Atmel AT91SAM7L-STK manual

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    6409A–ATARM–30-Ju n-08 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit ............... ........................................................... .......................................... User Guide[...]

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    1-2 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08[...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide i 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 T able of Contents Section 1 Overview ............. ................ ................. ................ ................. ............................ ......... 1-1 1.1 Scope ............... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................. .[...]

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    Table of Contents (Continue d) ii AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 6.1 Q1 Footprin t Incorrect ......... ................ ................. ................ ................ ................ ............ .. 6-1 6.2 MAX3318 C ontrol Pull-ups ......... ................ ................... ................ .......[...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 1-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 1 Overview 1.1 Scope The AT91SAM7L-STK rev.A starter kit enables evaluat ion capabilities and code development of applica- tions running o n an AT91SAM7L64/128. This guide focuses on the AT91SAM7L -STK rev.A bo ard as an evaluation p latform. 1.2 Deliverables The AT91[...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 2-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 2 Setting Up the A T 91SAM7L-STK Rev . A Board 2.1 Electrostatic Warning The AT91SAM7L-STK re v.A starter board is ship ped in a protecti ve anti-static p ackage. The board must not be subjec ted to high electr ostatic potentia ls. A gr ounding strap or similar protec[...]

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    Setting Up the AT91SA M7L-STK Rev. A Board 2-2 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 2.3 Layout Figure 2-1. AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Board Layout 2.4 Powering Up the Board The AT91SAM7L-STK re v.A requires 3.0V (2.2V-3.6V) DC inp ut. The power is su pplied to the boa rd via 2 AAA batteries or 3.0V VCC pads. 2.5 Getting [...]

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    Setting Up the AT91SAM7 L-STK Rev. A Board AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 2-3 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 2.6 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Block Diagra m Figure 2-2. AT91SAM7L-STK Block Diagram PC[0..29] PB[0..23] PA[0..25] PC[0..29] AD[0..3] PC[0..29] AD[0..3] PA[0..25] PB[0..23] SHEET 2 SHEET 4 SHEET 3 '%*8 56 =,*%(( Processor Pr[...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 3-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 3 Board Description 3.1 AT91SAM7L64/128 Microcontroller • Incorporates the ARM7TDMI ® ARM ® Thumb ® Processor – High-performance 32-bit RISC Architecture – High-density 16-bit Instruction Set – Leader in MIPS/W att – EmbeddedICE ™ In-circuit Em ulation,[...]

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    Board Description 3-2 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 • Debug Unit (DBGU) – T wo -wire U ART and Support for Deb ug Communi cation Channel interrupt, Pr ogrammable ICE Access Prevention • P eriodic Interval Timer (PIT) – 20-bit Programmable Counter pl us 12-bit Interv al Counter • Windowed Watchdog ([...]

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    Board Description AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 3-3 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 3.2 AT91SAM7L64/128 Block Diagram Figure 3-1. AT91SAM7L64/128 Block Diagram TDI TDO TMS TCK NRST FIQ IRQ0-IRQ1 PCK0-PCK2 PMC P eripheral Bridge P eripheral Data Controller AIC PLL SRAM 2 Kbytes( Back-up) 4 Kbytes (Core) ARM7TDMI Processor ICE JT AG SCAN JT A[...]

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    Board Description 3-4 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 3.3 Memory  6 Kbytes of Inter nal si ngle-cycle ac cess High-spe ed SRAM  64/128 Kbytes of Internal si ngle-cycle access High-speed Flash 3.4 Clock Circuitry  32.768 KHz standard cr yst al f or the oscillator 3.5 Reset Circuitry  Internal reset [...]

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    Board Description AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 3-5 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 3.11 PIO Usage Table 3-1. PIO Controller A I/O Line P e ripheral A P eriphera l B P eripheral Usage P owered by P A0 Segment LCD P A NEL COM0 VDDIO2 P A1 Segment LCD P A NEL COM1 VDDIO2 P A2 Segment LCD P A NEL COM2 VDDIO2 P A3 Segment LCD P A NEL COM3 VDDIO[...]

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    Board Description 3-6 AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A St arter Kit User Guide 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Table 3-2. PIO Controller B I/O Line P e ripheral A P eriphera l B P eripheral Usage P owered by PB0 Segment LCD P ANEL SEG20 VDDIO2 PB1 Segment LCD P ANEL SEG21 VDDIO2 PB2 Segment LCD P ANEL SEG22 VDDIO2 PB3 Segment LCD P ANEL SEG23 VDDIO2 PB4 Segment LCD [...]

