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 on the kit.
When the Xplained Pro MCU kit 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 Xplained Pro MCU board is powered the green power LED will be lit and Atmel Studio will auto
detect which Xplained Pro MCU- and extension board(s) are connected. Atmel Studio will present
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 L22
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 the SAM L22 Xplained
Pro.
•
- 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.
•
- QTouch Library for Atmel AVR
®
and ARM
®
-based microcontrollers.
•
- Tool for developing capacitive buttons, sliders, and wheels
applications.
•
- 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.
•
- Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro is a segment LCD Xplained Pro
extension with 96 segments that uses four COM and 24 SEG signals. An Xplained Pro MCU board
with a Xplained Pro segment LCD connector is required to use the kit.
•
Touch Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro
- Touch Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro is a segment LCD
Xplained Pro extension with 179 segments that uses eight COM and 24 SEG signals. The LCD has
Atmel SAM L22 Xplained Pro [USER GUIDE]
Atmel-42474B-SAM-L22-Xplained-Pro_User Guide-12/2015
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