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To make it faster and easier for you to evaluate, prototype, develop and program with Microchip products, we offer a variety of design resources, including development tools, media and documentation.




Media

Product Training Modules

AVR UC3 Audio Application | AVR XMEGA USB Connectivity

Documentation

Example Projects and Demos

Microchip Software Framework

Application Notes

8-Bit App Notes

AVR4027: Tips and Tricks to Optimize Your C Code for 8-bit AVR Microcontrollers
AVR443: Sensor-based Control of Three Phase Brushless DC Motor
AVR465: Single-Phase Power/Energy Meter with Tamper Detection
AVR675: Configurable Three Phase BLDC Fan
AVR103: Using the EEPROM Programming Modes on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR106: C functions for reading and writing to Flash memory on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR135: Using Timer Capture to Measure PWM Duty Cycle on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR155: Accessing I2C LCD Display Using the tinyAVR and megaAVR 2-Wire Serial Interface
AVR205: Frequency measurement made easy with Microchip tinyAVR and Microchip megaAVR
AVR221: Discrete PID controller on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR241: Direct driving of LCD display using general I/O on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR270: USB Mouse Demonstration on megaAVR with USB
AVR271: USB Keyboard Demonstration on megaAVR with USB
AVR274: Single-wire Software UART on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR277: On-The-Go (OTG) add-on to USB Software Library for megaAVR with USB
AVR311: Using the TWI module as I2C slave on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR312: Using the USI module as a I2C slave on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR315: Using the TWI module as I2C master on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices
AVR316: SMBus Slave Using the TWI Module on tinyAVR and megaAVR devices

ALL App Notes

AT08569: Optimizing ASF Code Size to Minimize Flash and RAM Usage
AT09334: USB Device Interface (UDI) for Human Interface Device Generic (HID Generic)
AT09337: USB Host Interface (UHI) for Human Interface Device Mouse (HID Mouse)
AVR127: Understanding ADC parameters
AVR186: Best practices for the PCB layout of Oscillators

ATTINY App Notes

AVR918: Using the Microchip Tiny Programming Interface (TPI)
AVR125: ADC of tinyAVR in Single Ended Mode
AVR245: Code Lock with 4x4 Keypad and I2C LCD on a tinyAVR
 

AVR 32 App Notes

AVR32006: Getting Started with GCC for 32-bit AVR
AVR32736: Getting Started with 32-bit AVR AP7 Application Processors
AVR32737: Getting Started with Linux on 32-bit AVR AP7 Application Processors
AVR32768: 32-Bit AVR UC3 C Series Schematic Checklist
AVR32837: AVR UC3 D Schematic Checklist
AVR32844: UC3L Schematic Checklist
AVR32714: 32-bit AVR UC3 A series Schematic Checklist
AVR32800: 32-bit AVR UC3 L series Schematic Checklist
AVR32801: 32-bit AVR UC3 A3 series Schematic Checklist
AVR32715: AVR UC3B 32-bit Microcontroller Schematic Checklist
AVR32716: AVR UC3 USB Audio Class
AVR32788: Using the 32-bit AVR UC3 SSC in I2S mode
AVR32831: AVR UC3C Scope Meter and Filtering Demonstration
AVR32839: AVR UC3 Audio Player
AVR32840: AVR UC3 Audio Player - MAD MP3 Decoder
AVR32003: 32-bit AVR AP7 linux Buildroot
AVR32004: How to add software package to Buildroot on 32-bit AVR AP7 application processors
AVR32005: How to add a custom board to Buildroot on 32-bit AVR AP7
AVR32007: 32-bit AVR UC3 C-coding Guidelines for ARM7 Developers
AVR32100: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 USART
AVR32101: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 interrupt controller
AVR32102: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 SDRAM controller
AVR32105: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 SPI controller
AVR32107: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 TWI controller
AVR32108: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 Peripheral Direct Memory Access controller
AVR32110: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 Timer/Counter
AVR32113: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 Memory Management Unit
AVR32114: Using the 32-bit AVR AP7 LCD Controller
AVR32115: 32-bit AVR AP7 Linux ATA driver
AVR32136: 32-bit AVR UC3 NAND flash GPIO driver
AVR32138: How to optimize the ADC usage on AVR UC3 microcontrollers
AVR32401: interfacing DataFlash with Linux on 32-bit AVR AP7 Application Processors
AVR32408: 32-bit AVR AP7 Linux GPIO driver
AVR32412: 32-bit AVR AP7 Linux TWI driver
AVR32413: 32-bit AVR AP7 Image sensor interface driver
AVR32416: 32-bit AVR AP7 Linux LCD Panel Customization
AVR32701: 32-bit AVR AP7 USB Performance
AVR32705: 32-bit AVR AP7 Networking Performance
AVR32743: 32-bit AVR AP7 Linux Kernel Module Application Example
AVR32752: Using the 32-bit AVR UC3 Static Memory Controller
AVR32753: How to connect to an SSL-server using 32-bit AVR UC3

