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Racing Cars from 'World's Smallest Car Company' Controlled by Atmel's Smart RF Multi-Channel Transceivers

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire)

- Tiny Metl-Tech Remote-Control Car Design Benefits from
Highly-Integrated Communications Chips
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions and
Metl-Tech Racers,  Los Altos, CA, the world's smallest car company,
announced today that  Atmel's multi-channel transceiver is being used
in Metl-Tech's line of  tiny, remote-controlled race cars.
Metl-Tech Racers are "matchbox-sized" remote control cars. Their
high-tech electro-mechanical design makes them the first miniature
indoor R/C racers. A unique high-frequency transmitter from Atmel
sends data to the vehicle to precisely control steering and speed. It
combines radio frequency, mechanical and microcontroller design to
create a reliable, digital-proportional remote-controlled
mini-vehicle. The cars have great maneuverability made possible by a
patent-pending Digital Proportional electronic design. They provide
players with hours of challenging driving enjoyment, racing against
friends on a conference table or floor. They also can help develop
driving skills by using them to learn parallel parking or maneuvering
around objects on a desk.
Metl-Tech designers cite the level of integration of Atmel's
SmartRF AT86RF211 transceiver that allowed them to meet the
dimensional constraints of a car that's just 2-3/4-inches (7cm) long.
They also commented that the Atmel transceiver includes all RF
functions embedded on silicon, requiring a small number of external
components and can be controlled by any low-cost microcontroller.
Atmel's technical support was also mentioned as a key design
attraction.
Prototypes submitted for lab testing complied with Part 15 of the
Federal Communication Commission's regulations when first tested,
this not being typically common for RF products. The FCC governs
operation of RF transmitters in the unlicensed ISM 902-928 MHz
frequency bands.
About the AT86RF211/RF211S Transceiver
The AT86RF211/RF211S is a single-chip transceiver chip dedicated
to low-power wireless applications, for licence-free ISM band
operations from 400 MHz to 950 MHz. Its flexibility, robustness and
level of integration make it a natural choice for telemetry, remote
controls, alarms, RF modems, automatic meter reading, hand-held
terminals and high-tech toys like Metl-Tech's racing cars.
This Atmel transceiver makes bi-directional communications
cost-effective and allows rapid development of Adaptive Frequency
Agility (AFA), Listen Before Transmit (LBT) or FHSS protocols. It can
be easily configured to a range of applications and is well adapted
to battery-operated systems because it can be powered from just 2.4V.
It offers several power-saving modes, including a stand-alone
"wake-up" feature that alerts the associated microcontroller only
when a valid inquiry is detected. It is 100 percent compatible with
its predecessorAT86RF211, through direct in-production replacement.
In addition to cost-reduction, the use of the latest RF Atmel process
significantly improves technical features, such as current
consumption and phase noise. New features, activated by a dedicated
control bit, include a 1 to 10 MHz buffered clock for the companion
microcontroller.
About the Metl-Tech Racers
Metl-Tech Racers, Los Altos, CA, the world's smallest car company,
designs patentable toy technologies. The company's founder and
development team, with over 60 years of combined experience in
sophisticated electronic product design, have created a new
generation of indoor racers. Metl-Tech Racers are a high-tech,
electro-mechanical design allowing the first miniature indoor R/C
racers. A unique high-frequency transmitter sends data to the vehicle
to precisely control steering and speed. The "Matchbox-sized" remote
control car combines radio frequency, mechanical and microcontroller
design to create a reliable, digital-proportional remote controlled
mini-vehicle. Designed in the USA to 1:64 scale standards, their
original die-cast car models are interchangeable to fit the speedster
one R/C chassis. Metl-Tech owns the patent pending Digital
Proportional electronic design enabling ease of driving mastery in
R/C cars. For more information please contact  metltech@xxap.com
About Atmel
Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory
and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with complete system
solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,
computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere
You Are(R).
NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, Everywhere You
Are(R) and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel
Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.
Information
For further information on Atmel's Smart RF product family, go to
http://www.atmel.com/products/SmartRF/
Information specific to the AT86RF211S can be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3662
Press Contacts
Sylvie Mattei, Communications Manager, Atmel Grenoble
+33-4-76-58-30-25, Email:  sylvie.mattei@gfo.atmel.com
Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe
Tel: +33-1-30-60-70-68, Fax: +49-71-31-67-24-23 Email: 
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
Clive Over, Director of Press Relations - USA and Asia,
Phone: +1-408-451-2855, Email:  cliveover@atmel.com
Web site: http://www.atmel.com

Contact:

Sylvie Mattei, Communications Manager of Atmel Grenoble,
+33-4-76-58-30-25, or sylvie.mattei@gfo.atmel.com; or Veronique
Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe,
+33-1-30-60-70-68, or fax, +49-71-31-67-24-23, or
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com; or Clive Over, Director of Press
Relations - USA and Asia, +1-408-451-2855, or cliveover@atmel.com

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