ATAN0080 [APPLICATION NOTE]
9341B–AVR–02/15
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1.
Introduction
1.1
Kit Overview
The Atmel
®
ATAtiny1634-EK1 automotive evaluation kit provides a hardware platform for evaluating the Atmel ATtiny1634
automotive MCU and Atmel ATA663254 SBC and for developing software for the Atmel ATtiny1634 MCU. The Atmel
ATtiny1634 is a high-performance, low-power AVR
®
microcontroller with 16KB of in-system self-programmable Flash
memory and 1KB of internal SRAM designed specifically for automotive applications. The ATABtiny1634A board included in
the kit interfaces the ATtiny1634 MCU to different types of I/O signals. The board also provides interfaces to several
capacitive touch buttons and one capacitive touch slider as well as six LEDs and a potentiometer. The Atmel ATA6632 SBC
integrating the LIN transceiver along with a voltage regulator and a watchdog enables the LIN bus functionality. In addition to
the variety of I/Os provided directly on the board, all MCU I/O signals are made available on the header pins to support easy
connection to external I/Os. When combined with available embedded software, the ATABtiny1634A board is an ideal
platform for initial development of customer-specific applications.
To facilitate the connection to a LIN bus, the kit includes an ATmega64-M1 Xplained board programmed to act as a
USB-to-LIN gateway. Using this gateway, the ATABtiny1634A board can be connected to an available PC GUI application to
monitor and control the on-board I/Os. More generally, the PC GUI application could be used along with the gateway board
to simulate LIN master traffic to aid in the development of an ATABtiny1634A board LIN slave application.
This kit is supported by standard Atmel AVR development tools available at
http://www.atmel.com/design-support/software-tools/default.aspx.
The kit offers a set of features that enables the user to get started right away and gain an understanding of how to integrate
the ATtiny1634-EK and the Atmel ATA663254 within their own design.
Figure 1-1.
ATABtiny1634A_V1 PCB
