X3-DIL64

X3-DIL64
Prototyping module with ATxmega128A3U-AU processor, Leon Instruments, RoHS

Atmel accomplished a quantum leap introducing new XMEGA microcontrollers. They are much faster, have more peripherals and their price is reasonable. Some of them are even lower cost than traditional ATmega. Don’t wait any longer. Step ahead to explore these fantastic units and use them to design much better devices.
Let us introduce you to the new ATxmega128A3U development board from Leon Instruments. It is populated with every basic peripheral you need to get started with new XMEGA.
With a X3-DIL64 prototyping module you are free to connect any device with ease and convenience. Plug it into the breadboard, just like any integrated circuit, program it and go! It’s so easy. The board’s dimensions are suited to fit conventional DIL64 packages, and pin order is exactly the same as in a processor’s TQFP64 package. That’s why you can apply this module to your EDA software without creating a new library.

The X3-DIL64 module is populated with:

• ATxmega128A3U-AU microcontroller
• MiniUSB connector
• MicroSD card socket
• PDI programming interface connector
• Crystal oscillator socket
• RESET button and button for enabling USB programming mode
• Voltage regulator and filters

General description of the microcontroller’s functionality and parameters:

• Memory: 128kB Flash, 8kB SRA, 2kB EEPROM
• Four-channel DMA controller
• Eight-channel event system
• Seven programmable timers/counters
• Full-speed USB
• Seven USARTs with IrDA support for one USART
• Two two-wire interfaces with dual address match (I2C and SMBus compatible)
• Three serial peripheral interfaces (SPIs)
• AES and DES crypto engine
• CRC-16 (CRC-CCITT) and CRC-32 (IEEE® 802.3) generator
• Two sixteen-channel, 12-bit, 2msps Analog to Digital Converters
• One two-channel, 12-bit, 1msps Digital to Analog Converter
• Four Analog Comparators with window compare function, and current sources
• External interrupts on all general purpose I/O pins
• Programmable watchdog timer with separate on-chip ultra low power oscillator
• QTouch® library support

Programming

ATxmega128A3U microprocessor can be programmed three ways:

• PDI interface - it allows you to download/upload the memory and configure the device setting
• FLIP bootloader - innovative Atmel’s solution for people who don’t own PDI nor JTAG programmer. Just plug in the usual USB cable and go! It’s the best solution for beginners
• JTAG interface - although the JTAG connector isn’t present on the board, it’s possible to program and debug the device with the JTAG programmer

To improve the development of your software, we’ve populated the prototyping module with RESET and FLIP buttons. Just press them together to activate FLIP bootloader and you can download your software without a PDI/JTAG programmer. You only need an ordinary USB cable and nothing more!

Includes:

• Module X3-DIL64

Download:

• Documentation
• ATXmega - first program (source code)
• XMEGA tutorial - discover XMEGA with X3-DIL module