User manual

AVR32930

32163A-AVR-03/11

2 What is needed to get started?

To be able to run the preprogrammed code, you need the Atmel UC3-A3 Xplained

evaluation kit and a USB cable (Standard-A to Mini-B or Mini-AB) to connect the

board to a PC.

When connecting the UC3-A3 Xplained board to a PC, the operating system will

request a driver file for installing the serial communication driver. This driver file is

available in the zip file associated with this document. The driver file supports both

the 32- and the 64-bit versions of Windows

XP and Windows

7. Driver installs are not

necessary on Linux

operating systems.

To modify the example code or to write new code and compile it, you need a

toolchain for the Atmel AVR microcontrollers and an integrated development

environment (IDE) to edit and debug the code. Atmel provides both Atmel AVR

Studio

4 and Atmel AVR32 GNU Toolchain. Other IDEs and toolchains are also

available, such as IAR Embedded Workbench

If you also want to debug the code at runtime, debuggers like the Atmel AVR

JTAGICE mkII or the Atmel AVR ONE! are needed. More information about these

tools is available from the Atmel website.

2.1 Documentation for the UC3-A3 Xplained

The “AVR32918: UC3-A3 Xplained Hardware User’s Guide” package includes all in-

depth information about the kit, such as schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D

plots, and more. The package is available from the Atmel website.

www.atmel.com/xplained

2.2 Atmel AVR Software Framework (ASF)

The Atmel AVR Software Framework provides software drivers and libraries to build

applications for Atmel AVR devices. It has been designed to help develop and merge

the different components of a software design. It can easily integrate into an operating

system (OS) or run as a standalone product.

The ASF (version 1.7.0) that integrates with Atmel AVR32 Studio can be found here:

http://atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4192

However, the above framework does not include the latest examples for this kit. The

new AVR Software Framework (version 2+) should be used to get the latest software

updates, and it can be found here:

http://asf.atmel.no/readme.html

2.3 Integrated development environment for Atmel AVR 32-bit microcontrollers

2.3.1 AVR32 Studio

The AVR32 Studio is a free integrated development environment (IDE) for developing

applications for the Atmel AVR 32-bit microcontrollers. It offers an advanced editor as

well as programming and debugging support.

Atmel AVR32 Studio

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4116