2. Getting Started
2.1. Xplained Pro Quick Start
Three steps to start exploring the Atmel Xplained Pro platform:
1. Download Atmel Studio.
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 Xplained Pro MCU kit 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
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
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 SAM C21
device is programmed and debugged by the on-board Embedded Debugger and therefore no external
programmer or debugger tool is needed.
2.2. Design Documentation and Relevant Links
The following list contains links to the most relevant documents and software for SAM C21 Xplained Pro:
• Xplained Pro products - Atmel Xplained Pro is a series of small-sized and easy-to-use evaluation
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 - Free Atmel IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for Atmel
microcontrollers.
• Atmel sample store - Atmel sample store where you can order samples of devices.
• EDBG User Guide - User guide containing more information about the on-board Embedded
Debugger.
• IAR Embedded Workbench
®
for ARM
®
- This is a commercial C/C++ compiler that is available for
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 QTouch Library PTC - QTouch Library for Atmel AVR
®
and ARM-based microcontrollers.
• Atmel QTouch Composer - Tool for developing capacitive buttons, sliders, and wheels
applications.
• Atmel Data Visualizer - Atmel Data Visualizer is a program used for processing and visualizing
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 - Package containing CAD source, schematics, BOM, assembly drawings,
3D plots, layer plots etc.
• Hardware Users Guide in PDF format - PDF version of this User Guide.
• SAM C21 Xplained Pro in the Atmel store - Atmel Store link.
Atmel SAM C21 Xplained Pro [USER GUIDE]
Atmel-42460C-SAM C21 Xplained Pro_User Guide-10/2015
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