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AVR364
8377B-AVR-11/11
Figure 3-2.
Functional overview of the Atmel MEGA-1284P Xplained kit.
3.1 Preprogrammed firmware
The MEGA-1284P Xplained kit comes with both the
The preprogrammed firmware in the
allows the user to choose different sleep modes, and provides an example of how to
use the light sensor to dim the four onboard LEDs. It also includes a boot loader
(AVROSP) which allows the user to reprogram the
external programmer. Please refer to the Atmel application note, AVR370: MEGA-
1284P Xplained Getting Started Guide, for more details regarding the
preprogrammed firmware.
The preprogrammed
firmware offers features such as a boot loader
for self-programming of the board controller itself, and a USART-to-USB gateway,
which can be used to communicate with the target controller, the
