Atmel AVR1923: XMEGA-A3BU Xplained

Hardware User Guide

8-bit Atmel
Features Microcontrollers
• Atmel® AVR® ATxmega256A3BU microcontroller
• FSTN LCD display with 128x32 pixels resolution
• Battery backup
• Analog sensors Application Note
- Ambient light sensor
- Temperature sensor
• Analog filter
• Digital I/O
- Three mechanical buttons
- Two user LEDs, one power LED and one status LED
- Four expansion headers
• Touch
®
- One Atmel AVR QTouch button
• Memory
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- Atmel AVR AT45DB642D DataFlash serial flash
• Footprints for external memory
- Atmel AVR AT25DF series industry standard serial flash

1 Introduction
The Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained evaluation kit is a hardware platform to
evaluate the Atmel ATxmega256A3BU microcontroller.
The kit offers a large range of features that enables the Atmel AVR XMEGA® user
to get started using XMEGA peripherals right away and understand how to
integrate the XMEGA device in their own design.
Figure 1-1. XMEGA-A3BU Xplained evaluation kit.

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2 Related items
The following list contains links to the most relevant documents, software and tools
for the Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained:
Atmel AVR Xplained products
Xplained is a series of small-sized and easy-to-use evaluation kits for 8- and 32-bit
AVR microcontrollers. It consists of a series of low cost MCU boards for evaluation
and demonstration of feature and capabilities of different MCU families.
Atmel Xplained USB CDC driver
The Xplained USB CDC driver file supports both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows®
XP and Windows 7. Driver installs are not necessary on Linux® operating systems.
XMEGA-A3BU Xplained schematics
Package containing schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D plots, layer plots…
AVR1923: XMEGA-A3BU Xplained Hardware Users Guide
This document.
AVR1935: XMEGA-A3BU Xplained Getting Started Guide
This application note is a getting started guide for the XMEGA-A3BU Xplained.
AVR1934: XMEGA-A3BU Xplained Software User Guide
This application note is a user guide for the XMEGA-A3BU Xplained demo software.
AVR1916: XMEGA USB DFU Boot Loaders
This application note is a user guide for the XMEGA USB DFU boot loaders.
Atmel AVR Studio® 5
AVR Studio 5 is a free Atmel IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for
Atmel microcontrollers.
Atmel FLIP (Flexible In-system Programmer)
BatchISP (FLIP) is a command line tool for programming the flash and EEPROM
memories of the AVR and is part of the FLIP installation. It can be used to
communicate with the preprogrammed USB DFU boot loader.
Atmel JTAGICE 3
JTAGICE 3 is a mid-range development tool for Atmel 8- and 32-bit AVR
microcontrollers with on-chip debugging for source level symbolic debugging,
NanoTrace (if supported by the device) and device programming.
Atmel AVR JTAGICE mkII
AVR JTAGICE mkII is a mid-range development tool for Atmel 8- and 32-bit AVR
devices with on-chip debugging for source level symbolic debugging, NanoTrace (if
supported by the device), and device programming (superseded by JTAGICE 3).
Atmel AVR ONE!
AVR ONE! is a professional development tool for all Atmel 8- and 32-bit AVR devices
with on-chip debug capability. It is used for source level symbolic debugging, program
trace, and device programming. The AVR ONE! supports the complete development
cycle and is the fastest debugging tool offered from Atmel.
Atmel AVR Dragon™
AVR Dragon sets a new standard for low cost development tools for 8- and 32-bit
AVR devices with on-chip debug (OCD) capability.

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IAR Embedded Workbench® for Atmel AVR
IAR™ Embedded Workbench is a commercial C/C++ compiler that is available for 8-
bit AVR. There is a 30 day evaluation version as well as a 4k (code size limited) kick-
start version available from their website.

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3 General information
The Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained kit is intended to demonstrate the Atmel
AVR ATxmega256A3BU microcontroller. Figure 3-1 shows the available feature on
the board.
Figure 3-1. Overview of the XMEGA A3BU Xplained kit.

3.1 Preprogrammed firmware

The ATxmega256A3BU on the XMEGA-A3BU Xplained is pre-programmed with a
boot loader and a default firmware. The detailed description of the software is
available in the XMEGA-A3BU Xplained Software User Guide
(http://atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc8413.pdf).

