Getting started with Atmel SAMS3S

Overview

This is a template for getting started with Atmel SAM3S ARM Cortex-M3. It includes all you need to compile a basic blinky example.

Setup of the toolchain (Linux and Mac OS)

First step, you must setup the pre-build toolchain for ARM Cortex-M.

cd toolchain/
make install

For Linux 64-bit machine, you should first install the following 32-bit libraries:

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

Build the blinky example

Now, you are ready to compile the simple blinky example.

cd projects/blinky/
make all

Or the blinky example using FreeRTOS.

cd projects/blinky_FreeRTOS
make all

Upload binary (using BOSSA)

make upload

Documentation

Atmel SAM3S datasheet: http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-6500-32-bit-Cortex-M3-Microcontroller-SAM3S4-SAM3S2-SAM3S1_Datasheet.pdf

Atmel SAM3S Getting Started: http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-42152-Getting-Started-With-SAM3S-Microcontrollers_Application-Note_AT03499.pdf

GCC compiler for ARM Cortex: https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded

FreeRTOS: http://www.freertos.org/

BOSSA: http://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA

Olimex SAM3-H256 board: https://www.olimex.com/Products/ARM/Atmel/SAM3-H256/

Author

Christopher Schindler