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7 /** \mainpage CDC Class USB AVR Bootloader
8 *
9 * \section Sec_Compat Demo Compatibility:
10 *
11 * The following list indicates what microcontrollers are compatible with this demo.
12 *
13 * - Series 7 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx7)
14 * - Series 6 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx6)
15 * - Series 4 USB AVRs (ATMEGAxxU4)
16 * - Series 2 USB AVRs (AT90USBxx2, ATMEGAxxU2)
17 *
18 * \section Sec_Info USB Information:
19 *
20 * The following table gives a rundown of the USB utilization of this demo.
21 *
22 * <table>
23 * <tr>
24 * <td><b>USB Mode:</b></td>
25 * <td>Device</td>
26 * </tr>
27 * <tr>
28 * <td><b>USB Class:</b></td>
29 * <td>Communications Device Class (CDC)</td>
30 * </tr>
31 * <tr>
32 * <td><b>USB Subclass:</b></td>
33 * <td>Abstract Control Model (ACM)</td>
34 * </tr>
35 * <tr>
36 * <td><b>Relevant Standards:</b></td>
37 * <td>USBIF CDC Class Standard</td>
38 * </tr>
39 * <tr>
40 * <td><b>Usable Speeds:</b></td>
41 * <td>Full Speed Mode</td>
42 * </tr>
43 * </table>
44 *
45 * \section Sec_Description Project Description:
46 *
47 * This bootloader enumerates to the host as a CDC Class device (virtual serial port), allowing for AVR109
48 * protocol compatible programming software to load firmware onto the AVR.
49 *
50 * Out of the box this bootloader builds for the USB1287, and will fit into 4KB of bootloader space. If
51 * you wish to enlarge this space and/or change the AVR model, you will need to edit the BOOT_START and MCU
52 * values in the accompanying makefile.
53 *
54 * When the bootloader is running, the board's LED(s) will flash at regular intervals to distinguish the
55 * bootloader from the normal user application.
56 *
57 * \section Sec_Installation Driver Installation
58 *
59 * After running this bootloader for the first time on a new computer, you will need to supply the .INF
60 * file located in this bootloader project's directory as the device's driver when running under Windows.
61 * This will enable Windows to use its inbuilt CDC drivers, negating the need for custom drivers for the
62 * device. Other Operating Systems should automatically use their own inbuilt CDC-ACM drivers.
63 *
64 * \section Sec_HostApp Host Controller Application
65 *
66 * This bootloader is compatible with the open source application AVRDUDE, Atmel's AVRPROG, or other
67 * applications implementing the AVR109 protocol, which is documented on the Atmel website as an application
68 * note.
69 *
70 * \subsection SSec_AVRDude AVRDUDE (Windows, Mac, Linux)
71 *
72 * AVRDude is a free, cross-platform and open source command line programmer for Atmel and third party AVR
73 * programmers. It is available on the the Windows platform as part of the "WinAVR" package, or on other systems
74 * either from a build from the official source code, or in many distributions as a precompiled binary package.
75 *
76 * To load a new HEX file with AVRDude, specify "AVR109" as the programmer, with the allocated COM port. On Windows
77 * platforms this will be a COMx port name:
78 * \code
79 * avrdude -c AVR109 -p at90usb1287 -P COM0 -U flash:w:Mouse.hex
80 * \endcode
81 *
82 * On Linux systems, this will typically be a /dev/ttyACMx port name:
83 * \code
84 * avrdude -c AVR109 -p at90usb1287 -P /dev/ttyACM0 -U flash:w:Mouse.hex
85 * \endcode
86 *
87 * Refer to the AVRDude project documentation for additional usage instructions.
88 *
89 * \section Sec_API User Application API
90 *
91 * Several user application functions for FLASH and other special memory area manipulations are exposed by the bootloader,
92 * allowing the user application to call into the bootloader at runtime to read and write FLASH data.
93 *
94 * By default, the bootloader API jump table is located 32 bytes from the end of the device's FLASH memory, and follows the
95 * following layout:
96 *
97 * \code
98 * #define BOOTLOADER_API_START(Index) (void*)(((FLASHEND - 32) + (2 * Index)) / 2)
99 * void (*BootloaderAPI_ErasePage)(uint32_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(0);
100 * void (*BootloaderAPI_WritePage)(uint32_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(1);
101 * void (*BootloaderAPI_FillWord)(uint32_t Address, uint16_t Word) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(2);
102 * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadSignature)(uint16_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(3);
103 * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadFuse)(uint16_t Address) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(4);
104 * uint8_t (*BootloaderAPI_ReadLock)(void) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(5);
105 * void (*BootloaderAPI_WriteLock)(uint8_t LockBits) = BOOTLOADER_API_START(6);
106 *
107 * #define BOOTLOADER_SIG_START (FLASHEND - 32)
108 * #define BOOTLOADER_SIGNATURE 0xDCFB
109 * \endcode
110 *
111 * Bootloaders reporting a device release revision number of 1.00 or greater are bootloader API enabled. From the application
112 * the API support of the bootloader can be detected by reading the FLASH memory bytes located at address \c BOOTLOADER_SIG_START
113 * and comparing them to the value \c BOOTLOADER_SIGNATURE.
114 *
115 * \section Sec_Options Project Options
116 *
117 * The following defines can be found in this demo, which can control the demo behaviour when defined, or changed in value.
118 *
119 * <table>
120 * <tr>
121 * <td><b>Define Name:</b></td>
122 * <td><b>Location:</b></td>
123 * <td><b>Description:</b></td>
124 * </tr>
125 * <tr>
126 * <td>NO_BLOCK_SUPPORT</td>
127 * <td>Makefile LUFA_OPTS</td>
128 * <td>Define to disable memory block read/write support in the bootloader, requiring all reads and writes to be made
129 * using the byte-level commands.</td>
130 * </tr>
131 * <tr>
132 * <td>NO_EEPROM_BYTE_SUPPORT</td>
133 * <td>Makefile LUFA_OPTS</td>
134 * <td>Define to disable EEPROM memory byte read/write support in the bootloader, requiring all EEPROM reads and writes
135 * to be made using the block-level commands.</td>
136 * </tr>
137 * <tr>
138 * <td>NO_FLASH_BYTE_SUPPORT</td>
139 * <td>Makefile LUFA_OPTS</td>
140 * <td>Define to disable FLASH memory byte read/write support in the bootloader, requiring all FLASH reads and writes
141 * to be made using the block-level commands.</td>
142 * </tr>
143 * <tr>
144 * <td>NO_LOCK_BYTE_WRITE_SUPPORT</td>
145 * <td>Makefile LUFA_OPTS</td>
146 * <td>Define to disable lock byte write support in the bootloader, preventing the lock bits from being set programmatically.</td>
147 * </tr>
148 * </table>
149 */
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