3.2 Power supply

The kit needs an external power supply that can deliver 5V and up to 500mA. The
actual current requirement for the board is much less than 500mA but in order to be
able to power optional expansion boards this margin is recommended.
The power can be applied to the board either via the USB connector or on pin 10 on
the header J3. The USB connector is the preferred input because it is then possible to
connect expansion boards on top of the J3 header.
The 5V (USB supply voltage) is regulated down to 3.3V with an onboard LDO
regulator, which provides power to the entire board. Expansion top boards that
require 5V will get this from the header J3 pin 10.

3.3 Measuring the Atmel AVR XMEGA power consumption

As part of an evaluation of the ATxmega256A3BU, it can be of interest to measure its
power consumption. Because the XMEGA has a separate power plane
(VCC_MCU_P3V3) on this board it is possible to measure the current consumption

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by measuring the current that is flowing into this plane. The VCC_MCU_P3V3 plane
is connected via a jumper to the main power plane (VCC_P3V3) and by replacing the
jumper with an amperemeter it is possible to determine the current consumption. To
locate the power measurement header, please refer to Figure 3-1.
WARNING Do not power the board without having the jumper or an amperemeter
mounted since this can cause latch-up of the Atmel AVR
ATxmega256A3BU due to current flow into the I/O pins.

3.4 Programming the kit

The kit can be programmed either from an external programming tool or through an
USB boot loader which is pre-programmed on the device.
The boot loader is evoked by pushing the push button (SW0) during power-on, that is
push and hold the button and hence connect an USB cable to the kit. Programming
can be performed through the DFU programmer FLIP.
How a programmer can be connected to the kit is described in Section 4.1.

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4 Connectors
The Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained kit has five 10-pins, 100mil headers. One
header is used for programming the Atmel AVR ATxmega256A3BU, and the others
are used to access spare analog and digital pins on the Atmel AVR XMEGA
(expansion headers).

4.1 Programming headers

The XMEGA can be programmed and debugged by connecting an external
programming/debugging tool to the “JTAG & PDI” header shown in Figure 3-1. The
header has a standard pin-out and therefore tools like the Atmel JTAGICE 3 or Atmel
AVR ONE! can be connected to the header.
Due to physical differences of the Atmel AVR JTAGICE mkII and AVR ONE! probes,
the PCB has an opening below the JTAG and PDI header. This is to make room for
the orientation tap on the JTAGICE mkII probe.
The grey female 10-pin header on JTAGICE mkII has to be used when connecting to
the kit. The opening in the board is made to fit the orientation tab on the header.
When using PDI with the JTAGICE mkII it is necessary to use the squid cable.
A standoff adapter (no. 1) is needed when using AVR ONE!
Pin 1 on the JTAG header is at the top right corner and is marked with a square pad.
Table 4-1. XMEGA programming and debugging interface – JTAG and PDI.
Pin on programming header JTAG (1) PDI (2)
1 TCK -
2 GND GND (3)
3 TDO DATA
4 VCC VCC
5 TMS -
6 nSRST CLK
7 - -
8 - -
9 TDI -
(3)
10 GND GND
Notes: 1. Standard pin-out for JTAGICE mkII and other Atmel programming tools.
2. Requires adapter (squid cable) to connect a JTAGICE mkII.
3. It is only required to connect to one GND pin.

Because JTAG TDO and PDI DATA are connected on the PCB for this kit, JTAG
must be disabled on the device in order to use PDI. The reason for this is that when
JTAG is enabled it will enable a pull-up internally on TDO which interferes with the
PDI initialization sequence.
This will also be an issue when the application on the device uses the JTAG_TDO
pin. Nevertheless it is possible to use the pin if the TDO signal is disconnected from
the PDI DATA signal by cutting a strap (the cut-strap J203 is on the back side of the
board and marked with a text that describes its function) on the back side of the PCB.

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This however will disable the JTAG interface until the connection is reestablished by,
for example soldering a bridge on the cut-strap.

