The Xplained Pro is an evaluation platform that contains a series of microcontroller boards (evaluation kits) and extension boards. Atmel Studio/MPLAB® is used to program and debug the microcontrollers on these boards. Atmel Studio includes an Advanced Software Framework (ASF) and Atmel START/MPLAB Harmony v3, which has drivers, demo code and Data Visualizer that supports data streaming and advanced debugging.
The Xplained Pro evaluation kits can be connected to a wide range of Xplained Pro extension boards through standardized headers and connectors. Xplained Pro extension boards have identification (ID) chips to uniquely identify which boards are connected to the Xplained Pro evaluation kits.