SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at Embedded
World 2016, Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in
microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the
world's highest performing, low power, 8-bit MCUs with 1kB Flash
memory. The new ATtiny102/104 MCUs run up to 12MIPS and integrate
features previously only available in larger more expensive MCUs,
making them ideal for smaller applications including logic
replacement and the latest cost-optimized applications in the
consumer, industrial and home automation markets.
The majority of today's 8-bit market growth is coming from
applications that previously only required discrete components.
With many of these new applications requiring simple intelligent
functions including timing, motor control or on/off functionality,
8-bit MCUs are becoming an essential feature for the personal
healthcare, small kitchen appliance and consumer markets. The
ATtiny102/104 8-bit AVRs provide all the necessary features to help
spur the growth in these applications with its small,
cost-optimized low-pincount package with just 1kB of Flash memory.
Integrated features include self-programming for firmware upgrades;
non-volatile data storage; accurate internal oscillator to provide
more reliable motor control; high-speed serial communication with
USART; operating voltages ranging from 1.8V to 5.5V, 10-bit ADC
with internal voltage references; and sleep currents at less
than 100nA in power down mode with SRAM retention.
"Atmel has already sold more units of its 8-bit AVR core based
MCUs than the 7.4 billion people on Earth," said Oyvind Strom, Sr. Director of MCUs, Atmel
Corporation. "We continue to expand our AVR portfolio with the new
ATtiny102/104 8-bit MCUs. These are the first two devices in our
new AVR Tiny portfolio that are packed with features optimized for
tiny, compact MCU systems such as LED lighting, fan control and
other small applications."
Key Features for Atmel's 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs
- 1kB Flash / 32bytes SRAM
- 8- and 14-pin packages down to 2mm x 3mm in size
- Up to 12 MIPS at 12MHz
- Self-programmable Flash
- Accurate (±3%) Internal oscillator
- Multiple calibrated internal voltage references (1.1V, 2.2V,
4.3V)
- 10-bytes Unique ID (serial number)
- USART
- 10 bit ADC and analog comparator
- 1.8V to 5.5V voltage range
- -40°C to +105°C and -40°C to +125°C temperature
ranges
Development Kits and Ecosystem
To accelerate the design process, Atmel offers a
low-cost Xplained Nano evaluation kit available for only
$4.44 USD in the Atmel Store.
The new kit includes a board with an ATtiny104, embedded
programmer, access to all I/O, one push button and one LED. The
ATtiny102/104 are fully supported by Atmel's development ecosystem,
including Atmel Studio 7, the integrated development environment
(IDE) for developing and debugging Atmel | SMART Cortex-M and Atmel
AVR MCU-based applications. Atmel Studio 7 gives designers a
seamless and easy-to-use environment for coding, building,
simulating, programming, and debugging applications for Atmel MCUs.
With Atmel's broad portfolio of AVR products and easy-to-use
development software, designers can bring their 8-bit MCU to market
quickly. Additionally, designers have access to the company's
embedded software, including the Atmel Software Framework and
application notes, and the Atmel Gallery 'app' store.
Availability
The ATtiny 102/104 engineering samples are available today with
mass production samples scheduled for May
2016.
More Information
Atmel tinyAVR
MCUs: http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/avr/tinyavr.aspx
Atmel AVR
Family: http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/avr/default.aspx
AVR Freaks: www.avrfreaks.net
Atmel YouTube Channel: www.atmel.com/youtube
Embedded Design Blog: blog.atmel.com
Twitter: www.atmel.com/twitter
LinkedIn: www.atmel.com/linkedin
Facebook: www.atmel.com/facebook
About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the
design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch
solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and
radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with intelligent and
connected solutions focused on the industrial, automotive,
consumer, communications and computing markets.
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