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    Board Description AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 3-7 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Table 3-3. PIO Controller C I/O Line P eripheral A Peripheral B P eripheral Usage P owered by PC0 CTS1 PWM2 User’ s Input Buttons OK VDDIO1 PC1 DCD1 TIOA2 User’ s Input Buttons UP VDDIO1 PC2 DTR1 TIOB2 User’ s Input Buttons RIGHT VDDIO1 PC3 DSR1 TCLK1 [...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 4-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 4 Configuration 4.1 Configuration Straps Table 4-1 gives details of c onfiguration straps o n the AT91SAM7L-STK re v. A starter board and th eir default sett ings. Notes: 1. This jumper is used to erase and reinitialize the inter nal flash content and some of the NVM [...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 5-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 5 Schematics This section contains the following schematics:  T op Le vel  Interfaces  LCD , KBD  Processor[...]

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    5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 D D C C B B A A PC[0..29] PB[0..23] PA[0..25] PC[0..29] AD[0..3] PC[0..29] AD[0..3] PA[0..25] PB[0..23] REV DATE MODIF. DES. DATE VER. SCALE 1/1 REV. SHEET This agreement is our property. R eproduction and publication without our written authorization shall expos e offender to legal proceedings. INIT EDIT A AT91SAM 7L-STK 1 4 A [...]

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    5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 D D C C B B A A PC19 PC0 PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 PC8 PC9 PC10 PC11 PC12 PC13 PC14 PC15 PC16 PC17 PC18 PC19 PC20 PC21 PC22 PC23 PC24 PC25 PC26 PC27 PC28 PC29 PC8 PC21 PC5 PC6 PC20 PC9 PC17 PC16 PC13 PC14 PC12 PC7 PC[0..29] VCC VCC VCC VCC VCC VCC VCC VCC GND GND GND GND GND GND GND VCC GND GND VCC VCC GND GND GND REV DATE MOD[...]

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    5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 D D C C B B A A PA5 COM5 PA10 SEG4 PA7 SEG1 PA3 COM3 PA19 SEG13 PA16 SEG10 PA21 SEG15 PA17 SEG11 PA15 SEG9 PA0 COM0 PA18 SEG12 PA24 SEG18 PA20 SEG14 PA23 SEG17 PA22 SEG16 PA9 SEG3 PA12 SEG6 PA6 SEG0 PA1 COM1 PA8 SEG2 PA14 SEG8 PA4 COM4 PA13 SEG7 PA11 SEG5 PA25 SEG19 PA2 COM2 PB2 SEG22 PB1 SEG21 PB5 SEG25 PB4 SEG24 PB3 SEG23 PB0 [...]

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    5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 D D C C B B A A PC16 PC19 PC18 PC17 PC20 PC22 PC21 PC23 PC5 PC6 PC2 PC9 PC3 PC0 PC4 PC8 PC7 PC1 PC10 PC15 PC14 PC12 PC11 PC13 PC24 PC25 PC26 PC27 PC28 PC29 PA5 PA10 PA7 PA3 PA19 PA16 PA21 PA17 PA15 PA0 PA18 PA24 PA20 PA23 PA22 PA9 PA12 PA6 PA1 PA8 PA14 PA4 PA13 PA11 PA25 PA2 AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 PB2 PB1 PB5 PB4 PB3 PB0 PB7 PB13 PB8 P[...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 6-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 6 Errata 6.1 Q1 Footprint Incorrect Transistor Q1 is incor rectly connected. The schemat ic is right but the PCB connectio ns of pins S and D are swapped => the protection diode is polarized fo r ward (perma nent curren t flow across the bridge) and the MOS is not [...]

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    AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. A Starter Kit User Guide 7-1 6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Section 7 Revision History Doc Rev Comments Change Request Ref. 6409A First issue.[...]

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    6409A–ATARM–30-Jun-08 Headquar ters International Atmel Corporation 2325 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95131 USA Tel: 1(408) 441-0311 Fax: 1(408) 487-2600 Atmel Asia Room 1219 Chinachem Golden Plaza 77 Mody Road Tsimshatsui East Kowloon Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2721-9778 Fax: (852) 2722-1369 Atmel Europe Le Krebs 8, Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud BP 309 78[...]