Minimus AVR USB - Powered By Atmel. Groovy.
Presenting Minimus, a high quality production grade AVR USB Development Unit that is clean in design, low in cost and readily available to resellers around the globe. There are hundreds of projects available for the AVR USB hobbyist looking for a powerful yet cost effective solution. Works with Open Source LUFA USB firmware library and Open Source LibUSB software library.
News: 10/4/2010:
The Minimus 32 AVR USB is now on sale. It is 1:1 identical to the Minimus V1 - except this is powered by the 32k ATMEGA32U2 AVR Controller. On Sale Now !
News: 10/1/2010:
Due to many requests here is a simple code to test all LED's and Buttons to show you the Minimus working correctly. We have included the full source code so you can have a play yourself :) - DOWNLOAD HERE
We are also being asked about extra memory for the Minimus. Remember guys this is a full development unit. The AT90USB162 has access to SPI calls - so of course there are many things you can do such as adding SD/MMC readers etc. The Open Source developments are wonderful and available in many many places :)
Our friends at Team Xecuter have also designed a really nice case that will be sold as an optional extra. It's in production right now so keep an eye for it at your favorite reseller store.
avrfreaks.net - fourwalledcubicle.com - winavr.sourceforge.net - avrtv.com
The Minimus AVR USB is powered by an Atmel AT90USB162 and the Minimus 32 AVR USB is powered by an Atmel ATmega32U2 that is pre-programmed with the bootloader which allows code to be programmed inside the chip without any external programmer, just download the FLIP software from Atmel's web site and load your HEX code.
Updated Instructions v1.4 (4th October 2010)
v1.4 Changes
- Added Minimus 32 Information
v1.3 Changes
- Added Mac OSX Programming Instructions
v1.2 Changes
- Added megaupload links to Atmel Flip v3.4.1 inc JRE
- Added instructions to manually install drivers
- Added technical info for HEX compiling
- Added info to enable all 3 LED's
v1.1 Changes
- Added Info on DFU Mode
- Added link for Windows Vista & 7 Drivers (Both x86 and x64)
Click Here for a high quality image of the Minimus AVR USB
Minimus Product Specifications:
ATMEL AT90USB162 (Minimus v1) / ATMEL ATmega32U2 (Minimus 32)
22 Programmable I/O Lines
16Kbyte Flash (Minimus v1) / 32Kbyte Flash (Minimus32)
512 Byte SRAM (Minimus v1) / 1024 Byte SRAM (Minimus 32)
512 byte EEPROM (Minimus v1) / 1024 Byte EEPROM (Minimus 32)
16 MIPS Throughput
USB 2.0 High Speed
5V USB Powered
16MHz Quartz Crystal Oscillator Circuit
Power / Status LED's
Male USB Connector - No Cable Required
Access to all 22 I/O's
Easy Program / Update with Atmel FLIP (Flexible In-system Programmer)
Robust HW/Reset Buttons (Simple Once-Only Operation When Programming)
Full LUFA Compatability
Full LibUSB Compatability
Simple Plug n Play
Atmel FLIP Software Drivers: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3886
Software Compatible With Windows 9x / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 and Linux.
High Quality production quality at the famous Xecuter factory.
Here are some development resources for AVR USB Development:
AVR-USB-162 blink LED demo code (C source and HEX)
AVR-USB-162 button demo code (C source and HEX)
AVR-USB-162 frequency generator (C code and HEX)
AVR-USB-162 mouse demo code C source
AVR-USB-162 virtual COM port demo code C source
MyUSB LGPL USB stack from Dean Camera