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Atmel - Evaluation Kit Expedites Development on 400MHz ARM9-based Embedded MPU
Atmel has announced the SAM9G45-EK evaluation kit to support application development on the company's 400 MHz ARM926-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) with DDR2 memory. The SAM9G45 offers 480 Mbps EHCI-compliant high-speed USB with on-chip PHY, Ethernet and SDIO for high-speed connectivity, plus LCD and touch sensing for intelligent user-interfaces (iUIs), and programmable 1.8 or 3.3 V I/O supply voltage implemented in a high-data bandwidth arc...
Atmel - Evaluation Kit and Software Ecosystem Jump-Start Cortex M3-based Application Development
Atmel has announced the availability of the SAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit for rapid application development on the industry’s first ARM Cortex -M3 based Flash microcontroller with high-speed 480 Mbps USB + Phy. In addition to a plug-and-play socket for the high-speed USB device it features a high speed SDIO/SDCard/MMC slot, two UART connectors, a ZigBee radio header, two analog inputs, audio in- and outputs and a JTAG-ICE debug port. For applicat...
Atmel - Microcontroller said to lower Industry’s Best Power Consumption by 63%
Atmel announced today the availability of its 32-bit AT32UC3L AVR32 microcontroller with Atmel’s picoPower low power technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripheral. The AT32UC3L is the industry’s lowest power 32-bit MCU with less than 0.48 mW/MHz in active mode executing real-life applications. The device is also the first 32-bit microcontroller to feature a built-in capacitive touch interface, making the device suitab...
Atmel's ARM Cortex-M3 Flash MCU with on-chip High Speed USB Device-and-Transceiver
Atmel has announced the SAM3U, the industry’s first ARM Cortex-M3 Flash microcontroller integrating high speed (480 Mbps) USB Device-and-Transceiver, 4-bit 192 Mbps SDIO/SDCard 2.0, 8-bit 384 Mbps MMC 4.3 Host and 48 Mpbs SPI interfaces on-chip. This connectivity, together with the SAM3U’s 96 MHz/1.25 DMIPS/MHz operating frequency, makes the SAM3U the unique Cortex-M3 device suited to applications with intensive communications require...
Atmel Reduces System Cost in Industrial Applications with High-Quality Video Decoding ARM926-based Microprocessor
Atmel today announced the SAM9M10, a high-performance ARM926EJ-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) that integrates a video decoder and 2D acceleration (scaling, rotating, color space conversion, picture in picture) to provide high-quality video performance in industrial embedded applications. The SAM9M10 is targeted at media rich display and control panels in application segments such as home and commercial buildings, POS (Point of Sale) terminal...
Atmel Develops Floating Point Unit for 32-bit AVR UC3 Microcontrollers
Atmel Corporation announced a new technology, a Floating Point Unit, that is being designed for Atmel's 32-bit AVR UC3 product family. This new technology will enable designers to replace a two chip microcontroller and digital signal processing (DSP) solution with just one Atmel microcontroller (MCU) for applications in the automotive and industrial control markets.
Atmel Claims World's Smallest Flash Microcontroller Package
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...
LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 drive high-contrast LCD displays at a compelling price point
NXP Semiconductors introduced the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 series of microcontrollers – the first ARM Cortex M0 microcontrollers with integrated segment LCD drivers, enabling high contrast and brightness in a single chip. Featuring the NXP PCF8576D LCD driver, the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 are capable of driving any static or multiplexed Liquid Crystal Displays containing up to 4 backplanes and 40 segments, and can be easily cascaded with multiple seg...
NXP LPC1100L and LPC1300L MCUs Based on ARM Cortex-M Series Achieve Industry’s Lowest 32-Bit Operating Power
NXP Semiconductors N.V. today unveiled its LPC1100L and LPC1300L microcontrollers, which have set new benchmarks in 32-bit active power consumption. The LPC1100L and LPC1300L series introduce a new low-power platform which combines ultra-low leakage design techniques with NXP’s optimized power-efficient libraries. In addition, the MCUs feature unique API-driven power profiles which provide users with ready-to-use power management templates. By ...
Low-Cost Cortex-M0 MCU from NXP targets 8/16-bit applications
NXP today announced the availability of its ARM® Cortex™-M0 based LPC1100 microcontroller family from distributors in December. NXP’s LPC1100 is the lowest-priced 32-bit MCU solution in the market, bringing higher value and ease of use than existing 8/16-bit microcontroller through unprecedented performance, simplicity, low power, and more importantly, dramatic reductions in code size for all 8/16-bit applications. With 15 members initially,...