4.2 I/O expansion headers

The Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained headers J1, J2, J3, and J4 offer access to
the I/O of the microcontroller in order to expand the board, for example by mounting a
top module onto the board.
The header J1 offers digital communication interfaces like UART, TWI and SPI. Table
4-2 shows how the Atmel AVR XMEGA is connected to the header.
NOTE When using TWI please note that no pull-ups are mounted on the board from the
factory, so it is required to either enable the internal pull-ups of the device or to mount
the external pull-ups on the available footprints (R200 and R201). Please refer to the
assembly drawing in the design documentation for the location of these footprints.
Table 4-2. Expansion header J1.
Pin on J1 Name on J1 XMEGA pin Shared with onboard functionality
1 SDA PC0 -
2 SCL PC1 -
3 RXD PC2 -
4 TXD PC3 -
5 SS PC4 -
6 MOSI PC5 -
7 MISO PC6 -
8 SCK PC7 -
9 GND - -
10 VCC_P3V3 - -

The header J2 is connected to analog ports of the XMEGA as shown in Table 4-3.
Table 4-3. Expansion header J2.
Pin on J2 Name on J2 XMEGA pin Shared with onboard functionality
1 ADC0 PB0 -
2 ADC1 PB1 -
3 ADC2 PB2 -
4 ADC3 PB3 -
5 ADC4 PA4 -
6 ADC5 PA5 -
7 ADC6 PA6 -
8 ADC7 PA7 -
9 GND - -
10 VCC_P3V3 - -

The I/O connected to the expansion header J3 is shared with on-board features as
sensors and JTAG interface. Therefore care must be taken when J3 is used for
expansions. Table 4-4 shows the mapping of the XMEGA I/O to J3.

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Pin on J3 Name on J3 XMEGA pin Shared with onboard functionality
1 PA0 PA0 Light sensor (1)
2 PA1 PA1 Temperature sensor (1)
3 PA2 PA2 Filter output (1)
4 PA3 PA3 Display reset
5 PB4 PB4 JTAG TMS
6 PB5 PB5 JTAG TDI
7 PB6 PB6 JTAG TCK
8 PB7 PB7 JTAG TDO
9 GND - -
10 VCC_P5V0 - -
Note: 1. Can be disconnected from onboard functionality by cut-straps.

The header J4 offers digital communication interfaces such as UART and TWI but
care must be taken because some pins are also connected to on-board peripherals.
Table 4-5. Expansion header J4.
Pin on J4 Name on J4 XMEGA pin Shared with onboard functionality
1 SDA PE0 -
2 SCL PE1 -
3 RXD PE2 -
4 TXD PE3 -
5 SS PD0 Display register select (1)
6 MOSI PD3 Serial flash MOSI
7 MISO PD2 Display and serial flash MISO input
8 SCK PD1 Display and serial flash clock input
9 GND - -
10 VCC_P3V3 - -
Note: 1. Can be disconnected from onboard functionality by cut-strap (J204).

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5 Peripherals

5.1 Serial flash

The Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained has an external Atmel AVR AT45DB642D
DataFlash device mounted. A footprint is also available for adding an industrial
standard serial flash like the AT25 series from Atmel. Compatible serial flash devices
for both footprints are listed in Table 5-2 and the connection to the MCU is shown in
Table 5-1.
The footprints share the same SPI lines including the chip select, and therefore it is
not possible to mount devices on both footprints at the same time.
Table 5-1. Serial flash connection.
Pin on XMEGA Serial flash
PD1 SCK
PD3 MOSI
PD2 MISO
PF4 SS

Table 5-2. Compatible devices for the footprints.

Atmel AVR AT45DB Atmel AVR AT25DF
AT45DB64D2-CNU (mounted) AT25DF641A-SH
AT45DB321D-MWU AT25DF321A-SH
AT45DB161D-SS AT25DF161-SH
AT45DB081D-SS AT25DF081-SSH
AT45DB041D-SS AT25DF021-SSH
AT45DB021D-SS
AT45DB011D-SS

5.2 Atmel AVR QTouch button

The XMEGA-A3BU Xplained kit has one Atmel QTouch button and the connection to
the Atmel AVR XMEGA is shown in Table 5-3. The QTouch sensor, a copper fill, is
located on the second layer of the board (same as GND layer). The sensor is
shielded by the third layer (VCC layer) and therefore the sensor is not affected by any
touches from the back side of the board.
Table 5-3. QTouch button connection.
Pin on XMEGA QButton
PF6 SNS
PF7 SNSK

5.3 Battery backup system

The battery backup system backs up the RTC of the XMEGA. It consists of a coin cell
battery, a battery holder and a jumper that can be used to disconnect the battery from
the XMEGA. A manganese dioxide lithium battery (CR1220) from Panasonic with a
nominal voltage of 3V and nominal capacity of 35mAh is used in this design. In order

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is available. The header is shown in Figure 3-1 and is also marked with “VBAT” on
the silkscreen. The jumper can also be used to simulate battery insertion and removal
without actually removing the battery from the holder.

