (www.gnu.org), and some are developed by Atmel. For more information please refer to the release notes.

Atmel AVR Toolchain is also available as Toolchain Extension at the Toolchain Extension Gallery of Atmel Studio 6. Only those users who wish to run the Atmel AVR Toolchain as standalone tools from the command line need to download and install this package.

Source code available here.

See also AVR Toolchain for Windows

Atmel AVR Toolchain is a collection of tools/libraries used to create applications for AVR microcontrollers. This collection includes compiler, assembler, linker and Standard C & math libraries.

Most of these tools are based on efforts from GNU (www.gnu.org), and some are developed by Atmel. For more information please refer to the release notes.

Atmel AVR Toolchain is also available as Toolchain Extension at the Toolchain Extension Gallery of Atmel Studio 6. Only those users who wish to run the Atmel AVR Toolchain as standalone tools from the command line need to download and install this package.

Source code available here.

See also AVR Toolchain for Linux

An integrated development environment (IDE) for all Atmel 32-bit AVR applications. Features include project file management, task management and version control integration (CVS); a C/C++ editor with syntax highlighting, navigation and code completion; a debugger supporting run control including source and instruction-level stepping and breakpoints; registers, memory and I/O views; and target configuration and management.

The software suite is built on Eclipse for easy integration with third-party plugins for increased functionality.

AVR32 Studio supports development and debugging of standalone (without an operating system) applications and Linux applications for the AT32AP7 device family. Third-party plug-ins are available for debugging other operating systems. It also supports all Atmel tools that support the 32-bit AVR architecture, including the AVR ONE!, JTAGICE mkII and STK600.

The IDE integrates with the AVR32 GNU Toolchain. The GNU C Compiler (GCC) compiles C/C++ programs, while the GNU debugger (GDB) debugs the target application. Atmel AVR32 avr32program and avr32gdbproxy utilities deploy and debug standalone applications as well as target voltage and clock generator adjustments.