diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile b/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile
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+MODULE = board
+
+DIRS = $(RIOTBOARD)/common/atmega
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.dep b/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.dep
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+USEMODULE += boards_common_atmega
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.features b/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.features
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+CPU = atmega1284p
+
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_adc
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio periph_gpio_irq
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_i2c
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_spi
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_uart
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.include b/boards/atmega1284p/Makefile.include
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+# configure the terminal program
+PORT_LINUX ?= /dev/ttyUSB0
+PORT_DARWIN ?= $(firstword $(sort $(wildcard /dev/tty.usbmodem*)))
+BAUD ?= 9600
+ATMEGA328P_CLOCK ?=
+include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/serial.inc.mk
+
+# Allow overwriting programmer via env variables without affecting other boards
+PROGRAMMER_BOARD_ATMEGA1284P ?= dragon_isp
+# ICSP programmer to use for avrdude
+PROGRAMMER ?= $(PROGRAMMER_BOARD_ATMEGA1284P)
+
+ifneq (,$(ATMEGA1284P_CLOCK))
+ CFLAGS += -DCLOCK_CORECLOCK=$(ATMEGA1284P_CLOCK)
+endif
+
+include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/avrdude.inc.mk
+include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/atmega/Makefile.include
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/doc.txt b/boards/atmega1284p/doc.txt
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+/**
+@defgroup boards_atmega1284p Standalone ATmega1284P
+@ingroup boards
+@brief Support for using the ATmega1284P as standalone board
+
+## Overview
+
+As the ATmega1284P can run from the internal oscillator, placing it on a
+breadboard, connecting an USB-UART adapter and power is enough to run RIOT on
+it. (An ISP programmer will be needed to program it; or to program a bootloader
+to subsequently allow programming via UART.)
+
+### MCU
+| MCU | ATmega328p |
+|:------------- |:-------------------------------------- |
+| Family | AVR/ATmega |
+| Vendor | Microchip (previously Atmel) |
+| RAM | 16KiB |
+| Flash | 128KiB |
+| EEPROM | 4KiB |
+| Frequency | 8MHz (up to 20MHz with external clock) |
+| Timers | 3 (2x 8bit, 1x 16bit) |
+| ADCs | 6 analog input pins |
+| UARTs | 1 |
+| SPIs | 1 |
+| I2Cs | 1 (called TWI) |
+| Vcc | 2.7V - 5.5V (when clocked at 8MHz) |
+| Datasheet | [Official datasheet](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/Atmel-42719-ATmega1284P_Datasheet.pdf) |
+
+### Pinout
+
+\htmlonly\endhtmlonly
+@image html "http://i.imgur.com/ayagBbM.png" "Pinout of the ATmega1284P"
+
+The pinout image was posted in the
+[Arduino Forum](https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=322745.0).
+All credit goes to its poster, hansibull.
+
+### Clock Frequency
+
+The ATmega1284P has two internal oscillators clocked at 8MHz and at 128kHz that
+allow it to be operated without any external clock source or crystal. By default
+the fuses are configured to use the internal 8MHz oscillator, but the `CKDIV8`
+fuse is set, so that the clock is divided down to 1MHz. By disabling the
+`CKDIV8` fuse the clock will operate at 8MHz. This is highly encouraged, and
+can be done with:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+avrdude -c dragon_isp -p m1284p -B 32 -U lfuse:w:0xc2:m
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+(Replace `dragon_isp` with the programmer you are using. The -B 32 might be
+needed for some programmers to successfully communicate with ATmegas clocked at
+less than 2MHz. It will no longer be needed after disabling `CKDIV8`.)
+
+By setting the environment variable `ATMEGA1284P_CLOCK` to a custom frequency in
+Hz (e.g. `1000000` for 1MHz), this core clock can be changed easily. Refer to
+the datasheet on how to configure the ATmega1284p to use an external crystal,
+an external clock source or the clock divider.
+
+### Relation Between Supply Voltage, Clock Frequency and Power Consumption
+
+A higher supply voltage results in a higher current drawn. Thus, lower power
+consumption can be achieved by using a lower supply voltage. However, higher
+clock frequencies require higher supply voltages for reliable operation.
+
+The lowest possible supply voltage at 8 MHz is 2.7V (with some safety margin).
+
+## Flashing the Device
+
+In order to flash the ATmega1284P without a bootloader, an ISP programmer is
+needed. Connect the programmer as follows:
+
+| ISCP pin | ATmega1284P |
+|:-------- |:-------------- |
+| MISO | 7/PB6/MISO |
+| VCC | 10/VCC |
+| SCK | 8/PB7/SCK |
+| MOSI | 6/PB5/MOSI |
+| RESET | 9/RESET |
+| Ground | 11/GND |
+
+The tool `avrdude` needs to be installed. When using the AVR Dragon for
+programming, running
+
+ make BOARD=atmega1284p flash
+
+will take care of everything. To use the programmer `` instead, run
+
+ make BOARD=atmega1284p PROGRAMMER= flash
+
+## Serial Terminal
+
+Connect a TTL adapter with pins 14/RXD0 and 15/TXD0 an run
+
+ make BOARD=atmega1284p term
+
+Please note that the supply voltage should be compatible with the logic level of
+the TTL adapter. Usually everything between 3.3 V and 5 V should work.
+
+ */
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/include/board.h b/boards/atmega1284p/include/board.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
+ * 2016 Laurent Navet
+ * 2019 Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup boards_atmega1284p
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief Board specific definitions for the standalone ATmega1284P "board"
+ *
+ * @author Marian Buschsieweke
+ * @author Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
+ * @author Laurent Navet
+ */
+
+#ifndef BOARD_H
+#define BOARD_H
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "periph_conf.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @name STDIO configuration
+ *
+ * As the CPU is too slow to handle 115200 baud, we set the default
+ * baudrate to 9600 for this board
+ * @{
+ */
+#define STDIO_UART_BAUDRATE (9600U)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @name xtimer configuration values
+ * @{
+ */
+#define XTIMER_WIDTH (16)
+#if CLOCK_CORECLOCK > 4000000UL
+#define XTIMER_HZ (CLOCK_CORECLOCK / 64)
+#else
+#define XTIMER_HZ (CLOCK_CORECLOCK / 8)
+#endif
+#define XTIMER_BACKOFF (40)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Initialize board specific hardware, including clock, LEDs and std-IO
+ */
+void board_init(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* BOARD_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/boards/atmega1284p/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/atmega1284p/include/periph_conf.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup boards_atmega1284p
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief Peripheral MCU configuration for the ATmega1284p standalone "board"
+ *
+ * @author Marian Buschsieweke
+ */
+
+#ifndef PERIPH_CONF_H
+#define PERIPH_CONF_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @name Clock configuration
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef CLOCK_CORECLOCK
+/* Using 8MHz internal oscillator as default clock source */
+#define CLOCK_CORECLOCK (8000000UL)
+#endif
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#include "periph_conf_atmega_common.h"
+
+#endif /* PERIPH_CONF_H */