5.4 Mechanical buttons

Three mechanical buttons are connected to Atmel AVR XMEGA. All buttons have
external pull-ups so there is no need to activate internal pull-ups in order to use them.
When a button is pressed it will drive the I/O line to GND.
Table 5-4. Mechanical button connection.
Pin on XMEGA Silkscreen text on PCB and designator in the schematics
PE5 SW0
PF1 SW1
PF2 SW2

5.5 LEDs
There are four LEDs available on the board that can be turned on and off. Two yellow
LEDs, one green LED (power indicator LED), and one red LED (status LED). The
green and red LEDs are inside the same package and therefore the colors can be
mixed to orange when both are activated. The yellow LEDs and the red LED can be
activated by driving the connected I/O line to GND. The green LED is controlled via a
FET and is by default on when the board is powered. However, this power indicator
LED can also be turned off by driving the gate of the FET to GND.
Table 5-5. LED connections.
Pin on XMEGA LED
PR0 Yellow LED0
PR1 Yellow LED1
PD4 Red status LED
PD5 Green power indicator LED

5.6 FSTN LCD display

The NHD-C12832A1Z-FSW-FBW-3V3 is a FSTN LCD display and has a resolution of
128 x 32 pixels. In the design the display is connected via a SPI based interface.
Detailed information about the display can be obtained from the display datasheet
(NHD-C12832A1Z-FSW-FBW-3V3 from New Haven Displays) and from the display
controller datasheet (ST7565R from Sitronix).
The external circuitry of the display is configured to boost the 3.3V supply voltage by
a factor of 3 to ~10V. However, the typical supply voltage of the display (contrast
control) is 6V and therefore the boosted supply must be adjusted, and this must be
done by software when the display is configured. The following formula is used when
the voltage is adjusted by software:

⎛ Rb ⎞ ⎛ α ⎞
V0 = ⎜1 + ⎟ ⋅ ⎜1 − ⎟ ⋅ VREG
⎝ Ra ⎠ ⎝ 162 ⎠

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V0: Display voltage (contrast control).

⎛ Rb ⎞
⎜1 + ⎟ : Voltage regulator internal resistance ratio.
⎝ Ra ⎠
VREG: Internal fixed voltage supply typically 2.1V.
α: Electronic volume level, 1 to 64 are possible values:

⎛ Rb ⎞
The recommended configuration for the display is to use ⎜1 + ⎟ = 3.5 because it
⎝ Ra ⎠
will center the adjustable voltage range at 6V which is the typical setting for this
display. Recommended values for α are listed in Table 5-6.

Table 5-6. Recommended electronic volume configuration.

Electronic volume
register value (α) Display supply voltage V0 [V] Contrast
20 6.44 Too strong contrast
21 6.40
22 6.35
23 6.31
24 6.26
25 6.22
26 6.17
27 6.13
28 6.08
29 6.03
30 5.99 Optimal setting
31 5.94
32 5.90
33 5.85
34 5.81
35 5.76
36 5.72
37 5.67
38 5.63
39 5.58
40 5.54 Very weak contrast

The display backlight is controlled by a FET which is by default in an off state but it is
possible to turn the backlight on with the Atmel AVR XMEGA by driving the gate of
the FET high. On the XMEGA pin PE4 is connected to the gate of the FET. The pin
PE4 is also an output of an on-chip timer module and because of that it is easy to do
dimming of the backlight by using PWM.

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5.7.1 Temperature sensor

The temperature sensor circuitry consists of a serial connection of a normal and a
NTC resistor. The NTC sensor is from Murata and some part details are shown in
Table 5-7, more information can be obtained from the manufacturer’s website.
Table 5-7. NTC characteristics.
Global part number NCP18WF104J03RB
Resistance (25℃) 100kΩ ±5%
B-Constant (25/50℃) (reference value) 4250K ±2%
B-Constant (25/80℃) (reference value) 4303K
B-Constant (25/85℃) (reference value) 4311K
B-Constant (25/100℃) (reference value) 4334K

