2.
Getting Started
2.1.
Xplained Pro Quick Start
Three steps to start exploring the Atmel Xplained Pro platform:
1.
Download
2.
Launch Atmel Studio.
3.
Connect a USB cable (Standard-A to Micro-B or Micro-AB) between the PC and the DEBUG USB
port of the board.
When the Atmel SAME70-XPLD is connected to your computer for the first time, the operating system will
perform a driver software installation. The driver file supports both 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
Once the board is powered, Atmel Studio will auto detect which kind of MCU and extension board(s) are
connected. Atmel Studio will present links to relevant information like datasheets and kit documentation.
The kit landing page in Atmel Studio also has the option to launch Atmel Software Framework (ASF)
example applications for the kit. The SAM E70 device is programmed and debugged by the on-board
Embedded Debugger and therefore no external programmer or debugger tool is needed.
2.2.
Design documentation and relevant links
The following list contains links to the most relevant documents and software for SAME70-XPLD:
•
- Atmel Xplained Pro is a series of small-sized and easy-to-use evaluation
kits for Atmel microcontrollers and other Atmel products. It consists of a series of low-cost MCU
boards for evaluation and demonstration of features and capabilities of different MCU families.
•
- Free Atmel IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for Atmel
microcontrollers.
•
- Atmel sample store where you can order samples of devices.
•
- User guide containing more information about the on-board Embedded
Debugger.
•
- This is a commercial C/C++ compiler that is available for
ARM
®
. There is a 30 day evaluation version as well as a code size limited kick-start version
available from their website. The code size limit is 16KB for devices with M0, M0+, and M1 cores
and 32KB for devices with other cores.
•
- Atmel Data Visualizer is a program used for processing and visualizing
data. Data Visualizer can receive data from various sources such as the Embedded Debugger Data
Gateway Interface found on Xplained Pro boards and COM ports.
•
- Package containing schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D plots,
layer plots etc.
•
Hardware Users Guide in PDF format
- PDF version of this User Guide.
Atmel SAME70-XPLD [USER GUIDE]
Atmel-44050A-SAME70-XPLD_User Guide-12/2015
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