MEGA/XMEGA App Notes

AVR126: ADC of megaAVR in Single Ended Mode
AT01080: XMEGA E Schematic Checklist
AVR1018: XMEGA B Schematic Checklist
AVR1012: XMEGA A Schematic Checklist
AT01607: XMEGA C Schematic Checklist
AVR1000: Getting Started Writing C-code for XMEGA
AVR1001: Getting Started With the XMEGA Event System
AVR1005: Getting started with XMEGA
AT02509: (BLE Guide) In House Unit with Bluetooth Low Energy Module Hardware User Guide
AT01482: XMEGA RTC Calibration
AT09331: ASF USB Stack Manual
AVR1017: XMEGA - USB Hardware Design Recommendations
AVR1300: Using the XMEGA ADC
AVR1304: Using the XMEGA DMA Controller
AVR1327: Two Wire Interface (TWI) Slave Bootloader for Microchip AVR XMEGA
AVR1605: XMEGA Boot Loader Quick Start Guide
AVR1629: XMEGA ADC Oversampling
AVR1638: XMEGA RTC Calibration
AVR1003: Using the XMEGA Clock System
AVR107: Interfacing AVR microcontrollers with serial memories
AVR121: Enhancing ADC resolution by oversampling
AVR1301: Using the XMEGA DAC
AVR1302: Using the XMEGA Analog Comparator
AVR1303: Using the XMEGA IR communication module
AVR1305: using the XMEGA Interrupts and the Programmable Multi-level Interrupt Controller
AVR1306: Using the XMEGA Timer/Counter
AVR1307: Using the XMEGA USART
AVR1308: Using the XMEGA TWI
AVR1309: Using the XMEGA SPI
AVR1310: Using the XMEGA Watchdog Timer
AVR1311: Using the XMEGA Timer/Counter Extensions
AVR1312: Using the XMEGA External Bus Interface
AVR1314: Using the XMEGA Real Time Counter
AVR1315: Using the XMEGA EEPROM
AVR1316: Using the XMEGA Self-programming
AVR1317: Using the XMEGA built-in DES accelerator
AVR1318: Using the XMEGA built-in AES accelerator
AVR1320: True 400 kHz operation for TWI slave
AVR1321: Using the Microchip AVR XMEGA 32-bit Real Time Counter and Battery Backup System
AVR1500: Xplain training - XMEGA Basics
AVR1606: XMEGA Internal RC Oscillator Calibration
AVR1617: Frequency Measurement with Microchip AVR XMEGA Family Devices
 