Table 5-8 shows the temperature vs. resistance characteristic. The values are
available from Murata in the datasheet of the NTC.
Table 5-8. Resistance vs. temperature (from Murata).
NTC NTC NTC NTC
Temp. resistance Temp. resistance Temp. resistance Temp. resistance
[°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ]
-30 2197.225 0 357.012 30 79.222 60 22.224
-29 2055.558 1 338.006 31 75.675 61 21.374
-28 1923.932 2 320.122 32 72.306 62 20.561
-27 1801.573 3 303.287 33 69.104 63 19.782
-26 1687.773 4 287.434 34 66.061 64 19.036
-25 1581.881 5 272.500 35 63.167 65 18.323
-24 1483.100 6 258.426 36 60.415 66 17.640
-23 1391.113 7 245.160 37 57.797 67 16.986
-22 1305.413 8 232.649 38 55.306 68 16.360
-21 1225.531 9 220.847 39 52.934 69 15.760
-20 1151.037 10 209.710 40 50.677 70 15.184
-19 1081.535 11 199.196 41 48.528 71 14.631
-18 1016.661 12 189.268 42 46.482 72 14.101
-17 956.080 13 179.890 43 44.533 73 13.592
-16 899.481 14 171.028 44 42.675 74 13.104
-15 846.579 15 162.651 45 40.904 75 12.635
-14 797.111 16 154.726 46 39.213 76 12.187
-13 750.834 17 147.232 47 37.601 77 11.757
-12 707.524 18 140.142 48 36.063 78 11.344
-11 666.972 19 133.432 49 34.595 79 10.947
-10 628.988 20 127.080 50 33.195 80 10.566
-9 593.342 21 121.066 51 31.859 81 10.200
-8 559.931 22 115.368 52 30.584 82 9.848

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NTC NTC NTC NTC
Temp. resistance Temp. resistance Temp. resistance Temp. resistance
[°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ] [°C] [kΩ]
-7 528.602 23 109.970 53 29.366 83 9.510
-6 499.212 24 104.852 54 28.203 84 9.185
-5 471.632 25 100.000 55 27.091 85 8.873
-4 445.772 26 95.398 56 26.028 86 8.572
-3 421.480 27 91.032 57 25.013 87 8.283
-2 398.652 28 86.889 58 24.042 88 8.006
-1 377.193 29 82.956 59 23.113 89 7.738

Two common approximations can be used to model the temperature vs. resistance
characteristic; these are the B parameter and the Steinhart-Hart equations.
Coefficients for both formulas can be calculated from Table 5-8.
When the internal reference VCC/1.6 is used and the ADC is measuring in signed
single ended mode the codes in Table 5-9 can be read from the ADC at the various
temperatures. The calculation is based on Table 5-8.
Table 5-9. ADC codes vs. temperature (signed single ended mode with internal
VCC/1.6 reference).
ADC input [V] Temp. [°C] ADC codes ADC input [V] Temp. [°C] ADC codes
2.076 -14 2047 0.347 38 345
2.030 -13 2014 0.334 39 332
1.983 -12 1968 0.321 40 319
1.936 -11 1921 0.309 41 307
1.889 -10 1875 0.297 42 295
1.841 -9 1828 0.286 43 283
1.794 -8 1781 0.275 44 273
1.747 -7 1734 0.264 45 262
1.700 -6 1687 0.254 46 252
1.653 -5 1640 0.244 47 243
1.606 -4 1594 0.235 48 233
1.560 -3 1548 0.226 49 225
1.514 -2 1503 0.218 50 216
1.469 -1 1458 0.209 51 208
1.425 0 1414 0.202 52 200
1.380 1 1370 0.194 53 193
1.337 2 1327 0.187 54 185
1.294 3 1285 0.180 55 178
1.252 4 1243 0.173 56 172
1.211 5 1202 0.167 57 165
1.171 6 1162 0.161 58 159
1.131 7 1123 0.155 59 154
1.093 8 1084 0.149 60 148

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1.055 9 1047 0.144 61 142
1.018 10 1010 0.138 62 137
0.982 11 975 0.133 63 132
0.947 12 940 0.128 64 127
0.913 13 907 0.124 65 123
0.880 14 874 0.119 66 118
0.848 15 842 0.115 67 114
0.817 16 811 0.111 68 110
0.787 17 781 0.107 69 106
0.758 18 752 0.103 70 102
0.730 19 724 0.100 71 99
0.702 20 697 0.096 72 95
0.676 21 671 0.093 73 92
0.650 22 645 0.090 74 89
0.626 23 621 0.086 75 86
0.602 24 597 0.083 76 83
0.579 25 575 0.081 77 80
0.557 26 553 0.078 78 77
0.535 27 531 0.075 79 75
0.515 28 511 0.073 80 72
0.495 29 491 0.070 81 70
0.476 30 472 0.068 82 67
0.458 31 454 0.065 83 65
0.440 32 437 0.063 84 63
0.423 33 420 0.061 85 61
0.407 34 404 0.059 86 59
0.391 35 388 0.057 87 57
0.376 36 373 0.055 88 55
0.361 37 359 0.053 89 53

