2.1 ATA8510-EK1 Evaluation Kit

For an easy start to the product evaluation, Microchip offers an evaluation kit as illustrated in the following figure.
Figure 2-1. ATA8510-EK1 Evaluation Kit Setup

The evaluation kit consists of the following boards:

  • ATSAMC21 Xplained Pro Design board
  • ATA5831 Xplained Pro Application board
  • ATAB8510B Mobile Application board
  • ATOLED1 Xplained Pro board

When the ATSAMC21 Xplained Pro board is connected to a PC, the ATSAMC21 XPRO design board acts as a host controller and handles the data transfer between the PC and UHF device. Tasks, such as mode start, data transfer, memory access and event monitoring, are handled by the host controller. The ATAB8510B Mobile Application board is a handheld board, and requires only a coin cell battery, CR2032, for operation. The evaluation kit can measure various parameters with a mobile device, and uses the UHF link to exchange the data with the ATA5831 Xplained Pro board. For more information about the measurement details, the programming and the demo application flow, refer to the User Guide for the Evaluation Kit ATA8510-EK1 and latest version of the ATA8510 EK1 Tool Pack.