Atmel QT600
Quick Start Guide
Touch Solutions
Looking to take your design to the next level?
You have made the right choice in purchasing
the Atmel® QT600 Development Kit. It allows
you to demo Atmel button, slider and wheel
technology and add additional modules/boards.
The kit also to enables you to validate your
own design/board while leveraging the best
touch and microcontroller solutions available.
Introduction
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Download the latest software
To get started, visit http://www.atmel.com/qtouchsuite and download four pieces of software:
• Atmel QTouch Studio® (version 4.3 or later) - Visual Studio + .NET (version 3.5 or later)
• Atmel AVR® Studio (version 4.18 or later) AND ALL Service Packs (SPx)
• Atmel QTouch® Library (version 4.3 or later)
• GNU Compiler – Download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/files
The photo above shows three sets of boards (sensor board and corresponding microcontroller board):
• QTouch8 with the ATtiny88
• QTouch16 with either the ATXMEGA128A1 or the ATmega324
• QMatrix 8x8 with either the ATXMEGA128A1 or the ATmega324
*UC3L MCU board in 2011
Atmel QTouch8
Atmel QMatrix 8x8
Atmel ATXMEGA128A1
Atmel QTouch16
Atmel ATtiny88
Atmel QT600 interface
Atmel ATmega324
Figure 1 – The Atmel QT600 Evaluation Kit includes these microcontroller and sensor boards
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Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
Connect the kit modules
1 QTouch8 with ATtiny88
Choose the QTouch8 and the ATtiny88:
1.1 Open the Atmel AVR Studio®
1.2 Select Open in Project Wizard window
1.3 Select C:\Program Files\Atmel\Atmel_QTouch_Libaries_4.3\Generic_QTouch_Libraries\AVR_Tiny_Mega_
XMega\QTouch\ example_projects\QT600_ATtiny88_gnu_qt8
1.4 Connect the 6-conductor ribbon cable from the ISP header on the ATtiny88 board to the ISP/PDI header on the
QT600 Interface board
1.5 Connect the flex cable from the QTouch8 board to the ATtiny88 board
1.6 Connect the USB cable between your PC and the QT600 Interface board (Three LEDs should light up—then hold
the button down for five seconds until the ‘Touch Data’ LED turns off)
1.7 In AVR Studio, click the ‘Con’ button on the top toolbar
1.8 Select QT600 as the Platform and USB as the Port, and then click connect
2
VTG Jumper
Figure 2 – Close-up of the Atmel QT600 interface board and location of the VTG
Note: On the main QT600 control board, make sure the jumper is in place on the VTG. The board should be configured as above:
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Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
Affix the rubber stoppers to
QTouch8 (4), QTouch16 (4),
QMatrix 8x8 (6), and the QT600
main controller board (4) leaving
two spares.
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1.9 Select Main tab
1.9.1 Device and Signature Bytes = ATtiny88
1.9.2 Programming Mode and Target Settings = ISP Mode
1.9.2.1 Settings ISP Freq = 200.0kHz (click Write)
1.10 Select HW Settings tab
1.10.1 VTarget = Target Voltage: 3.3V (click Write)
1.11 Select Program tab
1.11.1 Flash
1.11.1.1 Input HEX File = C:\Program Files\Atmel\Atmel_QTouch_Libaries_4.3\Generic_QTouch_
Libraries\AVR_Tiny_Mega_XMega\QTouch\example_projects\QT600_ATtiny88_gnu.hex
1.11.1.2 Click Program (STATUS LED on Interface Board turns red during programming then back to
green when programming is complete)
1.12 Disconnect the USB cable from PC
1.13 Remove the 6-conductor ribbon cable
1.14 Connect the 10-conductor ribbon cable between the TOUCH DATA headers on the ATtiny88 and
interface boards
1.15 Reconnect the USB cable to PC
1.16 In Atmel® AVR Studio®, click on the ‘QT’ icon in the toolbar to launch Atmel QTouch Studio®
1.17 In QTouch Studio
1.17.1 Make sure that the Application Mode on the left side is set to Analysis Mode
1.17.2 Just below (under Touch Data Read Control), click Start Reading
1.17.3 QTouch Studio is now reading touch data from your QT600. You will see changes in the Virtual Kit View
as you touch the sensor regions on the QTouch8 board.
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Program
and run
the demo
Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
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Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
Figure 3 – Atmel QTouch8 Sensor
Board Displayed on CPU Monitor
Figure 4 – Complete Set-up for the Atmel QTouch8 sensor board: The sensor board is
connected to the ATtiny88, which in turn is connected to the interface board
Sensor Board /
MCU Board
1.2)
To Program
1.6.1)
Main Lab - Device
and Signature Bytes
1.61)
Main Tab - Programming Mode
and Target Settings
1.7)
HW Setting tab
1.11)
To Program
and Run
1.8)
Program Tab --> Flash Hex Files
c:\Programs Files\Atmel_QTouch_Libaries_4.3\
Generic_QTouch_Libraries\AVR_Tiny_Mega_
XMega\
QTouch8 /
ATtiny88 6-conductor
ribbon cable
into ISP pins
ATtiny88
ISP Mode
(Settings = ISP Frequency =
200kHz)
VTarget = Target
Voltage: 3.3V
(click Write)
10-conductor
ribbon cable
into TOUCH
DATA
QTouch\example_projects\
QT600_ATtiny88_gnu.hex
ATouch16 /
ATXMEGA128A1 10-conductor
ribbon cable
into JTAG pins
ATxmega128A1
JTAG Mode (Settings = ‘Target
device is not part of a JTAG daisy
chain’)
VTarget = Target
Voltage: 3.3V
(click Write)
10-conductor
ribbon cable
into TOUCH
DATA
QTouch\example_projects\
QT600_ATxmega128a1_qt16_gnu.hex
QMatrix 8x8 /
ATmega324 10-conductor
ribbon cable
into JTAG pins
ATmega324PA
JTAG Mode (Settings = ‘Target
device is not part of a JTAG daisy
chain’)
VTarget = Target
Voltage: 3.3V
(click Write)
10-conductor
ribbon cable
into TOUCH
DATA
QMatrix\example_projects\
QT600_ATmega324_qm64_gnu.hex
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Connect Kit Modules
2 QTouch16 with ATmega324 and QMatrix 8x8 with ATXMEGA128A1
2.1 By using the table below and following the same procedures as in step number 1 above, you can program and run
both of these boards
Figure 6 – Complete set-up for the Atmel QTouch16 sensor board: The sensor board is connected to the Atmel ATXMEGA128A1, which in turn
is connected to the interface board
1
5
Figure 5 – Atmel® QTouch16 sensor board displayed on CPU monitor
Figure 8 – Complete set-up for the Atmel® QMatrix 8x8 sensor board: The sensor board is connected to the Atmel ATmega324, which in turn is
connected to the interface board
Figure 7 – Atmel QMatrix 8x8 sensor board displayed on CPU monitor
References
Atmel QTouch® Library User Guide - http://www.atmel.com/lib/pdf/Atmel_TLib3-1_CreateProjectV14_IAR+GCC.pdf
Atmel Touch Sensors Design Guide - http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc10620.pdf
Application Notes - http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/app_notes.asp?family_id=697
Atmel® QT600 Application Note – Coming soon
Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
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Atmel QT600 Quick Start Guide
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