Development Kits and Programmers

Development Kits

ATMEGA328P-XMINI Evaluation kit hardware platform to evaluate the Microchip ATmega328P microcontroller. Datasheet Icon ATMEGA328P-XMINI Product Link
ATXMEGAA3BU-XPLD Evaluation Board for ATxmega256A3BU and XMEGA-A3BU Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAA3BU-XPLD Product Link
ATAVRXPLAIN Evaluation Kit for ATxmega128A1 XMEGA-A1, 8-Bit Microchip Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATAVRXPLAIN Product Link
AT32UC3L0-XPLD Evaluation Kit for AT32UC3L0-XPLD, 32 Bit Microchip AVR® Microcontroller Datasheet Icon AT32UC3L0-XPLD Product Link
AT32UC3A3-XPLD Evaluation Kit for AT32UC3A3256, 32-Bit AVR Microcontroller Datasheet Icon AT32UC3A3-XPLD Product Link
ATXMEGAC3-XPLD Evaluation Kit for ATXMEGA384C3, 8/16-bit Microchip XMEGA C3 Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAC3-XPLD Product Link
ATXMEGAA1U-XPRO Evaluation kit for evaluation and prototyping with the ATxmega128A1U microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAA1U-XPRO Product Link
ATXMEGAE5-XPLD Evaluation Kit for ATxmega32E5, 8/16-bit Microchip AVR XMEGA Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAE5-XPLD Product Link
ATXMEGAB1-XPLD Evaluation Board for ATxmega256A3BU and XMEGA-A3BU Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAB1-XPLD Product Link
ATMEGA1284P-XPLD Evaluation Kit ATmega1284P Datasheet Icon ATMEGA1284P-XPLD Product Link
ATXMEGAC3-XPLD Evaluation Kit for ATXMEGA384C3, 8/16-bit Microchip XMEGA C3 Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATXMEGAC3-XPLD Product Link

Programmers

ATAVRDRAGON Debugging and Programming for AVR devices. Datasheet Icon ATAVRDRAGON Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE Development Tool for SAM and AVR® Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-BASIC Basic debugger and programmer for ARM®, AVR®, and MCU Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-BASIC Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-PCBA Debugger and programmer for Microchip ARM® Cortex®-M Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-PCBA Product Link

Documentation

Example Projects and Demos

Microchip Software Framework

Application Notes

SAMD App Notes

AT09381: SAM D - Debugging Watchdog Timer Reset
AT10828: DALI Slave Stack for SAM D20/D21
 

SAM App Notes

AT09331: ASF USB Stack Manual
AT06861: SAM Supply Controller (SUPC)
AT07336: Common Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Driver
AT07896: Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (UART)
AT07911: Glue Logic Controller (GLOC)
AT08220: Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (USART)
AT09002: Microchip SAM I2C - SPI Bootloader

ALL App Notes

AT08569: Optimizing ASF Code Size to Minimize Flash and RAM Usage
AVR127: Understanding ADC parameters
AVR186: Best practices for the PCB layout of Oscillators
 

Development Kits and Programmers

Development Kits

ATSAMD20-XPRO Evaluation Kit for ATSAMD20J18, Low Power, High Performance ARM® Cortex®-MO+ Based Flash Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAMD20-XPRO Product Link
ATSAMD21-XPRO Evaluation Kit for the ATSAMD21J18A Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAMD21-XPRO Product Link
ATSAMD10-XMINI Evaluation Kit using the ATSAMD10 Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAMD10-XMINI Product Link
ATSAMD11-XPRO Evaluation Kit using the SAM D11 ARM® Cortex®-M0+ Based Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATSAMD11-XPRO Product Link

Programmers

ATMicrochip-ICE Development Tool for SAM and AVR® Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-BASIC Basic debugger and programmer for ARM®, AVR®, and MCU Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-BASIC Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-PCBA Debugger and programmer for Microchip ARM® Cortex®-M Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-PCBA Product Link

Media

Product Training Modules

Touch Solutions on the Microchip ARM® Cortex®-M3 Based Flash Microcontrollers | SAM3U Peripherals and Power Management Overview

Documentation

Example Projects and Demos

Microchip Software Framework

Application Notes

 
 

