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Quality Information Request  How can I get AT91SAM Quality and Reliability information ? ... 
SDRAM Burst Length  What is the SDRAM Burst Length?  
Maximum NandFlash size  What is the maximum NandFlash size I can interface?  
LCD Controller BGR/RGB compliant  Is my AT91SAM9 LCD Controller BGR or RGB compliant?  
Nandflash compatibility with the BootROM - Block 0 valid without ECC  AT91SAM9 NANDFlash Boot requires NandFlash with blo... 
Use of LDM/STM with PDC  How to reduce the impact of LDM and STM instructions on PDC d... 
Errata on SAM9G45 / SAM9M10 CU-ES and CU-ES2 revision A Devices (Engineering Samples of rev A only)  Errata on SAM9G45 / SAM9M10 CU-ES and CU-ES2 revision A Devic... 
Can I use a Programmable Clock Output (PCKx pin) to clock my Ethernet PHY?  Can I use a Programmable Clock Output (PCKx pin) to clock my ... 
TWI clock is less than specified  TWI clock is less than specified  
Communication with the TWI fails  Communication with the TWI fails  
TWI ends the transfer by sending a STOP condition in Master Transmitter Mode  TWI ends the transfer by sending a STOP condition in Master T... 
How to use the CDC version of SAM-BA?  How to use the CDC version of SAM-BA ?  
Sample and Hold Time (SHTIM) versus Source Output Impedance  Sample and Hold Time (SHTIM) versus Source Output Impedance ... 
Why does the EBI seems frozen in some circumstances when i use the PC6/NWAIT pin as an I/O line ?  Why does the EBI seems frozen in some circumstances when i us... 
Which parts of the AT91 Family are 5V tolerant ?  Which parts of the AT91 Family are 5V tolerant ?  
Why does my LCD display become black when the ARM926 enters in idle state?  I put the LCD frame buffer in internal SRAM. When the ARM926 ... 
What is the rising/falling time of AT91SAM IOs?  What is the rising/falling time of AT91SAM IOs? ... 
What is the maximum supported LPDDR-SDRAM size for the SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 devices?  What i... 
SMC Chip Select Configuration update  Do we have any constraints when updating the SMC chip select ... 
What is the maximum supported DDR2-SDRAM size for the SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 devices?  What is the maximum supported DDR2-SDRAM size for the SAM9G45... 
Common connections of the AT91 products?  What are the common connections of the AT91 products? BMS, NW... 
SDRAM Chip Select remains low  Why does my SDRAM Chip Select remain low? ... 
Using PDC, how to toggle SPI Chip Select between each data transfer?  ... 
SDRAM Acronyms & Supported SDRAM Devices  SDRAM Acronyms & Supported SDRAM Devices  
Tolerant PIO vs Compliant PIO  What is the difference between Tolerant PIO and Compliant PIO... 
What are the different clocks that need to be enabled for the USB Host or the LCD Controllers on the SAM9261?  What are the different clocks that need to be enabled for the... 
AT91SAM7S devices over consumption on VDDIO in low power mode  When entering the AT91SAM7S devices in low power mode, I have... 
DDR2 Hardware Considerations on SAM9G45 devices  DDR2 Hardware Considerations on SAM9G45 devices  
Use of external clock source signal instead of crystal  Can I use external clock source to on-chip input pin instead ... 
AT91RM9200 SDRAM in 16-bit data bus mode  How do I connect an SDRAM to AT91RM9200 in 16-bit data bus mo... 
How to connect my Intel / Numonyx Strataflash ?  ... 
PLL Filter Calculator Fn Parameter  What is the PLL Filter Calculator Fn Parameter?  
PWM Channel Polarity Inversion  When I disable one of the PWM Channels to reconfigure it and ... 
Maximum SDRAM Clock speed  What is the maximum SDRAM Clock speed?  
PLL Filter  What is the PLL Filter for?  
Timer Counter Interrupt  Why is the Timer Counter Interrupt only serviced once?  
AT91SAM9261 revision B (AT91SAM9261B) DataFlash and Serial Flash Boot ROM limitation  AT91SAM9261 revision B (AT91SAM9261B) DataFlash / Serial FLas... 
Start and Stop bits of the USART in Synchronous Mode  Is it possible to disable the Start bit and the Stop bit when... 
Unused I/Os  How to configure unused PIO?  
Level on PLLRC Pin  What is the PLLRC pin voltage level?  
AT91SAM9G20 Boot ROM issues & SAM-BA Boot  ... 
High Speed USB Data Rate  Is AT91SAM UDPHS reaching 480Mbps?  
NWAIT control signal considerations  NWAIT control signal considerations  
NCS0 signal specification during Reset  NCS0 signal specification during Reset  
AT91SAM9 LCD Resolution  Which maximum LCD TFT pan... 
