MICROCHIP ATSTK600

ATSTK600 is a complete starter kit and development system for 8bit and 32bit AVR microcontrollers that gives designers a quick start to develop code on the AVR, with advanced features for prototyping and testing new designs. The AVR device connects to the STK600 using an innovative routing and socket card sandwich system, which routes the signals from the device to the appropriate hardware. The system consists of a generic socket card, on which the AVR device is inserted, and a device specific signal routing card, which routes the signals from the socket pins to the different functions on the STK600 main board dependant on the device. This design simplifies hardware setup when switching from one AVR device to another, since all connections from the device to the motherboard are determined by the routing card, a custom board for each device. The routing system is purely passive, so all I/O pins are directly accessible on the connectors with no altering of the electrical behaviour.