Atmel's Low-Power 8-Bit MCUs Optimized for Touch Sensing

3rd March 2010

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Atmel announced that its low-power ATtiny 10/20/40 microcontroller (MCU) families are optimized for touch sensing support of buttons, wheels and sliders. Featuring Atmel's AVR MCU and its patented low-power picoPower® technology, these devices are ideal for a number of applications in the cost-sensitive industrial and consumer markets including automotive control panels, LCD TVs and monitors, notebook computers, mobile handsets and more.

Atmel's full-featured family of ATtiny 10/20/40 devices has the industry's best-in-class power consumption and touch sensing performance, such as sensitivity, proximity sensing range and noise immunity. Based on Atmel's patented charge transfer technology, these products are based on a high-performance AVR MCU with a RISC controller architecture and optimized touch circuitry to make it an excellent solution for cost-sensitive integration. The ATtiny 10/20/40 devices are supported by Atmel's QTouch® Library to enable our designers to include touch capabilities in applications with a touch button, wheel or slider interface.

Designers in the consumer electronics and industrial markets increasingly to demand low-cost microcontrollers that support touch functionality, said Jon Kiachian, sr. director of touch products, Atmel Corporation. Atmel's tinyAVR® families address these demands without compromising performance, integration or functionality. More applications are moving from mechanical buttons to touch-sensitive buttons, sliders and wheels.