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    6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluation Board ............... ........................................................... .......................................... User Guide[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide i 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 T able of Contents Section 1 Overview ............. ................ ................. ................ ................. ............................ ......... 1-1 1.1 Scope ............... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................. .[...]

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    Table of Contents (Continue d) ii AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 4.3 Microcontro ller Clock .......................... ................. ................ ................ ................ ............ .. 4-2 4.4 Memory Con figuration ............ ................. ................ ................ ............[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 1-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 1 Overview 1.1 Scope The AT91SAM9XE-EK evaluation kit enables the evaluatio n of and code developme nt for applications running on an AT91SAM9XE device. This guide focuses on the AT91SAM9XE-EK board as an evaluation platfo rm. The board suppo rts the AT91SAM9XE in an [...]

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    1-2 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08  two user inpu t push buttons  one Wak eup input push button  one reset push button  one DataFlash, SD/ MMC card slot  f our expansion connector s (P IOA, PIOB , PIOC, IMA GE SEN SOR)  one BGA-lik e EBI expansion f ootprint connector  one Lithium Coin Cel[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 2-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 2 Setting Up the AT91SAM9XE-EK Board 2.1 Electrostatic Warning The AT91SAM9XE-EK eva luation board is shipped in protective anti-static pa ckaging. The board must not be subjec ted to high electr ostatic potentia ls. A gr ounding strap or similar protective de vice sh[...]

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    2-2 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Figure 2-1. AT91SAM9XE-EK Layout-Top View[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 2-3 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Figure 2-2. AT91SAM9XE-EK Layout - Bottom View[...]

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    2-4 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 2.4 Powering Up the Board The AT91SAM9XE-EK re quires 5V DC (±5%) . DC power is supplied to the board via t he 2.1 mm by 5.5 mm socket J 1. Coaxial plug center positive standard. 2.5 Backup Power Supply The user has the po ssibility to plug a battery (3 V Lithium Battery CR1[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 2-5 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 2.7 AT91SAM9XE-EK Block Diagram Figure 2-3. AT91SAM9XE-EK Block Diagram[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 3-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 3 Board Description 3.1 AT91SAM9XE 512/256/ 128 Microcontroller • Incorporates the ARM926EJ-S ™ ARM ® Thumb ® Processor – DSP instruction Extensions, ARM Jazelle ® T echnolo gy f or Java ® Acceleration – 8 Kbyte Data Cache, 16 Kb y te Instruction Cache, Wr[...]

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    3-2 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 • Fully-featured System Contro ller , including – Reset Contro ller , Shutdown Contr oller – Four 32-bit Battery Backup Regi sters for a T otal of 16 Bytes – Cloc k Generator and P ower Management Contr oller – Adv anced Interrupt Controller and Deb ug Unit – Peri[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 3-3 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 • T wo T w o-wire Interfaces (TWI) – Master , Multi-master an d Slave Mode Operation – General Call Su pported in Slave Mode – Connection to PDC Channel to Optimiz e Data T ransf ers in Master Mode On ly • IEEE ® 1149.1 JT AG Boundary Sc an on All Digital Pins • [...]

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    3-4 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 3.2 Block Diagram Figure 3-1. AT91SAM9XE512/256/12 8 Block Diagram ARM926EJ-S Processor JTAG Selection and Boundary Scan In-Circuit Emulator AIC ROM 32 Kbytes D0-D15 A0/NBS0 A2-A15, A18-A20 A16/BA0 A17/BA1 NCS0 NCS1/SDCS NRD NWR0/NWE NWR1/NBS1 NWR3/NBS3 SDCK, SDCKE RAS, CAS S[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 3-5 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 3.3 Microcontroller  One LFBGA 217-ball de vice fitted on board  One LQFP 208-lead de vice f ootpr int To use the micr ocontroller in the LQFP package, th e user has to unsolder MN4 and solder the PQ FP208 microcontroller on the MN6 footprin t. 3.4 Memory  32 Kbytes [...]

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    3-6 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 so cke t  USB V2.0 full-speed compliant, 12 Mbits per second (UDP)  Tw o (1) USB Host por ts V2.0 full-speed co mpliant, 12 Mbits per second (UHP )  One Ethernet 100-base TX with three status LEDs 3.10 Audio Stereo Interface  One Atmel stereo audio D A C (A T73C21[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 3-7 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 3.14 PIO Usage Table 3-1. PIO Controller A I/O Line P eripheral A P eripheral B Comments Function P A0 SPI0_MISO MCDB0 SPI D A T AFLASH, SPI/MCI SD/MMC/DA T AFLASH Slot P A1 SPI0_MOSI MCCDB (P A0..P A5) PA 2 S P I 0 _ S P C K P A3 SPI0_NPCS0 MCDB3 PA 4 R T S 2 M C D B 2 PA 5 [...]

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    3-8 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Table 3-2. PIO Controller B I/O Line P eripheral A P eripheral B Comments Function PB0 SPI1_MISO TIOA3 Audio D AC A T73C213 (MISO) PB1 SPI1_MOSI TIOB3 A udio D AC A T73C213 (MOSI) PB2 SPI1_SPCK TIOA4 A udio D AC A T73C 213 (SPCK) PB3 SPI1_NPCS0 TIOA5 A udio D AC A T 73C213 (C[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 3-9 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Table 3-3. PIO Controller C I/O Line Peripheral A P eripheral B Comments Function PC0 AD0 SCK3 PC1 AD1 PCK0 A udio D AC A T73C2 13 (MCLK) PC2 AD2 PCK1 PC3 AD3 SPI1_NPCS3 PC4 A23 SPI1_NPCS2 (J28) IMA GE SENSOR CONNECTOR (CTRL1) PC5 A24 SPI1_NPCS1 USB_CNX (VBUS DETECT) PC6 TIOB[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 4-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 4 Configuration 4.1 Jumpers Notes: 1. These jumpers are provided for power consumption measurement. By default, they are closed. To use this feat ure, the user has t o open the strap and inse rt an ammeter. Table 4-1. Jumper s Configuration Designation Default Setting[...]

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    4-2 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 4.2 JTAG/ICE 4.3 Microcontroller Clock 4.4 Memory Configuration Table 4-2. JTAG/ICE Configuration Designation Default Setting Feature S1 Opened Disables the ICE NTRST input S2 Opened Selects ICE mode or JT A G mode S3 Opened Disables TCK <-> R TCK local loop . If S3 is [...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 4-3 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 4.5 Ethernet RMII is the factory defau lt mode. To evaluate the MI I mode, the user has to unsolder R49, R50, R127, close S7, S8 and populate R119 to R126, C88, C89, Y4. 4.6 Miscellaneous Refer to the TOP level sch ematic for the PIO usag e. Table 4-5. Miscellaneous Designati[...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 5-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 5 Schematics 5.1 Schematics This section contains the following schematics:  Board Diagr am - Schematic T op Le vel  P ower supply and audi o  217-ball BGA A T91SAM 9XE Microcontroller  208-pin LQFP A T91SAM9XE Microcontroller  Memory  Ether net  [...]

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    AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board User G uide 6-1 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08 Section 6 Revision History 6.1 Revision History Table 6-1. Document Comments Change Request Ref. 6311A First issue.[...]

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    6-2 AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluati on Board Use r Guide 6311A–ATARM–04-Feb-08[...]

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