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Atmel Extends Its Family of RF Car Access ICs With Introduction of Full Duplex RF Transceiver for Growing Passive Entry Go (PEG) Market
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Atmel Introduces Contactless RFID IC for LF RFID Applications
Atmel Corp has announced the availability of its new LF RFID IC ATA5558 with integrated anti-collision functionality. The ATA5558 is a contactless read/write (R/W) RFID device for multi- or single-tag applications in the low frequency (LF) range.
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Atmel's FingerChip Featured in FingerGear's Computer-On-a-Stick Biometric Edition
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and FingerGear(TM), the consumer products division of biometrics leader Bionopoly LLC, announced today the release of its groundbreaking Bio Computer-On-a-Stick(TM) USB Flash Drive now with fingerprint security. The Computer-On-a-Stick is the world's first bootable USB flash drive. The OS and all Desktop Software applications come preinstalled and occupy as little as 200Mb of flash memory. The device also features Atmel's FingerChip® sensor for convenient and accurate one-swipe secure data access, and a large font LCD display for the ultimate user- friendly experience.
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Atmel Introduces Integrated 4-Channel Power Management Unit in 3x3mm QFN
Atmel Corp has announced the release of its AT73C239 power management standard product, said to be the smallest 4x power supply power management unit (PMU) available on the market, with a QFN 3 x 3mm package.
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Atmel Announces 0.18um RF CMOS Foundry Process for Low Volume Applications
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced its 0.18 micron AT58900 RF CMOS process technology for ASIC foundry customers whose products require high speed, low power RF devices, such as those used in WLAN, WiMAX and ZigBee applications. This new process is manufactured on 200mm wafers and features 1.8V CMOS transistors and a vast array of passive components that include low tolerance analog poly resistors, N+ and P+ S/D resistors, and up to four metal layers. RF pads are included to help minimize interface impedance.
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Atmel Launches Highly Integrated RoHS-compliant SiGe Front-End IC for Private Mobile Radios (PMR)
Atmel(R) (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced the availability of a new Silicon Germanium (SiGe) based front-end IC, ATR0981. The use of SiGe technology, the simple yet flexible application circuit, and the device's wide operating frequency range (300 MHz to 500 MHz) make possible a broad range of applications, from hand-held family radios (private mobile radios, PMR) to meter readers. It is easy to design applications with low external component counts using this front-end device because of its high level of integration, including a very efficient power amplifier (PA) and a low-noise amplifier (LNA) for the receive path.
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Atmel Announces Three High Speed Low Power AVR Microcontrollers With 10-bit ADC in a 14-pin Package
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced
semiconductor solutions, announced three new members of the AVR(R) Flash Microcontroller family, targeting battery chargers, sensor end-points and low-end motor control applications.
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Atmel Extends Its AVR CAN Microcontroller Family for Industrial CAN Applications
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the introduction of the AT90CAN32 and the AT90CAN64, 8-bit AVR(R) Flash microcontrollers with extended CAN (Controller Area Network) capabilities. These new devices combine 16 MIPS processing speed with a rich feature set and an unmatched In-Application Programming (IAP) capability. They are perfectly suited for many CAN networking and industrial applications, including lifts, escalators, door modules in transportation and factory automation (I/Os, sensors and battery chargers).
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Atmel's High-performance UHF IDIC Demo Kit Supports Long-range RFID Applications
Atmel(R) (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the availability of the new UHF RFID long-range demo kit for the evaluation of its high-performance TAGIDU(TM) IDIC(R) ATA5590. The demo kit supports a broad range of applications including (intelligent) logistics, supply chain management, anti-counterfeiting, medical, and more.
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Atmel has been granted certification by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) for its AT91SAM7S64 ARM-based 32bit Flash microcontroller.
This certification confirms that the USB 2.0 Full Speed Device interface embedded in the AT91SAM7S64 is fully compliant with the relevant USB standard. 'USB connectivity is an essential attribute of our fast-growing ARM-based microcontroller family', said Jacko Wilbrink, Atmel's ARM Microcontroller Marketing Manager.
