Purpose
The Getting Started example will help new users get familiar with Atmel's SAM family of microcontrollers. This basic application shows the startup sequence of a chip and how to use its core peripherals.
Requirements
This package can be used with SAM evaluation kits.
Description
The demonstration program makes the LED(s) on the board blink at a fixed rate. This rate is generated by using Time tick timer. The blinking can be stopped using the push button.
Usage
- Build the program and download it inside the evaluation board.
- On the computer, open and configure a terminal application (e.g. HyperTerminal on Microsoft Windows) with these settings:
- 115200 bauds
- 8 bits of data
- No parity
- 1 stop bit
- No flow control
- Start the application.
- The LED(s) should start blinking on the board. In the terminal window, the following text should appear (values depend on the board and chip used):
-- Getting Started Example xxx --
-- xxxxxx-xx
-- Compiled: xxx xx xxxx xx:xx:xx --
- Pressing and release button 1 should make one LED stop & restart blinking.
- If the button 2 available, pressing button 2 should make the other LED stop & restart blinking.