Preview of Atmel's Introduction to IEEE 802.15.4 Low Power Wireless Networks PTM.

See how revolutionary new Atmel XSense touch sensors can bring touch functionality to a wider array of consumer and industrial products. OEMs will be able to create larger, lighter, sleeker, curved and edgeless designs.

Atmel Corporation today announced that it is sampling to select customers XSense, its revolutionary, highly flexible film-based touch sensor. XSense touch sensors will not only enable a new generation of smartphones and tablets, but also extend touch capabilities into a wider array of new consumer and industrial products.

Atmel Corporation today launched the 2012 Atmel Robotics Contest (ARC) through the Atmel University Program. University students 18 years or older in North America, South America and Europe are invited to develop a battery-powered 3D version of the Atmel robot ‘Mel’ using Arduino’s 4WD platform and Atmel components. Contestants can either work on their own or team up with other university students.

Atmel® Corporation today announced 14 new devices in its widely adopted Atmel AVR microcontroller (MCU) family, providing more options to meet unique design requirements. Used by well over 100,000 engineers worldwide, AVR microcontrollers are regarded for their performance, power efficiency and flexibility across many application areas.

Atmel Corporation today continued its commitment to deliver innovative new solutions to the ARM market with the introduction of Atmel Studio 6, the latest version of its popular integrated development environment (IDE) that now supports both Atmel 32-bit ARM Cortex-M series processor-based and Atmel 8/32-bit AVR based microcontrollers (MCUs). For the first time, the extensive AVR customer base of more than 100,000 engineers and the designers of A...

Atmel Corporation today announced the availability of its maXTouch family for 5 to 10 automotive touchscreens and touchpads used in center stack displays, navigation systems, radio human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and rear-seat entertainment systems. With these new automotive-qualified devices, Atmel strengthens its position as a market-leading touch supplier and extends its range of supported maXTouch applications from consumer and industrial int...

Atmel Corporation today announced a new high-performance family of 16-string LED drivers with integrated timing algorithms that improve picture quality of LCD TVs by eliminating 3D ghosting and flickering effects. With these capabilities, the Atmel MSL2164 and Atmel MSL2166 devices are ideal for delivering the most compelling viewing and video gaming experience via new 3D and 2D scrolling backlight TVs.

Atmel® Corporation today announced the availability of its new maXTouch S Series family of touchscreen controllers, the next generation of the company’s breakthrough unlimited touch technology. The new device family is ideal for the design of innovative and intuitive touchscreen interfaces of up to 17” diagonal for products including smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, e-readers and other applications.

Atmel Corporation has announced that Samsung has selected Atmel’s maXTouch® E Series solution to power their new Samsung Focus Flash 1677 and Samsung Focus S 1937. The Samsung Focus Flash runs on Windows® 7.5 Mango OS and also includes a large 3.7” Super AMOLED™ display, touch-enabled by Atmel’s E Series, allowing for a richer color display and market-leading touch response and device performance rates.

Atmel Corporation has announced the release of 13 new devices in 3 different product series in its 32-bit AVR UC3 product portfolio. The award-winning AVR UC3 microcontroller (MCUs) feature high performance, digital signal processing (DSP) instructions, USB connectivity, secure encryption and capacitive touch support. In addition to new devices in the existing UC3 L and UC3 A Series, a new UC3 D Series of MCUs is now available. Atmel’s AVR UC3 ...

Atmel® Corporation, the City of San Jose, and Team San Jose, the manager of the convention center and convention and visitors bureau, today announced the 2012 Atmel Technology Live (ATL) developer conference scheduled for three days beginning on September 11, 2012. This conference is an exclusive opportunity for developers to interact with the experts behind the products and solutions Atmel offers. From formal and informal discussions to hands-...

Atmel Corporation has announced a complete Digital Audio Platform for consumer, automotive and industrial applications. The Atmel Digital Audio Platform offers audio equipment and mobile accessory OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) a complete hardware and firmware solution that greatly simplifies the task of designing high-quality digital audio equipment. The new Digital Audio Platform is implemented with the Atmel AVR® UC3 microcontrollers...

Atmel Corporation has announced availability of an AVR microcontroller (MCU) with an RFID reader block and 16kBytes of in-system self-programmable Flash. Available in a 5mm x 7mm QFN package and operating in the low-frequency (LF) range at 100-150kHz, the Atmel ATA5505 is suitable for all kinds of LF Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) RFID readers and programmers for access control, industrial automation and animal identification applications.

Atmel Corporation has announced it has achieved the touch controller market’s longest proximity sensing range of over 10 inches (25cm) with the QTouch AT42QT2120. A longer sensing range enables a system to wake up as an object or finger approaches the system. The system then turns on the backlight or boots up when touch operation commences. The Atmel QT2120 is ideal for applications in automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, medical and w...

Atmel Corporation has announced maXStylus, an active stylus solution for tablets and smartphones. Combined with Atmel's industry-leading maXTouch solutions, which are powering millions of smartphones and tablets today, the maXStylus family offers an unparalleled human interface by providing simultaneous touch and stylus functionality. Referred to as multiSense functionality, this feature enables advanced gesturing such as zooming in/out while wri...

Atmel Corporation has announced sampling of the Atmel SAM4S16, the first device in the Cortex -M4 processor-based family, to lead customers. With a continued commitment to its ARM® processor-based microcontroller (MCU) offerings, Atmel is also unveiling its fifth generation Cortex-M4 based Flash MCUs. Throughout 2012, the Atmel SAM3 and SAM4 families will quadruple the Atmel Cortex-M product portfolio to nearly 200 ARM-based microcontrollers and...

Atmel Corporation has announced it is adding an LCD controller to devices in the popular AVR XMEGA microcontroller family. The integration of an LCD controller offers designers reduced design complexity and lower overall system cost, while providing ultra-low power consumption for applications including smart meters, home automation, power tools and other applications that require a user interface.

Atmel Corporation today announced a new RF transceiver to support the high-volume consumer markets in the 2.4GHz ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. The Atmel AT86RF232 transceiver includes all the necessary features to support the latest wireless applications in the consumer segment including excellent RF performance, lower power consumption, high-link budget and antenna diversity. The new devices also support ZigBee® RF4CE, a specif...

Atmel Corporation today announced Lenovo has selected the Atmel maXTouch mXT1386 controller to power Lenovo’s IdeaPad TabletK1. The new Lenovo IdeaPad TabletK1 runs on Android’s 3.1 version operating system, a dual-core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of memory, and has a 10.1-inch, 1280-by-800-pixel display with a black border around it. Lenovo selected the Atmel maXTouch mXT1386 to deliver superior battery life and faster resp...