I inquired with Atmel. After several days, this is what they said. It's not very clear, but seems to say I can't use PDI with Dragon and A3U (the product page says PDI "with selected devices").
> There is no such known issue. We can program and debug with dragon for > ATxemga256A3U device using JTAG interface only. > > Please ensure that the dragon firmware is upgraded. > > In Atmel Studio 6.1 (connect AVR dragon) > View -> Available Atmel Tools -> click on the connected dragon -> right click > -> click on upgrade > > Help -> View Help -> Atmel Studio -> Device Support -> Comment from the > tables -< Note 2 > > XMEGA PDI mode on AVR Dragon does NOT work ATxemga256AU3 XMEGA device. To use > PDI interface in these device we have to use debugger like JTAGICE 3 tool. > > Please refer the AVR1012: Xmega A schematic check list (page number: 2 - > power supply, 14 - JTAG connections) which is available at the following path > http://www.atmel.com/Images/doc8278.pdf > > Sorry for the inconvenience. On Apr 28, 2013, at 12:51 , Joerg Wunsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ATxmega256A3U, not sure what revision. > > A3U devices are supposed to work; they are new enough. > -- > cheers, Joerg .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL > > http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > > _______________________________________________ > AVR-chat mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat -- Rick _______________________________________________ AVR-chat mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat
