Getting Started; Features; Design Documentation And Related Links; Xplained Mini Quick Start - Atmel ATmega328PB Xplained Mini User Manual

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Getting Started

1.1.

Features

The ATmega328PB Xplained Mini evaluation board provides a development platform for the Atmel
ATmega328PB.
Key Features
• On-board debugger with full source-level debugging support in Atmel Studio
• Auto-ID for board identification in Atmel Studio
• Access to all signals on target MCU
• One green mEDBG status LED
• One yellow user LED
• One mechanical user push button
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• QTouch
• Virtual COM port (CDC)
• External target CLK 16MHz at 5V, 8MHz at 3.3V
• USB powered
• 3V3 regulator
• Arduino shield compatible foot prints
• Target SPI bus header foot print
• Xplained Pro extension headers can easily be strapped in
1.2.

Design Documentation and Related Links

The most relevant documents and software for the evaluation board are available here:
Design Documentation
layer plots, etc.
Atmel Studio - Free Atmel IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for Atmel microcontrollers.
Xplained - Atmel Xplained prototyping and evaluation platform.
Atmel Spaces - Open Source projects for Xplained Mini.
1.3.

Xplained Mini Quick Start

How to connect the ATmega328PB Xplained Mini board embedded debugger to Atmel Studio and how to
connect the ATmega328PB UART to a COM port.
1.3.1.

Connect to Atmel Studio

How to connect the ATmega328PB Xplained Mini board embedded debugger to Atmel Studio to get
started with SW development.
1. Download and install
2. Launch Atmel Studio.
3. Connect the board to the USB port and it will be visible in Atmel Studio.
user area
- ZIP file containing CAD source, schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D plots,
Atmel Studio version 6.2 or later versions.
Atmel ATmega328PB Xplained Mini [USER GUIDE]
Atmel-42469A-ATmega328PB-Xplained-Mini_User Guide-07/2015
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