Atmel AT91SAM7L-STK - Manual (Page 9)

AT91SAM7L-STK Rev. B Starter Kit User Guide 2-1
6414A–ATARM–12-Sep-08
Section 2
Setting Up the AT91SAM7L-STK Board
2.1 Electrostatic Warning
The AT91SAM7L-STK evaluation board is shipped in protective anti-static packaging. The board must
not be subjected to high electrostatic potentials. A grounding strap or similar protective device should be
worn when handling the board. Avoid touching the component or any other metallic element.
2.2 Requirements
In order to set up the AT91SAM7L-STK evaluation board, the following items are needed:
„ The AT91SAM7L-STK evaluation board itself.
„ 2 AAA batteries
2.3 Power up the Board
The AT91SAM7L-STK is shipped with an AT91SAM7L128 microcontroller mounted on board. The
default jumper settings will allow the microcontroller to execute from the clock source and battery supply
on the board. The microcontroller is programmed with demonstration software in its embedded Flash.
Follow below steps to make it work.
„ Put the 2 batteries into the battery holder, the board will go into power off mode directly.
„ Push WAKE UP button under the segment LCD, the demo software will start scrolling a welcome
message on the segment LCD.
„ Push the RESET button, the board will go into power off mode again.
2.4 Debugging and Programming
The AT91SAM7L-STK is able to interface with SAM-BA ® (v2.7 or higher) Boot Assistant software for
SAM devices, and other third-party software. There is one RS232 port (DBGU) and one 20-pin ICE port
on the AT91SAM7L-STK for such debugging and programming purpose. There is more detailed informa-
tion about the development tools in
Section 3 , “Development Tools” .
2.4.0.1 ICE Interface
The SAM-ICE emulator needs to be connected between the AT91SAM7L-STK ICE port (J7) and the PC
USB port. You will also need to download the J-Link drivers for ARM from
www.segger.com. Install the
batteries, push the WAKE UP button, and then you can run PC software, such as SAM-BA, for setting
and programming the device, IAR or Keil to debug your code. For detailed information, please refer to
the
SAM-BA user manual or that of the third-party software.