Today at Electronica 2010, Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, announced the new Atmel SAM3N series to expand their ARM® Cortex(TM)-M3 Flash Family. The new SAM3N series offers high performance, low-power consumption and scalable memory, pin-count, package options and capacitive touch support.

Today at Electronica 2010, Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, announced the first 32-bit AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) with a floating point unit (FPU). Targeting industrial control applications, the new Atmel AVR UC3 C MCU series offers a unique mix of high-processing power, true 5V operation, high-speed communication and advanced safety and reliability features packaged in a range of small...

Atmel introduced the next generation of smart RF devices for the automotive and consumer markets, enabling RF systems with high performance and application simplification. Committed to the automotive market, the Atmel ATA5830 and ATA5780 are the next generation of monolithic RF transceiver and RF receiver devices with worldwide leading RF performance like sensitivity and power consumption. The multiband devices are designed for the ISM frequency ...

Today at SAE Convergence 2010, Atmel introduced a new System-in-Package (SiP) solution for LIN automotive networking applications. As a committed supplier to the automotive industry, the ATA6614 solution is an extension of the existing Atmel LIN SiP family with maximum integration. The new family member combines the Atmel LIN System Basis Chip (SBC) ATA6630 including a LIN transceiver and 5V voltage regulator, and the Atmel ATmega328P with 32k Fl...

Atmel today announced that it will be exhibiting at SAE Convergence 2010 located at Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan on October 19-20, 2010. The company's exhibit will demonstrate its expertise and commitment to the automotive sector with separate workstations highlighting:

Atmel today announced that Samsung has selected Atmel maXTouch solution to power the recently-launched GALAXY Tab, the first of Samsung's new category of mobile tablet devices. Powered by version 2.2 of Google's Android operating system, the Samsung GALAXY Tab features PC-like web-browsing, powerful multimedia features, mobile email, voice and video calling. This new tablet also has access to the vast array of applications available through Andr...

Atmel today announced that Korea-based Pantech has selected the Atmel maXTouch solution to power the IZAR, VEGA and EASE touch-enabled smartphones. Leveraging Atmel maXTouch solutions, these new phones offer multi-touch interfaces on Android platforms. The robust Atmel maXTouch solutions offer higher performance, true unlimited touch functionality, stylus support, better power consumption and faster response times for the user.

Atmel launched the Atmel QTouch Studio 4.3--the industry's first touch design software tool to support the complete touch design flow. Another first is the Touch Validation Wizard, a feature in the Atmel QTouch Studio 4.3 to help assess design quality by reporting capacitance, noise and reference levels, as well as notifying the user of design marginalities. The software tool is so easy to use that design engineers do not need an expert level of ...

Atmel, a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that it has received the Compatible with Windows 7 logo for over 10 multi-touches on a 10.1 inch maXTouch(TM) technology touchscreen device. Tested in the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), Atmel's maXTouch technology passed the rigorous phases of this certification program. The Windows 7 logo program aims to inform consumers and help them make better purchasing decisions ...

Atmel announced that its maXTouch controller has been designed into Samsung's new 'Touch Control' smart touchscreens, supporting Samsung's premium full HD 3D LED 9000 series televisions (TVs). These innovative touch controls feature touch interface management for controlling all menu and control applications, offering the ability to enter text, as well as stream video from the TV screen to the 3-inch color screen on the handheld remote, which the...

Atmel announced production availability of the next-generation Atmel 32-bit AVR® UC3L microcontroller (MCU) with picoPower® technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripherals. By lowering the static power consumption by 90 percent and active power consumption by 45 percent, Atmel enables a performance/power ratio unsurpassed in the microcontroller market. With 1.5 DMIPS per MHz and DSP (digital signal processing) instructions at yo...

Atmel Corporation today announced that PURE, a leading UK consumer electronics company, has selected Atmel's maXTouch(TM) solution for its Sensia Internet radio. Sensia offers a 5.7-inch touchscreen that allows the user to control a host of features, such as Internet radio and social networking. The user can view and interact with the radio by scrolling and spinning lists, tapping to select playlists, sliding controls and swiping to change conten...

Atmel Corporation today announced production availability of the Atmel AT73C246 analog companion chip to provide power supplies and audio input/output to match the Atmel AT91SAM9 ARM9(TM)-based MCUs (and equivalent 32-bit devices) to host multimedia applications. Operating from a single 2.9V to 5.5V source, the AT73C246, when combined with a high-quality stereo audio codec, provides the multi-level supplies required by the AT91SAM9 devices. This ...

Atmel Corporation today announced that FIME, an external and independent third party laboratory, has certified the Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV secure microcontroller (MCU). This secure MCU is now compliant with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Radio Frequency (RF) Specifications and ISO 14443 RF. These reports are available for customers upon request.

Solutions for high-resolution screens with unlimited touch, faster response, stylus support, and more accuracy for enhanced consumer experience with touch-enabled applications.

Atmel announced production availability for the world's smallest flash AVR microcontroller package. The Atmel ATtiny4, ATtiny5, ATtiny9 and ATtiny10 AVR microcontroller (MCU) come in an ultra-small 8-pad UDFN package, with a dimension of only 2mm x 2mm x 0.6mm, and weighing less than 8 mg to reduce the package size as much as 55 percent compared to the market's smallest package offering available today. These products target applications in the c...

Atmel announced its maXTouch technology can enable advanced capacitive touch functionality for large format touchscreens. Rapidly becoming the favored touch technology solution for smartphones, Atmel's maXTouch solutions now support large touchscreens up to 15 inches for emerging products including touch-enabled tablets, smartbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), Netbooks, PC notebooks, and a range of industrial applications.

Renowned Atmel AVR® 32-bit performance and feature integration enables high reliability and ease of use at low system cost. Perfect for portable battery-powered solutions, as well as industrial applications.

Atmel announced the availability of Atmel BitCloud Profile Suite, a ready-to-use framework for rapid development of ZigBee-certified applications. The suite includes a complete set of fully functional reference implementations of the ZigBee Application Profiles for ZigBee Smart Energy (ZSE), ZigBee Building Automation (ZBA) and ZigBee Home Automation (ZHA). Atmel is also introducing the RZ600 evaluation kit, a tool accompanying BitCloud Profile S...

Atmel announced the availability of Atmel BitCloud Profile Suite, a ready-to-use framework for rapid development of ZigBee-certified applications. The suite includes a complete set of fully functional reference implementations of the ZigBee Application Profiles for ZigBee Smart Energy (ZSE), ZigBee Building Automation (ZBA) and ZigBee Home Automation (ZHA). Atmel is also introducing the RZ600 evaluation kit, a tool accompanying BitCloud Profile ...