All Xplained Pro extension boards come with an identification chip (ATSHA204A CryptoAuthentication™ chip) to uniquely identify the boards that are connected to the Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit. This chip contains information that identifies the extension with its name and some extra data. When an Xplained Pro extension is connected to an Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit, the information is read and sent to the Atmel Studio/MPLAB® X. The following table shows the data fields stored in the ID chip with example content.
| Data Field | Data Type | Example Content |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | ASCII string | Microchip'\0' |
| Product name | ASCII string | Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro'\0' |
| Product revision | ASCII string | 02'\0' |
| Product serial number | ASCII string | 1774020200000010’\0’ |
| Minimum voltage [mV] | uint16_t | 3000 |
| Maximum voltage [mV] | uint16_t | 3600 |
| Maximum current [mA] | uint16_t | 30 |