The ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro is an extension board in the Xplained Pro evaluation platform. It is
designed to demonstrate ultra-low power Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE 4.1) ATBTLC1000-ZR110CA
module together with Xplained Pro MCU boards.
–Integrated with temperature sensor, non-volatile registers and serial EEPROM
–2-Wire I2C and SMBus compatible serial interface
•Xplained Pro hardware identification system using ATSHA204A
•Power debugger support using current measurement header
•Pin headers and jumpers to connect the board to various Xplained Pro MCU boards
•Serial Wire Debugger (SWD) header
•32.768 kHz crystal
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1.2 Kit Overview
The ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro is an extension board containing the ultra-low power Bluetooth module
ATBTLC1000-ZR110CA for the Xplained Pro platform. The kit can be connected to the EXT1 extension
header on an Xplained Pro MCU Board.
Figure 1-1. ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro Extension board
Steps to start exploring the Xplained Pro platform:
1.Download Atmel Studio.
2.Launch Atmel Studio.
3.Connect ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro extension board with an Xplained Pro MCU board and
connect a USB cable to the DEBUG USB port on the Xplained Pro MCU board.
When the Xplained Pro MCU kit is connected to the computer for the first time, the operating system
installs the software driver. The driver file supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft® Windows® XP,
Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2012.
When the Xplained Pro MCU board is powered, the power LED (green color) glows and Atmel Studio
automatically detects the specific Xplained Pro MCU and extension board(s) that are connected. The kit
landing page in Atmel Studio comes with an option to launch the Advanced Software Framework (ASF)
and Atmel START, example application codes for the kit. The target device is programmed and debugged
by the on-board Embedded Debugger and therefore no external programmer or debugger tool is
required.
The following list contains the links to the most relevant documents and software for ATBTLC1000ZR
Xplained Pro:
•Xplained Pro products - Xplained Pro is a series of small-sized and easy-to-use evaluation kits for
Microchip microcontrollers and other Microchip products. It consists of a series of low-cost MCU
boards for evaluation and demonstration of features and capabilities of different Microchip products.
•Atmel Studio - Free IDE for development of C/C++ and assembler code for microcontrollers.
•Data Visualizer - Data Visualizer is a program used for processing and visualizing data. The Data
Visualizer can receive data from various sources such as the Embedded Debugger Data Gateway
Interface found on Xplained Pro boards and COM ports.
•ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro Design Documentation - Package containing schematics, BOM,
assembly drawings, 3D plots, layer plots, etc.
•ATBTLC1000ZR Xplained Pro BluSDK - Software, firmware, applications, and tools packages.
Xplained Pro is an evaluation platform which contains a series of microcontroller boards (evaluation kits)
and extension boards. Atmel Studio is used to program and debug the microcontrollers on these boards.
Atmel Studio includes ASF and Atmel START, which has drivers and demo code, and Data Visualizer,
which supports data streaming and advanced debugging. Xplained Pro evaluation kits can be connected
to a wide range of Xplained Pro extension boards through standardized headers and connectors.
Xplained Pro extension boards have identification (ID) chips to uniquely identify which boards are
connected to the Xplained Pro evaluation kits.
4.1 Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header
All Xplained Pro kits have one or more dual row, 20-pin, 100-mil extension header. The Xplained Pro
MCU boards have male headers, while the Xplained Pro extensions have their female counterparts. All
connected pins follow the defined pin description in the table.
Info: All pins are not always connected on all extension headers.
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The extension headers can be used to connect a variety of Xplained Pro extensions to Xplained Pro MCU
boards or to access the pins of the target microcontroller on Xplained Pro MCU boards directly.
Table 4-1. Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header
Pin NumberPin NameDescription
1IDPin to communicate with the ID chip on an extension board
2GNDGround
3ADC(+)Analog-to-Digital Converter; alternatively, a pin for the positive
terminal of a differential ADC
4ADC(-)Analog-to-Digital Converter; alternatively, a pin for the negative
terminal of a differential ADC
5GPIO1General purpose I/O pin
6GPIO2General purpose I/O pin
7PWM(+)Pulse width modulation; alternatively, a pin for the positive part of a
differential PWM
8PWM(-)Pulse width modulation; alternatively, a pin for the negative part of a
differential PWM
9IRQ/GPIOInterrupt request pin and/or general purpose I/O pin
10SPI_SS_B/
GPIO
11I2C_SDAData pin for I2C interface. Always connected, bus type
12I2C_SCLClock pin for I2C interface. Always connected, bus type