This package provides everything you need to build software for the AT90USB64x and AT90USB128x series of microcontrollers from Atmel. The AT90 series microcontrollers have built-in USB and USB OTG support (647 and 1287 processors), with the 64x having 64KB of flash space, 4K of RAM and the 128x having 128KB of flash space, 8K of RAM. These low-cost microcontrollers are an excellent substition for those projects that need additional flash and SRAM at a lower cost than the ATMega2560.
With this package, you also get full access to using the LUFA libraries directly in your Arduino sketches, without having to write and compile your applications in another IDE system or using command-line Makefiles. All of the current LUFA libraries are included as part of the core and can be used directly. LUFA is an excellent USB control (host and device) set from Dean Camera that provides nearly complete control of most USB specifications on AVR hardware. Nearly every kind of Device and Host mode is supported - from Audio, to PTP, and even basics like Mice and Keyboards.
In addition to the standard LUFA libraries, we have also started to create a series of easier, Arduino-oriented libraries that don't require any low-level knowledge of how to use the LUFA libraries, and provide specific set of activities that can be used in as little as two to three lines of code. See the KeyboardHost example to show how easy it can be to read an attached USB keyboard.
You must be using a version of Arduino greater than 1.5.2 to use this package. Versions older than 1.5.x do not support the 3rd party hardware extensions at all, and 1.5.2 has several issues with the 3rd party hardware extensions. We reccommend using the latest nightly build of the arduino 1.5 series.
The default (normal TTL UART) serial device on the 64x and 128x devices is access via the 'Serial1' object in this package, and 'Serial' is a macro which is replaced with 'Serial1'. The USB Serial interface is not created by default (see USB Serial Device below) as it can create conflicts with host modes and uses a bit of memory that may not be required. In this way, you may always refer to the normal TTL serial object as either Serial or Serial1, and have sketches work correctly whether or not the USB Serial Device is enabled.
This package includes a USB Serial Device, that allows you to send and receive serial data over the USB port. When operating as a USB Serial device, you will not be able to run any of the host mode libraries for 7-series MCUs.
To enable the USB Serial Device, select the correct board type followed by 'USB Serial'. This will automatically bring in a USBSerial object that operates like a standard Serial object. Note that the boolean operator for the USBSerial object will not return true until the host actually connects to the port and sends an RTS signal. You can use this to determine if a host application has attempted to connect. For example:
void setup() {
USBSerial.begin(9600); // baud is ignored, but required
lcd.begin(LCD_COLS, LCD_ROWS);
lcd.print("Waiting...");
while( ! USBSerial ) {
; // do nothing
}
lcd.clear();
lcd.print("Connected!");
}This bundle comes with a specialized bootloader for the 646, 647, 1286, 1287, and the AT90USBKEY. The bootloader is based on Dean Camera's LUFA CDC bootloader, but has been modified to perform its requirements and fit into a 4K bootloader area, reducing the total bootloader requirement and freeing up 4K of flash memory. You'll find the source, and pre-compiled hex images in the hadrware/DynamicPerception/avr/bootloaders/ directory.
Please note that at this time, burning bootloaders via the Arduino IDE is not supported.