Expansion Board Atmel ATSTK501

Detailed Description

With this board the STK500 is extended to support all current AVR devices in a single development environment.

The STK501 includes connectors, jumpers and hardware allowing full utilization of the new features of the ATmega128(L) while the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket allows easy use of TQFP packages for prototyping. This user guide acts as a general getting started guide as well as a complete technical reference for advanced users. In addition to adding support for new devices, it also adds new support for peripherals previously not supported by the STK500. An additional RS-232 port and external SRAM interface are09/01 among the new features. Devices with dual UART or XRAM interface can all take advantage of the new resources on the STK501 board.

Features

• STK500 Compatible
• AVR Studio Compatible
• Supports ATmega103(L) and ATmega128(L)
• Zero Insertion Force Socket for TQFP Packages
• TQFP Footprint for Emulator Adapters
• Supports all Added Features in ATmega128(L)
• JTAG Connector for On-chip Debugging Using JTAG ICE (ATmega128(L))
• Additional RS-232C Port with Available RTS/CTS Handshake Lines
• Adds External SRAM Support to the STK500 Board (Usable for all Devices with XRAM Interface)
• On-board 32 kHz Crystal for Easy RTC Implementations
• Port E, F, and G headers for the additional ports on the 64-pin ATmega103, ATmega64, and ATmega128
• Footprint for mounting an external SRAM on the board directly connected to the XRAM interface of the AVR device
• External SRAM interface (including address latch)
• On-board 32 kHz clock crystal for easy implementation of Real Time clock applications

The STK501 supports both the In-System Programming mode (ISP) and the High-voltage Programming mode of its supported devices.

AVR Studio, Atmel’s front-end tool for the STK500 Development Board, provides support for STK501.