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-====== About the Atmega32u4 Breakout board+ ====== +
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-We like the AVR 8-bit family and were excited to see Atmel upgrade the series with a USB core. Having USB built in allows the chip to act like any USB device. For example, we can program the chip to '​pretend'​ its a USB joystick, or a keyboard, or a flash drive! Another nice bonus of having USB built in is that instead of having an FTDI chip or cable (like an Arduino), we can emulate the serial port directly in the chip. This costs some Flash space and RAM space but that's the trade-off. +
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-The only bad news about this chip is that it is surface mount only (SMT), which means that it is not easy to solder the way the larger DIP chips are. For that reason, we made a breakout board. The board comes with some extras like a fuse, a 16mhz crystal, USB connector and a button to start the bootloader. +
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-===== Why not use a Teensy ===== +
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-We've also carry a similar board from PJRC called the [[http://www.adafruit.com/​index.php?​main_page=product_info&​cPath=16&​products_id=199|Teensy]]. The Teensy uses the same chip so you may be wondering, why did we design a different-but-still-basically-the-same board? We've used the Teensy in a few projects and like it a lot but there are a few details that we wanted to change. We wanted... +
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-  * ...a bootloader that would work with **avrdude** since that is our preferred software +
-  * ...another LED, for power-good indication +
-  * ...a 500mA fuse on the USB power-source pin +
-  * ...mounting holes so we could attach it easily +
-  * ...reprogramming ISP header so we could program the board directly without the bootloader +
-  * ...a larger reset button +
-  * ...all the pins broken out for use with a breadboard +
-  * ...open source bootloader that works with AVRdude +
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-That doesn'​t in any way mean that it is better or replaces the Teensy. Here are some reasons we will still use the teensy for many projects +
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-  * It's **really really** small. A third the size of this breakout +
-  * The bootloader that is programmed in uses only 512 bytes (instead of 2K) +
-  * It works nicely with Teensyduino and auto-resets right before programming +
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-====== Assembly ====== +
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-The breakout is almost completely assembled. We don't solder on the header or 6-pin ISP connector since we find its easy to do but hard to undo, in case you want to put different headers on, or just connect up wires directly.  +
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-The board ships with a strip of header, you can simply break the header into two pieces and place them in a breadboard +
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-Then place the board on top and solder it in place +
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-====== Design Specifications ====== +
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-This breakout board is designed to make it easy for you to get started with the Atmega32u4, a USB-native 8 bit AVR microcontroller. We tried to keep the design simple, while taking care of all the details so that you can focus on your project'​s firmware and hardware.  +
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-===== Microcontroller ===== +
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-The main chip is an ATmega32u4, an 8 bit AVR-core processor which has the bonus of a USB core built in. This makes writing USB native programs such as serial ports, mouse/​keyboard,​ mass-storage-controller,​ MIDI, etc very easy. The chip has 32K of flash and 2.5K of RAM. The microcontroller is clocked at 16 MHz with an on-board crystal. +
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-===== Power ===== +
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-The board is powered by the USB port at 5V. There is a 500mA polyfuse to protect your computer from a shorted circuit. If you'd like to run the board off of another voltage, you can do that by cutting the **VCC** solder jumper bridge underneath and connecting an external voltage to pin #2 of the ISP header. Note that running the board at 3.3v @16mhz is considered overclocking. We do it for prototypes and it seems to work fine but its out of spec! +
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-There is a 3V pin from the microcontroller'​s internal regulator (USB signals are at 3V) you can use this for maybe 10mA or so, it might work as a reference voltage) +
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-===== Pinout ===== +
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-Pins are labeled on the silkscreen, but for additional information,​ Johngineer has created [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​af_at32u4bb_pinout.pdf|a nice pinout diagram]] that is helpful for using this board. +
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-===== AVR109 Bootloader ===== +
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-You can tell the bootloader is active when the **green '​Boot'​ LED pulses/​breathes** The board will then show up as a Serial or COM port, and you can use **avrdude** to program it. The '​programmer name' is **avr109** so for example, to test you should run **avrdude -p m32u4 -P COM3 -c avr109** which will initialize the bootloader. +
