User manual

AVR370

8374A-AVR-04/11

6 Example applications

6.1 Preprogrammed firmware

The preprogrammed firmware in the Atmel ATmega1284P is set up with an example

code that demonstrates some of the basic features of the MEGA-1284P Xplained kit.

This includes sleep modes, reading the light sensor and the ntc sensor. The example

application has two main modes, demo mode or terminal mode. For more information

please refer to the doxygen documentation (readme.html) found in the zip file

associated with this application note. It also includes a bootloader (AVROSP) which

allows the user to re-program the ATmega1284P without using an external

programmer.

The Atmel AT32UC3B1256 board controller is also pre-programmed with a

bootloader and an USART-to-USB gateway application which can be used to

communicate with the target controller ATmega1284P.