Development Kits and Programmers

Development Kits

ATSAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit for AT91SAM3U, ARM-Based Flash Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAM3U-EK Product Link
ATSAM3S-EK2 Evaluation Kit for ATSAM3S and ATSAM3SD,32-Bit Flash Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATSAM3S-EK2 Product Link
ATSAM3N-EK Evaluation Kit for ATSAM3N, ARM-Based Flash MCU Datasheet Icon ATSAM3N-EK Product Link

Programmers

ATMicrochip-ICE Development Tool for SAM and AVR® Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-BASIC Basic debugger and programmer for ARM®, AVR®, and MCU Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-BASIC Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-PCBA Debugger and programmer for Microchip ARM® Cortex®-M Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-PCBA Product Link

Documentation

Example Projects and Demos

Microchip Software Framework

Application Notes

ALL App Notes

AVR127: Understanding ADC parameters
AVR186: Best practices for the PCB layout of Oscillators

SAM App Notes

AT04056: Getting Started with FreeRTOS on Microchip SAM Flash MCUs
AT09331: ASF USB Stack Manual
AT06861: SAM Supply Controller (SUPC)
AT07336: Common Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Driver
AT07896: Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (UART)
AT07911: Glue Logic Controller (GLOC)
AT08220: Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (USART)
AT09002: Microchip SAM I2C - SPI Bootloader
AT02333: Safe and Secure Bootloader Implementation for SAM3/4

SAM3 App Notes

AT06860: SAM3/4S/4C Analog-to-digital Converter (ADC)

SAM4 App Notes

AT04113: How to implement SleepWalking on an ARM Cortex-M4 MCU Application: Step-by-step Project Building Guide
AT06864: SAM4 Reset Controller (RSTC)
AT07334: SAM4 TWI Master Mode Driver
AT07335: SAM4 TWI Slave Mode Driver
AT07337: SAM4 Real-Time Clock (RTC)
AT07890: SAM4 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
AT07898: SAM4 Timer Counter (TC)
AT07899: SAM4 Analog Comparator Controller (ACC)
AT07900: SAM4 Digital-to-Analog Converter Controller (DACC)
AT07901: SAM4 External Interrupt Controller (EIC)
AT07903: SAM4 GPIO - General-Purpose
AT07906: SAM4 Pulse Width Modulation Controller (PWM)
AT07909: SAM4 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
AT08642: Peripheral DMA Controller (PDC)
AT4066: EEPROM Emulation Using Internal Flash (SAM4)
AT03155: Real-Time-Clock Calibration and Compensation

SAM4E App Notes

AT03088: Getting Started with SAM4E
AT07892: SAM4E DMA Controller (DMAC)
AT03078: Using the AFEC in SAM4E Microcontroller
AT03157: SAM4E FPU and CMSIS DSP Library
AT03258: Using Low Power Modes in SAM4E Microcontroller
 
 

Development Kits and Programmers

Development Kits

ATSAM4S-XPLD Evaluation kit for AT91SAM4S16C, 32-Bit ARM® Cortex® Flash Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAM4S-XPLD Product Link
ATSAM4S-XPRO Evaluation kit for AT91SAM4S Datasheet Icon ATSAM4S-XPRO Product Link
ATSAM4S-XSTK Evaluation kit for AT91SAM4S Datasheet Icon ATSAM4S-XSTK Product Link
ATSAM4S-EK2 Evaluation Kit for SAM4S Datasheet Icon ATSAM4S-EK2 Product Link
ATSAM4L-XPRO Evaluation kit for ATSAM4L Datasheet Icon ATSAM4L-XPRO Product Link
ATSAM4L-XSTK Evaluation kit for ATSAM4L Datasheet Icon ATSAM4L-XSTK Product Link
ATSAM4L-EK Evaluation Kit for ATSAM4L, 32-Bit ARM Cortex®-M4 RISC Processor Datasheet Icon ATSAM4L-EK Product Link
ATSAM4E-XPRO Evaluation Kit Datasheet Icon ATSAM4E-XPRO Product Link
ATSAM4E-EK Evaluation Kit for the SAM4E Series of Flash Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATSAM4E-EK Product Link
ATSAM4L8-XSTK evaluation kit for evaluation and prototyping with the SAM4L8 Cortex®-M4 processor-based microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAM4L8-XSTK Product Link
ATSAM4N-XSTK Starter Kit for ATMEGARFR2, Ultra Low Power Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAM4N-XSTK Product Link
ATSAM4N-XPRO Evaluation Kit for ATSAM4N16C Microcontroller Datasheet Icon ATSAM4N-XPRO Product Link

