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New-Tech Magazine l 67
Atmel Extends 8-bit MCU
Leadership; Launches
Industry’s Highest Performing
8-bit tinyAVRs with 1kB Flash
Ideal for Consumer, Industrial and
Home Automation Markets, New 8-bit
AVRs Deliver Industry’s Smallest And
Lowest Power 8-bit MCU Solution on
the Market Today with Just 1kB Flash
Today, at Embedded World 2016,
Atmel®
Corporation
(NASDAQ:
ATML),
a
global
leader
in
microcontroller (MCU) and touch
technology solutions, announced
the world’s highest performing, low
power, 8-bit MCUs with 1kB Flash
memory. The new ATtiny102/104
MCUs run up to 12MIPS and integrate
features previously only available in
larger more expensive MCUs, making
them ideal for smaller applications
including logic replacement and the
latest cost-optimized applications in
the consumer, industrial and home
automation markets.
The majority of today’s 8-bit market
growth is coming from applications
that previously only required discrete
components. With many of these
new applications requiring simple
intelligent functions including timing,
motor control or on/off functionality,
8-bit MCUs are becoming an essential
feature for the personal healthcare,
small kitchen appliance and consumer
markets. The ATtiny102/104 8-bit
AVRs provide all the necessary
features to help spur the growth in
these applications with its small, cost-
optimized low-pincount package with
just 1kB of Flash memory. Integrated
features include self-programming for
firmware upgrades; non-volatile data
storage; accurate internal oscillator to
provide more reliable motor control;
high-speed serial communication with
USART; operating voltages ranging
from 1.8V to 5.5V, 10-bit ADC with
internal voltage references; and sleep
currents at less than 100nA in power
down mode with SRAM retention.
“Atmel has already sold more units of
its 8-bit AVR core based MCUs than
the 7.4 billion people on Earth,” said
Oyvind Strom, Sr. Director of MCUs,
Atmel Corporation. “We continue to
expand our AVR portfolio with the new
ATtiny102/104 8-bit MCUs. These
are the first two devices in our new
AVR Tiny portfolio that are packed
with features optimized for tiny,
compact MCU systems such as LED
lighting, fan control and other small
applications.”
Key Features for Atmel’s 8-bit tinyAVR
MCUs
1kB Flash / 32bytes SRAM
8- and 14-pin packages down to
2mmx3mm in size
Up to 12 MIPS at 12MHz
Self-programmable Flash
Accurate (±3%) Internal oscillator
Multiple calibrated internal voltage
references (1.1V, 2.2V, 4.3V)
10-bytes Unique ID (serial number)
USART
10 bit ADC and analog comparator
1.8V to 5.5V voltage range
-40°C to +105°C and -40°C to
+125°C temperature ranges
Development Kits and Ecosystem
To accelerate the design process,
Atmel offers a low-cost Xplained Nano
evaluation kit available for only $4.44
USD in the Atmel Store. The new kit
includes a board with an ATtiny104,
embedded programmer, access to all
I/O, one push button and one LED.
The ATtiny102/104 are fully supported
by Atmel’s development ecosystem,
includingAtmel Studio 7, the integrated
development environment (IDE) for
developing and debugging Atmel |
SMART Cortex-M and Atmel AVR
MCU-based applications. Atmel Studio
7 gives designers a seamless and
easy-to-use environment for coding,
building, simulating, programming,
and debugging applications for Atmel
MCUs. With Atmel’s broad portfolio
of AVR products and easy-to-use
development software, designers
can bring their 8-bit MCU to market
quickly. Additionally, designers have
access to the company’s embedded
software, including the Atmel Software
Framework and application notes, and
the Atmel Gallery ‘app’ store.
Availability
The ATtiny 102/104 engineering