Microchip Technology Xplained Evaluation Kits

Microchip Technology Xplained Evaluation Kits are a fast prototyping and evaluation platform for AVR® and Arm®-based microcontrollers (MCUs). These low-cost, easy-to-use evaluation kits are ideal for demonstrating the features and capabilities of MCUs and MPUs and can be customized with a wide range of expansion boards. Development is easy with a rich selection of example projects and code drivers provided in the Advanced Software Framework (ASF), as well as support in Atmel Studio and from third-party IDEs (Integrated Development Environments).

The Xplained Evaluation Kits are designed to be plug compatible with all Microchip Xplain MCU boards, providing a wide range of microcontroller performance depending on the application needs. Microchip Xplained Evaluation Kits are interfaced via the I²C serial digital interface connected through a common header that is compatible with the full range of Microchip Xplain MCU boards.

Features

Embedded debugger (EDBG)
- USB interface
- Programming and debugging on board SAM D21 through Serial Wire Debug (SWD)
- Virtual COM-port interface to target via UART
- Atmel Data Gateway Interface (DGI) to target via SPI and TWI
- Four GPIOs connected to target for code instrumentation
Digital I/O
- Two mechanical buttons (user and reset button)
- One user LED
- Three extension headers

Three possible power sources
- External power
- Embedded debugger USB
- Target USB
32kHz crystal
USB interface, device and reduced host mode
8Mbit Serial Flash