User manual

AVR370

8374A-AVR-04/11

2 What is needed to get started

To be able to run the preprogrammed code, you need the Atmel MEGA-1284P

Xplained evaluation kit and a USB cable (standard A to mini-B or mini AB) to connect

the board to a PC.

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

for the Atmel AVR

microcontrollers and an IDE to edit and debug code. Atmel

provides both the AVR Studio

4 and the AVR GNU toolchain. Other IDEs and

toolchains are also available like the IAR Embedded Workbench

If you, in addition, want to debug the code at runtime, you’ll need a debugger like the

Atmel AVR JTAGICE mkII or the Atmel AVR ONE! More information on these tools is

available at the Atmel webpage. See the reference section later in this document for

more details.

2.1 Documentation for MEGA-1284P Xplained

The “AVR364 MEGA-1284P Xplained Hardware User’s Guide” package includes all

in-depth information about the kit like schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D plots

and more. The package is available from the Atmel web-site.

www.atmel.com/xplained

2.2 AVR Studio 4

The AVR Studio 4 is a free IDE for the Atmel 8-bit AVR microcontrollers. It can be

used to write code, program, and debug a microcontroller.

AVR Studio 4

www.atmel.com/avrstudio

2.3 Bootloader programming tools

2.3.1 AVR open source programmer (AVROSP)

The AVR Open Source Programmer (AVROSP) is an AVR programmer application

that offers the possibility to program the Atmel megaAVR devices via a bootloader. It

is a command-line tool, using the same syntax as the Atmel STK

500 and the Atmel

AVR JTAGICE command-line tools in the Atmel AVR Studio.

AVR911: AVR Open Source Programmer

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc2568.pdf

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVR911.zip

On the MEGA-1284P Xplained board the Atmel ATmega1284P microcontroller is

preprogrammed with a bootloader firmware that is compatible to the AVROSP.

2.3.2 FLIP (BatchISP)

BatchISP is a command line tool for programming the flash and the EEPROM

memories of the board controller, and is part of the FLIP installation. It can be used to

communicate with the preprogrammed DFU bootloader on the board controller.

FLIP (FLexible In-system Programmer) for programming

http://atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3886