RELEASE NOTES Atmel Studio 6.1 Welcome to Atmel Studio Atmel Studio is the integrated development environment from Atmel. It provides you a modern and powerful environment for doing AVR and ARM development. Get started by exploring the included example projects. Run your solution on a starter or evaluation kit. Program and debug your project with the included simulator, or use one of the powerful on-chip debugging and programming tools from Atmel. Get productive with the various navigate, refactor and intellisense features in the included editor. Experience seamless integration with various 1 2 Atmel web services like Atmel Video Lounge , Atmel Store and datasheets to keep you updated and help you to design your solutions. 3 With strong extension possibilities and online gallery , it is possible for both designers and 3rd party to provide plug-ins and customize the environment for best use and productivity. Atmel Studio carries and integrates the GCC toolchain for both AVR and ARM, Atmel Software Framework, AVR Assembler and Simulator. All newest Atmel tools are supported including Embedded Debugger, AVR ONE , JTAGICE mkII, JTAGICE3, STK500, STK600, QT600, AVRISP mkII, AVR Dragon and SAM- ICE. For a detailed list of supported devices and tools please see Supported Devices on page 19. 1 Table of Contents Welcome to Atmel Studio ............................................................. 1 1. Installation Instructions .......................................................... 3 1.1. System requirements ........................................................... 3 1.1.1. Supported operating systems .................................... 3 1.1.2. Supported architectures ............................................ 3 1.1.3. Hardware requirements .............................................. 3 1.2. Downloading and installing .................................................... 3 2. FAQ ......................................................................................... 5 3. New and Noteworthy ............................................................ 8 3.1. Atmel Studio 6.1 ................................................................... 8 3.2. Atmel Studio 6.0 ................................................................... 8 3.3. AVR Studio 5.1 ................................................................... 8 4. Atmel Studio Extensions ..................................................... 10 5. Bugs and New Features ....................................................... 11 5.1. New features ...................................................................... 11 5.2. Notable bugs fixed ............................................................... 11 5.3. Known issues ..................................................................... 14 6. Supported Devices ................................................................ 19 6.1. AVR UC3 ......................................................................... 19 6.2. AVR Mega .......................................................................... 20 6.3. SAM .................................................................................. 23 6.4. AVR Tiny ........................................................................... 25 6.5. AVR Xmega ........................................................................ 26 7. Device Notes ....................................................................... 28 8. Contact Information and Disclaimer ...................................... 29 8.1. Disclaimer ........................................................................ 29 9. Document Revision History ................................................... 30 Atmel Studio 6.1 RELEASE NOTES 2 42130A-MCU-04/2013