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Atmel Extends Its Digital Audio Solutions Adding USB High Speed and OTG to a MP3/WMA Decoder
Atmel(R) Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the availability of the AT85C51SND3 single-chip digital music player for high-volume markets such as MP3/WMA music players, mobile phones and car audio systems.
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SMX RTOS Now Available for Atmel RM9200, SAM7A1, and SAM7S Processors
Micro Digital, Inc. announces the immediate availability of SMX® RTOS for the Atmel AT91RM9200, SAM7A1, and SAM7S processors.
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Atmel Launches High-performance and Flexible RF Front-end Solutions for DAB and T-DMB Applications
Atmel® Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the availability of two new front-end devices, the ATR2732 and ATR2733, for DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) and T-DMB (Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcast) applications. The dual-band ATR2732 covers both VHF Band 3 and L-Band, while the ATR2733 is a cost-optimized solution for VHF Band 3 only. Due to their high performance, flexibility and robustness, these devices are well-suited for use in car radio applications and other high-quality DAB/DMB systems. The ATR2732 and ATR2733 are designed to work seamlessly with Atmel's DAB/DMB baseband device, the ATR2740, providing leading-edge DAB/DMB system performance.
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Atmel Introduces AVR 8-bit Flash MCUs Qualified for Automotive Applications
Atmel, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced four new AEC Q100-qualified AVR® Flash microcontrollers dedicated to the automotive segment. Taking advantage of the success of its AVR 8-bit microcontrollers in commercial and industrial market segments, and its expertise in the automotive field, Atmel is migrating its AVR devices to bring performance and cost effective automotive solutions for sensor and actuator control and in-vehicle networking with CAN and LIN.
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Real-Time ARM9 MCU Supports Migration From ARM7
Atmel announced the AT91SAM9260, the first member of a pin-compatible ARM9(TM)-based microcontroller family that shares the same programming model as ARM7(TM) based controllers, allowing direct migration
between controllers based on different ARM(R) cores. The AT91SAM9260 also supports deterministic, real-time operation, offers supervisory functions, and has third-party RTOS support comparable to those of 8-bit controllers.
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Atmel Introduces 14- & 16-Pin Low Power Single Cycle Core 8051 Microcontrollers
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the introduction of four new 14-pin and two new 16-pin microcontrollers based on the Atmel 8051 single cycle core. Atmel's single cycle core architecture executes each byte fetch in a single clock cycle resulting in 70% of all instructions being executed in a single clock cycle. Compared to the traditional 8051 devices, this can either increase performance up to 12 times or reduce power consumption by up to 80%.
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San Jose's Atmel sells French unit for $140M
Atmel Corp. said it will sell its French subsidiary for about $140 million to e2v technologies PLC, a British company.
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Atmel's 8-bit Flash AVR Microcontrollers are the Industry's First to Meet +150 Degrees Celsius in Automotive Qualification
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the industry first 8-bit RISC Flash microcontroller to be qualified for operation up to +150 degrees Celsius (AECQ100 Grade 0). Already available in -40 to +125 degrees Celsius operating temperature range, the ATmega88 AVR(R) microcontroller is now capable of withstanding automotive temperature extremes, thus allowing designers to distribute intelligence and control functions directly into gearboxes, engine sensors and actuators, transfer cases, turbochargers, and finally implifying the wiring network.
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Atmel Expands Its Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller Offering With Three New picoPower AVR MCU's
Atmel® Corporation announced three new AVR® microcontrollers with incorporated power-saving technology that provides multi-year battery life in lighting control, security, keyless entry, ZigBee(TM) and other applications that spend a significant amount of their time in sleep mode. The picoPower(TM) technology reduces "power-save" power consumption to as little as 650 nA, even with the 32 kHz clock running and superior brown-out detection, the industry's lowest RTC sleep power consumption.
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Atmel unrolls low-cost development kit for AVR MCUs
Atmel Corp. recently introduced the AVR Dragon development tool for AVR MCUs. The company said this new development kit provides a complete on-chip debugging and programming tool for more than 30 different AVR Flash MCUs—all at $49—making it the industry's most comprehensive low-cost development solution.