SDRAM tRC/tRFC wrong programming may decrease SDRAM performance  SDRAM tRC/tRFC wrong programming may decrease SDRAM performan... 
Not able to put the chip in ultra low power mode as specified in the datasheet  How do I put the chip in ultra low power mode as specified in... 
Are AT91 devices sensitive to frequency drift?  Are AT91 devices sensitive to frequency drift?  
How should I connect XIN and XOUT pins when main oscillator is used in Bypass Mode?  How should I connect XIN and XOUT pins when main oscillator i... 
Nandflash compatibility with the BootROM  What are the parameters to check when choosing a nandflash as... 
External Reset Circuitry  Is an external RC circuitry necessary on the RST pin?  
External Brown Out Detector (BOD)  Do I need to add an external BOD IC to Flash based AT91SAM de... 
Is the ARM7TDMI 32x8 Multiplier single-cycle?  Is the ARM7TDMI 32x8 Multiplier single-cycle?  
Sockets & Adapters for AT91 Products  Where can I find Sockets & Adapters for AT91 Products ? ... 
How do I access the JTAG boundary scan on the AT91M40800, AT91R40807, AT91R40008, AT91M40807, AT91F40816, AT91FR4081 and the ATFR40161?  How do I access the JTAG boundary scan on the AT91M40800, AT9... 
JTAG Clock Issues on ARM926EJ-S  I can't succeed in connecting my ARM926EJ-S microcontroller e... 
Does AT91M40800-33AI run at 40MHz ?  Does AT91M40800-33AI run at 40MHz ?  
Clock Management  How to understand clock management within the AT91SAM datashe... 
AT91EB40A's 66MHz 3.3v SMT Crystal Oscillator datasheet  Where can I find the datasheet for the 66MHz 3.3v SMT Crystal... 
JTAG Interface vs. JTAG/ICE Interface  What is the difference between the JTAG Interface and the JTA... 
Spurious Interrupt  What is a Spurious Interrupt?  
AT91RM9200, 32.768 kHz Crystal Oscillator, board design example (BGA Package)  Do you have a board design example for place and route around... 
Controller Area Network (CAN) Peripheral: How to Abort a message?  I am trying to abort a Transmit CAN message. First of all, I ... 
Core and IO voltage power-up sequence and constraint  Core and IO voltage power-up sequence and constraint?  
SDRAM software initialization  On my custom board, I'm not able to load files with a size hi... 
AT91SAM PLL jittering  AT91SAM PLL jittering  
Data Out Valid after NWR High Timing (EBI18)  Is the EBI18 Timing the same when Standard Wait States are in... 
CAN Controller Permanent Pending Interrupt  If I enable either ERRA, ERRP, WARN or BOFF CAN bus state int... 
AT91SAM7S debugging setup with interrupts and JTAG/ICE  Why do interrupts not work correctly when debugging my applic... 
How should I select compatible crystals for AT91 devices?  How should I select compatible crystals for AT91 dev... 
Does AT91 product family feature PWM generation ?  Does AT91 product family feature PWM generation ?  
My AT91RM9200 does not seem to work  What are the critical signals?  
AT91SAM9261 Recommended PLL Initialization (PMC_PLLICPR configuration)  When do I need to configure the PMC_PLLICPR register?  
Capacitances on Oscillator  Do I have the correct capacitance values on my crystal?  
AT91SAM7 and AT91SAM9XE Embedded Flash Write/Erase cycle number  The AT91SAM7 or AT91SAM9XE datasheet states that the internal... 
Ethernet Physical Layer Transceiver (PHY) supported by the AT91RM9200  Do you have part numbers for Ethernet Physical Layer Transcei... 
Ethernet switch Interfacing  How do I interface an Ethernet switch with an AT91RM9200 to p... 
Different Maximum running frequencies given according to the Atmel 's Documentations  There are several running frequencies given according to the ... 
Multi-ICE JTAG and Debugger Connection Issues  When I connect the Multi-ICE to my target and start my debugg... 
32-bit Internal memory access modes  What are the access modes for Internal SRAM : Byte (8-bit), H... 
AT91 MIPS performances  AT91 ARM7TDMI-Based Microcontrollers MIPS performances ?  
AT91 SPI Bus Protocol Mode: CPOL-CPHA-NCPHA  AT91 SPI Bus Protocol Mode: CPOL-CPHA-NCPHA  
AT91R40807, AT91FR4081, AT91FR40161 Internal 128-Kbyte SRAM Memory Protection  I cannot write into the Internal 128-Kbyte SRAM memory, why ?... 
AT91RM9200 Boot Rom problem using 8-bit parallel memories on NCS0  Problem when trying to use the internal Boot Rom to access to... 
AT91RM9200 Boundary Scan  How can I manage the SDRAM by boundary scan for the AT91RM920... 
AT91SAM RTT Issues  What are the different issues regarding the possible clocks a...