Atmel - AVR Microcontrollers For Industrial Motor Control

The new family of devices feature 16, 32, and 64 KB of Flash, general purpose IO pins, analog to digital converter, analog comparators, Power Stage Controller, and 8 and 16 bit timers. This feature set makes the microcontrollers a perfect fit for industrial control applications where CAN and LIN is needed.

Based on the high performance AVR 8-bit RISC architecture, the ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1, integrate all of the basic peripherals necessary to satisfy the needs of complex motor control algorithms. The devices offer a unique feature combination to safely and securely run any brushless DC motor via the appropriate driver and power elements with a minimum of external components. The integrated Power Stage Controller and analog functions generate a limited number of interrupts, reducing the code size and improving the real-time behavior of the applications.

The ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1 are the first AVR microcontrollers in a 32-pin package that offer CAN and LIN support. This makes the devices an ideal fit as distributed controllers in an industrial control network where a limited amount of General Purpose IO is needed.