4.4.
EEPROM Data Settings
The EEPROM of the Atmel
®
ATA8510 and ATA8515 device includes the configuration of the device and
the settings for the RF protocol. This EEPROM must be programmed before running application software
either as an embedded Flash application or as a host application using the SPI communication link. The
Atmel ATA5831 device has to be selected instead of the Atmel ATA8510 or ATA8515 within the
programming dialog of Atmel Studio 6. Make sure that the ISP signals are available for the programmer
only and that the device is not in OFF mode by pulling an NPWRONx pin to GND level, i.e., connect the
PC1 pin to GND.
A Java GUI tool is used for generating the EEPROM programming file in HEX format (see [7] for the tool
software and user guide, which is not included in the tool pack [10]). This tool can save all settings in an
xml file and handling is described in the user guide [7] and the settings in the user manual [9].
The tool pack includes two subdirectories which contains the xml and HEX files for the base and the
remote sensor:
..\Software\base\EEPROM Configuration file for the Atmel ATA8515 base station device
..\Software\sensor\EEPROM Configuration file for the Atmel ATA8510 remote sensor device
Only service 0 with channel 0 is used for the RF telegram. All other service settings can be ignored. For
the base station the polling is defined in the polling tab of the GUI.
Atmel User Guide for the Evaluation Kit ATA8510-EK1 [APPLICATION NOTE]
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