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Atmel Debuts picoPower tinyAVR Microcontrollers(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Atmel Corp., designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components, announced two new low power 32-pin tinyAVR microcontrollers, the ATtiny48 and ATtiny88 devices which have 4- and 8-Kbytes of Flash memory, respectively. Atmel said the AVR microcontrollers consume less than 240 uA at 1.8V and 1 MHz, and below 100 nA in power-down mode and are especially suited for portable and power sensitive systems such as remote control, accessories and small appliances, according to the company. The new tinyAVR microcontrollers utilize Atmel's picoPower technology that eliminates unnecessary power consumption. They have a zero power brown-out detection circuitry that can be turned off during sleep modes, a power reduction register that powers down individual peripherals, and digital input disable registers that remove leakage current on ADC input pins, it was reported. "Atmel's successful picoPower megaAVR devices offer the best-in-class power saving features and performance. The ATtiny48/88 is now extending the reach, offering an affordable solution for applications that require very low power consumption and are very cost sensitive. Our customers in the consumer electronics market want to develop products that consume less and less power, and the new ATtiny48/88 are a perfect fit," said Jukka Eskelinen, Director of tinyAVR Product Marketing. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |