Getting Started; Xplained Pro Quick Start; Design Documentation And Relevant Links - Atmel SAM4E Xplained Pro User Manual

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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 Atmel SAM4E Xplained Pro 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
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 SAM4E
device is programmed and debugged by the on-board Embedded Debugger and therefore no external
programmer or debugger tool is needed.
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Design Documentation and Relevant Links

The following list contains links to the most relevant documents and software for SAM4E Xplained Pro:
• Xplained Pro products
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.
• Atmel Studio
microcontrollers.
• Atmel sample store
• EDBG User Guide
Debugger.
• IAR Embedded Workbench
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.
• Atmel Data Visualizer
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.
• Design Documentation
3D plots, layer plots, etc.
• Hardware Users Guide in PDF format
• SAM4S Xplained Pro in the Atmel store
Atmel Studio.
® ®
XP, Windows Vista , Windows 7, and Windows 8.
- Atmel Xplained Pro is a series of small-sized and easy-to-use evaluation
- Free Atmel IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for Atmel
- Atmel sample store where you can order samples of devices.
- User guide containing more information about the on-board Embedded
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for ARM
- Atmel Data Visualizer is a program used for processing and visualizing
- Package containing CAD source, schematics, BOM, assembly drawings,
- This is a commercial C/C++ compiler that is available for
- PDF version of this User Guide.
- Atmel Store link.
Atmel SAM4E Xplained Pro [USER GUIDE]
Atmel-42216B-SAM4E-Xplained-Pro_User Guide-09/2015
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