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-The bootloader will time out eventually (after about 10 seconds) +
-Because we are not using a USB/serial converter, bootloading is tremendously fast, we can program a full chip in under 2 seconds! +
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-The bootloader takes up the last 4K of FLASH, so be aware that you will only have 28K instead of 32K. We have found that this isn't very constricting as 28K is still plenty. If you'd like more space, you can always use the 6-pin ISP connector and an AVR programmer (which will delete the bootloader) +
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-<​del>​If you ever want to disable the bootloader you can cut the bottom '​HWB'​ jumper trace. This will disconnect the '​hardware bootloader'​ pin, you can then use the button as a plain reset button. +
-</​del>​ For the first few runs of this board we set the fuses to still use the bootloader even with the HWB jumper cut, if you want to get rid of the bootloader, please set the fuses to remove the BOOTRST fuse. Sorry! +
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-If you're using windows, you will need an **inf** driver file, you can download it below (in the **Downloads** section) +
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-===== USB Development ===== +
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-The very nice thing about this chip is the USB core built in which makes USB-device development easy. What makes it even easier & better is [[http://​www.fourwalledcubicle.com/​LUFA.php|the full USB stack already written for you by Dean Camera]]. Called [[http://​www.fourwalledcubicle.com/​LUFA.php|"​LUFA"​]],​ the package comes with tons of working examples for all sorts of USB devices and its completely open source. We use the firmware as a '​starting point' which we then expand upon. Please check it out and if you find it useful consider donating time (fixing bugs, improving documentation) or funds to Dean. +
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-====== Using Teensyduino ====== +
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-Teensyduino is no longer suggested, if you want to use it with an AVR109 bootloader board, [[http://​www.ladyada.net/​wiki/​products/​atmega32u4breakout/​index.html?​rev=1302835337|we have some hints here in the wiki]] +
-====== Download ====== +
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-  * [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​datasheets/​atmega32u4cdc.inf|Bootloader INF file for the AVR109 windows (mac/linux don't need a driver)]] +
-  * [[http://​github.com/​adafruit/​Atmega32u4-Breakout-Board|Schematic and Board layout files]] +
-  * [[http://​github.com/​adafruit/​Atmega32u4-Breakout-Board/​raw/​master/​atmega32u4bbsch.png|Schematic in PNG format]] +
-  * [[http://​www.fourwalledcubicle.com/​LUFA.php|The LUFA USB-stack website]] +
-  * [[http://​github.com/​adafruit/​lufa-lib|Our minor fork to the LUFA core]] - this is where our AVR109 bootloader lives (in Bootloaders/​CDC) +
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-====== Further reading ====== +
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-  * Buy it through the "Buy it!" link at http://​www.ladyada.net/​products/​atmega32u4breakout/​ , which is mostly autogenerated from http://​ladyada.net/​wiki/​products/​atmega32u4breakout/​index.html . +
-  * Ladyada'​s ATMEGA32U4 Breakout board+ has better mounting holes and is more breadboard-friendly than Sparkfun'​s [[https://​www.sparkfun.com/​products/​11117 | ATMEGA32U4 Breakout]]. +
-  * Ladyada'​s ATMEGA32U4 Breakout board+ is used in the [[tutorials:​make:​ledbelt:​index.html | Programmable LED belt]] and [[http://​learn.adafruit.com/​gps-dog-collar/​code | the GPS Dog Collar ]] +
-  * Linux users: [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=24&​t=23266 | How to get started with the Atmega32u4 Breakout Board+ on Linux]] +
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=19&​t=43801 | "​atmega32u4 BB driver install"​ ]] +
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=25&​t=43404 | "​Atmega32u4 Breakout Board with Arduino IDE"​]] +
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=22&​t=42025 | "​Mounting Atmega32u4 Breakout Board, screw size question"​ ]]: like most Adafruit PCBs, the Atmega32u4 Breakout board+ has mounting holes for M2 screws. That's about a #1 or #2 in UNC/UNF terms. +
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=19&​t=24723 | "​Atmega32u4 Breakout Board Leonardo blink"​]] +
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=22&​t=28330 "​Atmega32u4 Breakout+ digital and analog I/O"]] has some details on the ICSP header that maybe we should copy to this wiki page. +
-  * [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​category/​92 | The Flora]], the Leonardo board, and the Esplora board, all use the same Atmega32U4 AVR microcontroller as this breakout+
-  * [[http://​forums.adafruit.com/​viewtopic.php?​f=47&​t=40729 | "​ATMEGA32U4 pin mapping" ​]] attempts to clear up some of the confusion between the text written on the Atmega32u4 Breakout board+ (the official Atmel Port+pin letter+number),​ the physical pin numbers of the package, and the "​Arduino pin numbers"​ (a third completely different way of referring to the same pin). +
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