Programmers

ATMicrochip-ICE Development Tool for SAM and AVR® Microcontrollers Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-BASIC Basic debugger and programmer for ARM®, AVR®, and MCU Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-BASIC Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-PCBA Debugger and programmer for Microchip ARM® Cortex®-M Datasheet Icon ATATMEL-ICE-PCBA Product Link

Media

Product Training Modules

Overview of the SAMA5D3

Documentation

Example Projects and Demos

  

Application Notes

SAM App Notes

AT04056: Getting Started with FreeRTOS on Microchip SAM Flash MCUs
AT09331: ASF USB Stack Manual
AT06861: SAM Supply Controller (SUPC)
AT07336: Common Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Driver
AT07896: Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (UART)
AT07911: Glue Logic Controller (GLOC)
AT08220: Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver (USART)
AT09002: Microchip SAM I2C - SPI Bootloader

ALL App Notes

AT08569: Optimizing ASF Code Size to Minimize Flash and RAM Usage
AVR127: Understanding ADC parameters
AVR186: Best practices for the PCB layout of Oscillators

SAMA5D App Notes

Implementation of SDRAM on SAMA5D2x Devices
SAMA5D2 Low-Power Modes Implementation
Powering Microchip MPUs with ActivePMU PMICs
USB OTG-like Connector Implementation
SAMA5D3x High-Speed Simulation Using IBIS Models
Configuring the LCD Controller of SAMA5D3x Device
Design Optimization for a Low-Power SAMA5D3-based System
Gigabit MAC (GMAC) on the SAMA5D3 Series
How to Optimize the BOM of a SAMA5D3-based System
Low-power Modes on the SAMA5D3 Series
MMU Cache Coherence on SAMA5D3 Products in a non-Linux System
NAND Flash Support for SAMA5D3 Microcontrollers
SAMA5D3 Layout Recommendations
Software Ethernet Bridge on SAMA5D3/D4
Discrete Power Supply Solution for Microchip eMPUs
Powering Microchip MPUs with ActivePMU PMICs
Discrete Power Supply Solution for Microchip SAMA5D4
Powering Microchip SAMA5D4 with ActivePMU PMICsM
 

Development Kits and Programmers

Development Kits

ATSAMA5D4-XULT EVAL KIT FOR SAMA5D4 Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D4-XULT Product Link
ATSAMA5D3-XPLD BOARD XPLAINED SAMA5D3 Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D3-XPLD Product Link
ATSAMA5D35-EK EVAL KIT SAMA5D35 CORTEX-A5 Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D35-EK Product Link
ATSAMA5D36-EK EVAL KIT SAMA5D36 CRYPTO Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D36-EK Product Link
ATSAMA5D2-XULT KIT EVAL EXPLAIND ULTRA SAMA5D2 Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D2-XULT Product Link
ATSAMA5D31-EK EVAL KIT SAMA5D31 CORTEX-A5 Datasheet Link ATSAMA5D31-EK Product Link

Programmers

AT91SAM-ICE EMULATOR JTAG FOR ARM-BASED MCU Datasheet Link AT91SAM-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE EMU FOR SAM AND AVR MCU KIT Datasheet Link ATATMEL-ICE Product Link
ATMicrochip-ICE-BASIC EMU FOR SAM AND AVR MCU BASIC Datasheet Link ATATMEL-ICE-BASIC Product Link