5.7.2 Ambient light sensor

The ambient light sensor TEMT6000X01 from Vishay Semiconductors is sensitive to
visible light much like the human eye. The measurement circuitry is configured to
measure the illuminance from ~10 to ~900lx when the internal VCC/1.6 reference is
used.
The data in Table 5-10 which shows the relationship between illuminance and output
voltage of the sensor circuitry is generated based on the symbols and formulas in
Table 5-9.

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Table 5-10. Symbol description for illuminance calculation.
Symbols Description
Calibrated sensor responsivity at 100lx. This is 50µA according
ICA to the sensor datasheet
Ev Illuminance
I Current through the sensor
U Output voltage of the sensor circuitry that is provided to the ADC
Series resistor of the sensor circuitry. 4.7kΩ has been chosen in
R this design
Illuminance is calculated based on the relation of the actual
Ev = 100 x I / ICA current through the sensor to the calibrated value at 100lx
Since the ADC measures the voltage across the series resistor
of the sensor circuitry it is necessary to calculate the voltage
I=U/R based on the current
Based on the current and the illuminance the output voltage of
U = (Ev x R x ICA) / 100 the sensor circuitry can be calculated

Table 5-11. Illuminance vs. ADC input voltage.

Illuminance [lux] ADC input [V] Illuminance
1 0.0024 Dusk
10 0.0235 Dusk
20 0.0470 Dusk
30 0.0705 Dusk
40 0.0940 Dusk
50 0.1175 Living room
60 0.1410 Living room
70 0.1645 Living room
80 0.1880 Living room
90 0.2115 Living room
100 0.2350 Living room
200 0.4700 Office lighting
300 0.7050 Office lighting
400 0.9400 Office lighting
500 1.1750 Office lighting
600 1.4100 Office lighting
700 1.6450 Office lighting
800 1.8800 Office lighting
900 2.1150 Office lighting
1000 2.3500 Overcast day

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6 Code examples
The example application is based on the Atmel AVR Software Framework that is
included in Atmel AVR Studio 5. The AVR Software Framework can also be found as
a separate package online at:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4192.
For more information about the code example, see the application note Atmel AVR
XMEGA-A3BU Xplained Software Users Guide:
http://atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc8413.pdf.

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7 Revision history
To identify the revision of the Atmel AVR XMEGA-A3BU Xplained kit, locate the bar-
code sticker on the back side of the board. The first line on the sticker shows the
product ID and the revision. For example “A09-1248/2” can be resolved to ID=A09-
1248 and revision=2.

7.1 Revision 2
Revision 2 of the XMEGA-A3BU Xplained kit is the initially released version. This
revision of the kit has the following product ID: A09-1248/2.

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8 Table of contents
Features ............................................................................................... 1
1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 1
2 Related items.................................................................................... 2
3 General information......................................................................... 4
3.1 Preprogrammed firmware.................................................................................... 4
3.2 Power supply ....................................................................................................... 4
3.3 Measuring the Atmel AVR XMEGA power consumption..................................... 4
3.4 Programming the kit ............................................................................................ 5
4 Connectors ....................................................................................... 6
4.1 Programming headers......................................................................................... 6
4.2 I/O expansion headers ........................................................................................ 7
5 Peripherals ....................................................................................... 9
5.1 Serial flash........................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Atmel AVR QTouch button .................................................................................. 9
5.3 Battery backup system ........................................................................................ 9
5.4 Mechanical buttons ........................................................................................... 10
5.5 LEDs.................................................................................................................. 10
5.6 FSTN LCD display............................................................................................. 10
5.7 Analog I/O.......................................................................................................... 12
5.7.1 Temperature sensor ................................................................................................ 12
5.7.2 Ambient light sensor ................................................................................................ 14

6 Code examples............................................................................... 16
7 Revision history ............................................................................. 17
7.1 Revision 2.......................................................................................................... 17
8 Table of contents ........................................................................... 18

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