SAM3N-EK Development Board ....................................................................................................................
Section 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 SAM3N Evaluation Kit........................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 User Guide ......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 References and Applicable Documents .....................................................
4.4.2 Jumpers ............................................................................................................. 4-12 4.4.3 Test Points ......................................................................................................... 4-12 4.4.4 Assigned PIO Lines, Disconnection Possibility.................................................. 4-13 Section 5 QT600.........................................................................................................................
Section 1 Introduction 1.1 SAM3N Evaluation Kit The SAM3N Evaluation Kit (SAM3N-EK) allows the evaluation of the SAM3N series devices. It has enough features to demonstrate most of the product's capabilities to the users. The SAM3N-EK also features extension connectors to allow the users to add new interfaces in case they are not on-board. 1.2 User Guide This guide focuses on the SAM3N-EK board as an evaluation platform. It is made up of 6 sections: 1.
Section 2 Kit Contents 2.1 Deliverables The Atmel® SAM3N Evaluation Kit contains the following items: a SAM3N-EK board a universal input AC/DC power supply with US, Europe and UK plug adapters one serial RS232 cable a welcome letter Figure 2-1. Unpacked SAM3N-EK Unpack and inspect the kit carefully. Contact your local Atmel distributor, should you have issues concerning the contents of the kit.
Kit Contents 2.2 Electrostatic Warning The SAM3N-EK board must not be subjected to high electrostatic potentials. A grounding strap or similar protective device should be worn when handling the board. Avoid touching the components or any other metallic element of the board.
Section 3 Power Up 3.1 Power up the Board Unpack the board taking care to avoid electrostatic discharge. Unpack the power supply, select the right power plug adapter corresponding to that of your country, and insert it in the power supply. Connect the power supply DC connector to the board and plug the power supply to an AC power plug. The board LCD should light up and run a Touch demo (shows a screen animation that matches the Touch devices operated on the PCB). 3.
Section 4 Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.1 Board Overview This section introduces the Atmel SAM3N Evaluation Kit design. It introduces system-level concepts, such as power distribution, memory, and interface assignments. The SAM3N-EK board is based on the integration of an ARM® Cortex®-M3 processor with on-board Flash and a set of popular peripherals. It is designed to provide a high performance processor evaluation solution with high flexibility for various kinds of applications. Figure 4-1.
Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.2 Features List Here is the list of the main board components and interfaces: SAM3N4C QFP chip with optional socket footprint 12 MHz crystal 32.768 KHz crystal 32-Megabit Serial DataFlash 2.
Evaluation Kit Hardware 4.3.3 Clock Circuitry The clock generator of a SAM3N microcontroller is made up of: A Low Power 32,768 Hz Slow Clock Oscillator with bypass mode A Low Power RC Oscillator A 3 to 20 MHz Crystal Oscillator, which can be bypassed A factory programmed fast internal RC Oscillator. 3 output frequencies can be selected: 4 (default value), 8 or 12 MHz. A 60 to 130 MHz programmable PLL (input from 3.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Supply Controller). The NRST pin integrates a permanent pull-up resistor of about 100 kOhm to VDDIO. On the SAM3N-EK board, the NRST signal is connected to the JTAG port. 4.3.5 Power Supply and Management The SAM3N-EK board is supplied with an external 5V DC block through the J1 socket. It is protected by a PolyZen diode MN3. The PolyZen protects the board in the case of an incorrect power supply connection. The LDO regulator MN4 is used for the 3.3V main supply.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Figure 4-5. UART MN8 MAX3232CSE +3V3 16 +3V3 R35 100K V+ C1- V- C2+ 1 C38 100nF 2 6 3 4 J4 C41 100nF R36 100K PA10 PA9 TP6 SMD C40 100nF C1+ 15 R39 R40 0R 0R R41 0R 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 C42 100nF GND 11 12 10 9 5 C2- T1IN R1OUT T2IN R2OUT 14 13 7 8 T1OUT R1IN T2OUT R2IN DGND TP7 SMD DGND UART 11 +3V3 VCC 10 C39 100nF FGND 4.3.7 Display Interface The SAM3N-EK carries a TFT Transmissive LCD module with touch panel, TM020GDZ18.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Figure 4-7. Backlight +3V3 R16 47K R17 0R PC13 MN5 AAT3193IJQ-1-T1 6 +3V3 EN/SET 4 C+ C32 1uF B1 BN03K314S300R 5 IN 7 C33 4.7uF C- RSET OUT R20 19.1k, 1% 8 3 D1 D2 D3 GND 2 LED_A 1 10 9 LED_K1 LED_K2 LED_K3 C34 1uF DGND LCD BACKLIGHT DGND 4.3.9 JTAG/ICE A standard 20-pin JTAG/ICE connector is implemented on the SAM3N-EK for the connection of a compatible ARM JTAG emulator interface, such as the SAM-ICE from Segger. Notes: 1.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Figure 4-10. SD Card +3V3 + C36 10uF 4 3 2 1 RA1 47KX4 R33 10K PA11 PA13 SPI CLK PA14 R37 0R SPI MISO PA12 R38 10R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 PA19 Micro SD CARD in SPI Mode 4.3.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Figure 4-12. User Buttons BP1 1 2 3 4 NRST BP2 1 2 3 4 PA15 3 4 PA16 BP3 1 2 BUTTONS DGND 4.3.14 LEDs There are four LEDs on the SAM3N-EK board: A blue LED (D1), a green LED (D2), and an amber LED (D3) which are user-defined and controlled by the GPIO. A red LED (D4), which is a power LED indicating that the 3.3V power rail is active. It is also controlled by the GPIO and can be treated as a user LED as well.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Note: All PIO lines are available on these expansion connectors, except those that are used for the QTouch elements. Figure 4-15. PIO Expansion PB[0..14] PA[0..
Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-1.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-2. PIO Port B Assignment (Continued) I/O Line Peripheral A Peripheral B Peripheral C Extra Function EK Usage Device PB6 TMS/SWDIO JTAG PB7 TCK/SWCLK JTAG PB8 XOUT_12M 12M Crystal PB9 XIN_12M 12M Crystal ERASE JUMPER USR_LED2# Led Green PB10 PB11 PB12 PB13 PB14 PCK0 NPCS1 DAC0 PWM3 Table 4-3.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-3. PIO Port C Assignment (Continued) I/O Line Peripheral A Peripheral B Peripheral C Extra Function EK Usage Device PC24 TIOB3 ZB_IRQ0 ZigBee PC25 TCLK3 ZB_IRQ1 ZigBee PC26 TIOA4 ZB_SLPTR ZigBee PC27 TIOB4 PC28 TCLK4 PC29 TIOA5 AD13 PC30 TIOB5 AD14 PC31 TCLK5 AD15 4.4.2 Jumpers The SAM3N-EK board jumpers are used for many purposes such as internal Flash Memory reinitialization, power current measurement and other configurations. Table 4-4.
Evaluation Kit Hardware Table 4-5. Test Points (Continued) 4.4.4 Designation Part Description TP5 Ring Hook GND TP6 Pad UTXD0 TP7 Pad URXD0 Assigned PIO Lines, Disconnection Possibility As pointed out in previous interface descriptions, 0-Ohm resistors have been inserted on the PIO lines receiver path of the SAM3N-EK. Some PIO lines are connected to an external driver on the board.
Section 5 QT600 5.1 Overview The QT600 is an integrated board added in the kit that allows you to develop and debug any application using the Atmel QTouch Library™. QT600 has been designed to give developers a quick and easy way to start developing touch solutions on Atmel ATx Microcontrollers. QT600 is fully supported by QTouch Library and AVR Studio®, and together these tools form the Atmel QTouch Suite™. Figure 5-1.
QT600 5.2 System Description The development system is based on two boards connected together: QT600 Interface Board SAM3N-EK Board with Touch Sensor Figure 5-2. QT600 System Block Diagram Interface between Touch MCU and PC SAM3N-EK MCU Board + Touch SPI or PIO QT600 Interface Board PC Front-End USB QTouch Studio The QT600 Interface board is used to stream live touch data from the SAM3N-EK board. QTouch Studio™ is used as the PC front-end, for visualization of the touch data. 5.
QT600 5.4 Getting Started To use the QT600 interface, it is necessary to have QTouch Studio™ 3.4.0 or later installed. Download the latest version from www.atmel.com. Download and install the “Atmel_QTouch_Libraries_4.3_SAM3N_Patch.exe” and follow the installation steps as detailed below: 1. Start the installation process Figure 5-3. Installation Step 1 2. Accept the terms of the licence agreement 3. Choose the destination location of the folder 4. Update the QT600 firmware 5. Install the program 6.
QT600 The SAM3N-EK boards must be programmed with the QTouch application code. For ARM products, the examples can be retrieved from the QTouch Library (installation process described on page 5-3). The example projects must be compiled for the application to work. Refer to the main.c file in each project for details. For the SPI interface, the project files are located in: C:\ProgramFiles\Atmel\Atmel_QTouch_Libraries_4.
QT600 Figure 5-5. QTouch Studio GUI 5.5 Hardware Description 5.5.1 QT600 Interface Board Figure 5-6. QT600 Interface Board The QT600 Interface Board is the communication interface between the touch system (presently SAM3N-EK) and the AVR QTouch Studio. It receives touch signal data from the MCU running the QTouch Library, and forwards this data to the AVR QTouch Studio for visual presentation.
QT600 Figure 5-7.
QT600 5.5.2 TOUCH DATA Connectors Figure 5-8. TOUCH DATA Connector Pinout In SPI mode 1 In PIO mode 2 1 SDA RxD SS MISO GND SCL TxD MOSI SCK VTG 2 PA31 PA12 GND PA13 PA14 The TOUCH DATA connector located on the QT600 interface board is used for streaming touch data to the PC using the SPI (or PIO) interface. The corresponding connector is located on the Touch SAM3NEK board. A straight 10-wire cable can be connected between these two connectors. Table 5-1.
QT600 5.5.3 Target Voltage VTG The VTG is supplied by the MCU board through the 10-wire cable (connected to the TOUCH DATA Connector). Figure 5-10. VTG Keep open 5.5.4 VTG LED A green LED labeled VTG on the QT600 board is lit when a voltage of 0.9V or higher is available on the VTG net. 5.5.5 TOUCH DATA LED The status of the LED indicates the operating mode of the QT600. 5.5.5.
QT600 5.5.6 STATUS LED Green: Ready state Orange: Busy programming Orange/red flashing: Upgrade mode Orange/green flashing: Upgrade mode, upgrade in progress During programming, the LED is orange. When the Atmel target device has been successfully programmed, the LED turns green. 5.5.7 Touch ATx Firmware The firmware for the Touch ATx is based on the QTouch Library. The QTouch Library handles the touch acquisition.
QT600 5.8 Troubleshooting and Support 5.8.1 Technical Support For technical support, contact at91@atmel.com. When requesting technical support for the QT600, you should provide the following information: 5.8.
Section 6 Schematics 6.
5 4 3 2 1 SAM3N-EK RevA Block Diagram D D ATMEL Cortex M3 Processor SAM3N (LQFP100) PBs, LEDs C SPI LCD BUZZER C DATA Flash RS232 QTouch B B JTAG ZIGBEE User Interface (PIO Port A,B,C) A A B A REV SAM3N-EK INIT EDIT MODIF. SCALE NL NL DES. 05-MAY-10 05-MAR-10 XXX XX-XXX-XX DATE 1/1 4 3 2 DATE REV. SHEET B Block Diagram This agreement is our property. Reproduction and publication without our written authorization shall expose offender to legal proceedings. 5 VER.
5 D 4 SCHEMATICS CONVENTIONS REVISION HISTORY REV A DATA NOTE 2010.03.
5 4 3 2 {4,5} PC0 PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 PC8 PC9 PC10 PC11 PC12 PC13 PC14 PC15 PC16 PC17 PC18 PC19 PC20 PC21 PC22 PC23 PC24 PC25 PC26 PC27 PC28 PC29 PC30 PC31 PC[0..31] 1 PA[0..31] MN1 SAM3N4C-AU 97 0R XOUT 96 PB9_XIN PB8_XOUT 15pF DNP XIN32 2 1 R5 0R PB2 7 PB3 9 PB10 88 PB11 89 PB2_URXD1_NPCS2_AD6 PB3_UTXD1_PCK2_AD7 3 4 Y3 32.
5 4 3 2 1 +3V3 D {3,5} PC[0..31] R16 47K R17 0R PC13 EN_LCD +3V3 + C30 10uF MN5 AAT3193IJQ-1-T1 6 EN/SET C+ C32 1uF 5 IN 7 C33 4.7uF C- RSET OUT R20 19.1k, 1% 8 D1 D2 D3 GND R60 47K D {3,5} MN6 TM020GDZ18 DGND PA[0..
5 4 D {3,4} PB[0..14] {3,4} PA[0..
Section 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Self-Test A test package software is available to implement a functional test for each section of the board. Refer to the SAM3N-EK page on http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4846. 7.2 Board Recovery The CDROM provided in the kit contains a recovery procedure allowing to reprogram the board as it was when shipped. An HTML page describing that procedure is located in the directory html of the CDROM. Just open the file demo_recovery.
Section 8 Revision History 8.1 Revision History Table 8-1. Document Comments Change Request Ref. 11080C Note 2 added to Section 4.3.9 ”JTAG/ICE”. 7636 11080B Section 5 “QT600” added. 7544 11080A First issue.
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