Atmel Xplained Evaluation Board ATXMEGAB1-XPLD ATXMEGAB1-XPLD Data Sheet

Product codes
ATXMEGAB1-XPLD
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Atmel AVR1619 
8449A-AVR-10/11 
5.2.2 Using the USB generic HID interface 
This USB interface offers the capability to control and get the following information 
from the Atmel XMEGA-B1 Xplained: 
•  Retrieve on-board sensors measurements 
•  Get touch buttons status 
•  Get information about the connected firmware 
•  Adjust on-board LCD contrast and backlight level 
•  Control on-board LEDs 
•  Display user input text strings or numeric values on the LCD  
The generic HID interface is accessible using the PC host application previously 
installed. Once the application is started it displays a control panel with the same look 
and feel as the XMEGA-B1 Xplained kit: 
Figure 5-5. Host application main view. 
 
 
5.2.2.1 Connecting the host application to the XMEGA-B1 Xplained kit 
The host application automatically tries to connect to the XMEGA-B1 Xplained kit. 
When connection with the XMEGA-B1 Xplained kit is successful, the application 
displays some information related to the firmware (firmware revision, version of silicon 
the firmware was built for, and ATxmega128B1 Silicon revision) as shown in 
Figure 5-6. Host application status bar. 
  
5.2.2.2 Using the host application to control the XMEGA-B1 Xplained 
 shows which parts of the panel can be used to control the XMEGA-B1 
Xplained.