AT32UC3A0256

This socket board and expansion module for the STK600 Starter Kit (purchased separately) supports Atmel AT32UC3A 144-pins TQFP devices. See the STK600 Socket Package selection guide for the right revision of the socket package to support your device.

A complete starter kit and development system for the 8-bit and 32-bit AVR microcontrollers that gives designers a quick start to develop code on the AVR, with advanced features for prototyping and testing new designs.

The AVR device connects to the STK600 using an innovative routing and socketcard sandwich system, which routes the signals from the device to the appropriate hardware.

Note that a routing card and socket card for the specific device would need to be purchase separately.

The system consists of a generic socketcard, on which the AVR device is inserted, and a device specific signal routing card, which routes the signals from the socket pins to the different functions on the STK600 main board dependant on the device. This design simplifies hardware setup when switching from one AVR device to another, since all connections from the device to the motherboard are determined by the routing card, a custom board for each device. The routing system is purely passive; no electronic components route the signals, so all I/O pins are directly accessible on the connectors with no altering of the electrical behavior.

The kit offers access to all device pins, and several useful hardware functions such as pushbuttons, LEDs, and dataflash to create a complete system for prototyping and testing new designs. Free AVR Studio or AVR32 Studio lets designers write and compile firmware in either assembly or C language, and download the code to the target AVR device.

The board also has adjustable voltage supply and adjustable clock to the target AVR device. The VCC level and clock frequency can be adjusted on the fly from AVR Studio or AVR32 Studio, giving designers the ability to test the performance at different voltage levels and clock frequencies with just the click of a button.

Routing card for 144-pin Atmelreg; AVR® UC3™ A0 series in TQFP socket supplements the Atmel STK600 Starter Kit.

A generic STK600 socket card for devices in the TQFP144 package supplements the Atmel STK600 Starter Kit. The card features a 5-pitch, 20x20 body size.

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.

The Atmel Inertial One Sensor Board delivers a full 9 degree of freedom sensor platform, combining an accelerometer, a compass and a gyroscope, and is ideal for developing motion sensing or user interface applications.

The Inertial One Sensor board contains the following sensor components, all interfaced via the I2C Serial Digital Interface.

This board is compatible with all of the Atmel AVR Xplain Series of controller boards offering a wide choice of Atmel AVR controllers for your solution.

Software
Sensors Xplained software support is available for all the supported sensor devices. The drivers work in conjunction with AVR Studio 5 and the Atmel Software Framework versions 2.5 and higher.

• Accelerate your product development with driver support for a wide range of sensor solutions integrated to the Studio 5 development environment
• Provides a hardware independent C language interface to enable easy, flexible pairing of the ideal AVR microcontroller and your required sensor functions
• Drivers include support for calibration and scaling of data - providing you standard unit output from sensors, along with easy configuration and initialization
• Demonstration projects that quickly integrate software libraries and hardware definitions to accelerate your application development

Read more

Partners
Atmel has worked with a number of industry leading sensors companies to make easily available to you a range of best in class examples of popular types of sensors. Our current list of partners includes AKM, Bosch Sensortec, Honeywell Aerospace, InvenSense, Kionix and Osram Opto Semiconductors. Details and links to additional information can be found on Atmel Sensor Partners Page.

The Atmel Inertial Two Sensor Board delivers a full 9 degree of freedom sensor platform, combining an accelerometer, a compass and a gyroscope, and is ideal for developing motion sensing or user interface applications.

The Inertial Two Sensor board contains the following sensor components, all interfaced via the I2C Serial Digital Interface.

This board is compatible with all of the Atmel AVR Xplained Series of controller boards offering a wide choice of Atmel AVR controllers for your solution.

Software
Sensors Xplained software support is available for all the supported sensor devices. The drivers work in conjunction with AVR Studio 5 and the Atmel Software Framework versions 2.5 and higher.

• Accelerate your product development with driver support for a wide range of sensor solutions integrated to the Studio 5 development environment
• Provides a hardware independent C language interface to enable easy, flexible pairing of the ideal AVR microcontroller and your required sensor functions
• Drivers include support for calibration and scaling of data - providing you standard unit output from sensors, along with easy configuration and initialization
• Demonstration projects that quickly integrate software libraries and hardware definitions to accelerate your application development

Read more

Partners
Atmel has worked with a number of industry leading sensors companies to make easily available to you a range of best in class examples of popular types of sensors. Our current list of partners includes AKM, Bosch Sensortec, Honeywell Aerospace, InvenSense, Kionix and Osram Opto Semiconductors. Details and links to additional information can be found on Atmel Sensor Partners Page.

