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Atmel Announces Four New LCD AVR Microcontrollers

San Jose, California, November 9 (ots/PRNewswire)

Atmel(R)
Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and
fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today four
new members of the LCD AVR(R) Flash Microcontroller family. The
mega329, 649, 3290 and 6490 are designed to address the requirements
of portable and battery operated applications like home appliance
controllers, Audio/Video equipment and health care products. The
mega329 and 649 have an integrated 100-segment LCD controller and are
housed in a 64-pin package while the mega3290 and 6490 have a
160-segment LCD controller and are available in a 100-pin package.
The LCD AVR family of Flash microcontrollers consumes only 300
micro amps at an operating frequency of 1 MHz and has an unrivalled
throughput of 2 MIPS per milliwatt. In the Power-down mode all
peripherals, with the exception of external interrupts, are turned
off and power consumption drops to 100 nano amps. These parts are
extremely responsive to external events in both active and power down
modes. Interrupts on up to 18 inputs can wake the part from a power
down mode in less than one microsecond, which is a 6X improvement.
The LCD AVR Family helps design engineers reduce development
costs, design time and ultimately production cost. These devices
combine a highly code-efficient and powerful microcontroller with a
low power Flash memory technology.
"All LCD AVR devices have short wake-up times from low power modes
with an operating range from 1.8 to 5.5Volts. They are the best
choice for applications requiring high integration and low power
consumption. To further reduce power consumption, the CPU clock is
controlled by software," said Odd Jostein Svendsli, Atmel's AVR
Marketing Manager. "The designer can select a high clock frequency
for computation intensive operations and slow the clock to 32 kHz or
less to perform simple control functions. This reduces power
consumption to 20 micro amps in active mode. This means products
designed with the LCD AVR Family will be able to run up to 10 times
longer on the equivalent battery power when compared to traditional
microcontroller solutions," he added.
Evaluation and debug tools are available now. The STK502 and
STK504 expansion modules cost US$99 and US$119 respectively. When
combined with the STK500 starter kit which is available at US$79,
they offer all the necessary hardware to evaluate programs and test
the capabilities of the LCD AVR family. The STK502 and STK504 include
a temperature monitoring application example with C-code drivers for
all peripherals including the LCD-driver. The starter kit enables
designers to develop and test their code before the hardware design
is completed which reduces development time. Additionally an
evaluation kit is available at US$19 and provides an implementation
example demonstrating how a system can be developed using minimum
external components and allowing very flexible software updates using
an integrated bootloader.
The mega329 and 3290 are available today. The 10ku price is
US$4.50 and US$4.95 respectively. The mega649 and 6490 will be
available in 1Q05 and priced at US$5.25 and US$5.75 with volume
production expected in 2H 2005.
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(SM).
NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, AVR(R), are
registered trademarks, and Everywhere You AreSM is the trademark of
Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names
may be trademarks of others.
Information
Information on Atmel's LCD AVR products can be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/devices.asp?family_id=607 .
    Press Contacts
    Philippe Faure, Marketing Communication Manager - Microcontrollers
    Tel: +33-2-40-18-18-87, Email:  philippe.faure@nto.atmel.com
    Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe
    Tel: +33-1-30-60-70-68, Email:  veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
    Clive Over, Director of Press Relations - USA and Asia
    Tel: +1-408-451-2855, Email:  cliveover@atmel.com
Web site: http://www.atmel.com

Contact:

Philippe Faure, Marketing Communication Manager - Microcontrollers,
+33-2-40-18-18-87, or philippe.faure@nto.atmel.com; or Veronique
Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe,
+33-1-30-60-70-68, or veronique.sablereau@atmel.com; or Clive Over,
Director
of Press Relations - USA and Asia, +1-408-451-2855, or
cliveover@atmel.com,
all of Atmel Corporation

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