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SMX RTOS, USB, TCP/IP, and File System Now Available for all Atmel AT91SAM Processors
Micro Digital, Inc. is pleased to announce that it supports all Atmel AT91SAM processors. This includes immediate availability of the SMX® RTOS, USB stacks, TCP/IP stack, and File System for the Atmel AT91SAM7A1, AT91SAM7A2, AT91SAM7A3, AT91SAM7S, AT91SAM7SE, AT91SAM7X, AT91SAM9260, AT91SAM9261, AT91RM9200, AT91M55800, and AT91R40008 processors.
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Atmel Extends Its Popular 8O51 Flash Microcontroller Family With a New 128-Kbyte Device
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the AT89C51RE2, a new 8O51-based Microcontroller with 128 Kbytes of Flash program memory. The device is an addition to the existing 16-, 32-, and 64-Kbyte 8O51 Flash family of AT89C51RB2/RC2/RD2/ED2 microcontrollers which have become
an industry standard.
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Atmel Offers New AVR Microcontrollers with Integrated LCD Controllers and picoPower Technology
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News), announced four new AVR® microcontrollers that incorporate power-saving technology for multi-year battery life in LCD, lighting control, security, home automation, ZigBee(TM) and other battery applications. The new AVR products are upgraded versions of the popular 64-pin ATmega325/329 and the 100-pin ATmega3250/3290 microcontrollers.
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Atmel Launches RF Chipset with Industry's Highest Integration Level for 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone Applications
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today the availability of a new RF chipset combining the ATR2820 SiGe transceiver IC and the ATR7040 high-gain power amplifier (PA), providing the industry's highest
integration level for cordless telephone applications in the 5.8 GHz frequency band.
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Atmel Introduces Optimized AVR Flash Microcontrollers for USB Full-Speed Peripherals
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), today expands its popular family of AVR(R) microcontrollers with two new devices for high-volume USB applications ranging from high-performance Human Interface Devices (HID) to wireless adaptors. Based on the 8-bit AVR core, the new AT90USB82 and AT90USB162 feature a
full-speed USB (12 Mbits/s controller and have 8- and 16-Kbyte of Flash memory, respectively allowing in-system programming directly through their USB interface. On-chip EEPROM of 512 bytes allows for parameters settings without interfering with the application.
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Atmel Introduces a $69 Linux Based 32-bit AVR Networking Processor Kit
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), introduced a low-cost AVR(R)32 Network Gateway design kit based on its 32-bit AT32AP7000 application processor. The AVR32 32-bit architecture, introduced in 2006, is optimized to achieve more processing per MHz and is especially suited for compute intensive algorithms. The kit includes a PCB with the AT32AP7000 application processor and a full port of royalty-free peripheral drivers, protocol stacks, and communications applications. The Network Gateway kit demonstrates the ability of the AVR32 and its embedded Linux(R) kernel to handle high-speed serial communications including bridging between interfaces that run incompatible serial protocols. Examples include routing and filtering of traffic between two TCP/IP networks as well as routing and filtering of data between TCP/IP, USB and SD cards.
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Atmel and Micrium Announce RTOS Embedded Component Support for Atmel's AT91SAM7 and AT91SAM9 Product Lines
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Micrium, a leading provider of high- quality embedded software components, announced that Micrium now supports Atmel's full line of AT91SAM7 and AT91SAM9 ARM(R)-based microcontrollers. Included are Micrium's real-time operating system (RTOS), TCP/IP stack, file system and embedded GUI and USB applications.
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Atmel Introduces the World's Lowest Power 32-bit Flash MCU With Ethernet and USB On-the-Go
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced the industry's lowest power 32-bit Flash microcontrollers. Based on Atmel's AVR(R)32 UC core, the UC3A Series has 512K bytes Flash and feature an embedded 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a full-speed (12 Mbps) USB 2.0 with on-the-go (OTG) capability and an RAM/SDRAM external bus interface. The AT32UC3A0512 and AT32UC3A1512, the first devices available, deliver 80 Dhrystone MIPS (DMIPS) at 66 MHz and consume only 40 mA at 3.3V. The power consumption, as low as 1.65 mW/DMIPS, outperforms other architectures with similar features by a ratio of up to 4X. The new MCUs target networking and PC-centric embedded applications and are especially suited for portable devices.
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