The Atmel Light and Proximity delivers a compete optical sensing solution combining an Ambient Light Sensor for adjusting system settings based on ambient conditions, such as backlight strength to optimize power consumption, with three IR based emitters for use in proximity detection. The Osram ALS product drives the IR emitters directly with modulated patterns, so that it is easy to combine the multiple inputs and determine basic up / down, and left / right type gestures up to a range of several centimeters above the board.

This board is compatible with all of the Atmel AVR Xplain Series of controller boards offering a wide choice of Atmel AVR controllers for your solution.

Software
Sensors Xplained software support is available for all the supported sensor devices. The drivers work in conjunction with AVR Studio 5 and the Atmel Software Framework versions 2.5 and higher.

• Accelerate your product development with driver support for a wide range of sensor solutions integrated to the Studio 5 development environment
• Provides a hardware independent C language interface to enable easy, flexible pairing of the ideal AVR microcontroller and your required sensor functions
• Drivers include support for calibration and scaling of data - providing you standard unit output from sensors, along with easy configuration and initialization
• Demonstration projects that quickly integrate software libraries and hardware definitions to accelerate your application development

Partners
Atmel has worked with a number of industry leading sensors companies to make easily available to you a range of best in class examples of popular types of sensors. Our current list of partners includes AKM, Bosch Sensortec, Honeywell Aerospace, InvenSense, Kionix and Osram Opto Semiconductors. Details and links to additional information can be found on Atmel Sensor Partners Page.

The Atmel Pressure One Sensor Board delivers a platform comprising a high precision Barometric Pressure sensor from Bosch (BMP085).

The Pressure One Sensor board contains the following sensor components, all interfaced via the I2C Serial Digital Interface.

This board is compatible with all of the Atmel AVR Xplained Series of controller boards offering a wide choice of Atmel AVR controllers for your solution.

Software
Sensors Xplained software support is available for all the supported sensor devices. The drivers work in conjunction with AVR Studio 5 and the Atmel Software Framework versions 2.5 and higher.

• Accelerate your product development with driver support for a wide range of sensor solutions integrated to the Studio 5 development environment
• Provides a hardware independent C language interface to enable easy, flexible pairing of the ideal AVR microcontroller and your required sensor functions
• Drivers include support for calibration and scaling of data - providing you standard unit output from sensors, along with easy configuration and initialization
• Demonstration projects that quickly integrate software libraries and hardware definitions to accelerate your application development

Read more

Partners
Atmel has worked with a number of industry leading sensors companies to make easily available to you a range of best in class examples of popular types of sensors. Our current list of partners includes AKM, Bosch Sensortec, Honeywell Aerospace, InvenSense, Kionix and Osram Opto Semiconductors. Details and links to additional information can be found on Atmel Sensor Partners Page.

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.

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.

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 complete IEEE802.11b+g WLAN evaluation and development kit for Atmel 32-bit AVR UC3 microcontrollers. The kit contains the HDG104 WLAN module from H&D Wireless AB, which offer the low power consumption, high communication speed, and long range.

The Wi-Fi extension board has an SD card form factor, and connects easily to any 32-bit AVR UC3 evaluation kit with a SD card socke. The Wi-Fi TCP/IP stack is included in the AVR UC3 Software Framework, and supports both SPI and SDIO communication to the board.

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

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.

With this kit, designers can write complex uC/OS-II based code and debug within the Atmel AVR Studio framework.The kit contains complete source code for the Micrium uC/OS-II real-time OS, kernel-aware plug-ins for AVR Studio- and Micrium-supported versions for ATmega128/2561, documentation, and CD-ROM with software. The kit supports STK500/501/503 and JTAGICE mkII. The AVR Studio online-help contains the most current information and a complete list of supported devices. Find more information here.

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.

Supports in-system programming of flash devices through RS232, USB or CAN. The software runs on Windows 9x, Windows ME, WindowsNT, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Linux x86.

Two installation files are available: one with Java Run-time Environment (JRE) integrated and one without.

BSDL files are used to perform electronics testing through the JTAG interface.

Each BSDL file describes one version of the microcontroller and has many package pin maps as are available for a particular microcontroller.

An IBIS file contains IBIS models for the specific voltage, inductance, capacitance, and resistance values for the I/O pins in a specific microcontroller for all packages available.