The STK500 is a starter kit and development system for Atmel AVR® 8-Bit RISC Flash microcontrollers. You can use the STK500 for quick code and prototype development. The starter kit interfaces with AVR Studio® Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for code writing and debugging. Applications include automotive (car access), home appliances (white goods), lighting (fluorescent ballasts), smart energy (data concentrators) and PC peripherals (large and small I/O devices, PC accessories).

Features & Benefits of the STK500 Starter Kit
•RS-232 Interface to PC for programming and control
•Power Supply: +10 to +15 Vdc
•Sockets for 8-pin, 20-pin, 28-pin, and 40-pin AVR devices
•Parallel and serial high-voltage programming of AVR devices
•Serial In-System Programming (ISP) of AVR devices
•In-System Programmer for Programming AVR devices in an external target system
•Compatible with the STK501 expansion module which adds 64-pin support

Two 10-wire cables for I/O ports and parallel mode programming, 6-wire ISP cable, four 2-wire cables for UART and DataFlash connections, 9-pin RS-232 cable, DC power cable, CD with datasheets and software and AT90S8515-8PC sample microcontroller.