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| XMEGA™ - The brand new AVR® microcontrollers have landed! |
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The new AVR XMEGA™ family from Atmel brings 8/16-bit microcontrollers up to a new level of system performance. Increased focus on system performance is important because more and more 8/16-bit microcontroller families do not meet today’s requirements. Requirements for higher embedded performance combined with reduced cost, size and power consumption mandate new microcontrollers designed especially to combine and offer all these requirements in the best possible way. With AVR XMEGA Atmel is the reference for 8/16-bit microcontrollers.
AVR XMEGA devices include:
2nd generation of picoPower technology
Innovative Event System for fast, CPU independent inter-peripheral communication
4-channel DMA Controller boosts MCU performance
100% predictable timing
Fast 12-bit ADC and DAC
Fast Cryptography support for AES and DES
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| Introducing the AT42QT2160 a New Touch Controller for Slider and Buttons with Integrated LED Control and GPIO Functions |
The AT42QT2160 is a touch controller IC which combines touch key and touch slider functions in a single device. The AT42QT2160 can control up to 16 individual touch keys with a slider comprising between 2 and 8 of the touch key channels. In addition, the chip can also control up to 11 LEDs through a PWM output function that is controlled by the host, eliminating the need for an external LED controller.
The AT42QT2160 is the latest addition to Atmel's comprehensive range of capacitive touch controllers based on Quantum Research Group's charge-transfer technology. These include QTouch™ controllers for single and multiple touch buttons, touch sliders and touch wheels, together with QMatrix™ devices for higher density matrix key panels.
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| Introducing ATtiny167 AVR Automotive LIN Controller |
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The ATtiny167 is based on Atmel® AVR® 8-bit core and have been developed for LIN (Local Interconnect Network) automotive applications. It is the first member of the AVR Automotive LIN controller series, and is optimized to LIN slave applications. It will be qualified to AECQ-100 grade 0 and sustain ambient temperatures of up to 150 degrees Celsius. Combined with a LIN transceiver such as ATA662x or ATA666x it brings a complete solution for sensors in a gearbox, exhaust gas system, pumps or turbo.
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| CryptoCompanion™ - Need Security for Your Next Application? |
CryptoCompanion provides plug-and-play host-side cryptographic security for embedded systems. This plug-and-play convenience means that designers do not have to design or test the cryptographic algorithms. The companion chip implements the necessary algorithms and the entire protocol completely in hardware. It's fully tested and guaranteed to work properly with all CryptoMemory/CryptoRF chips.
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| Atmel Quality Frequently Asked Questions |
The FAQ link was created to provide quick responses to questions that have been submitted to the quality group in the past. This includes topics such as traceability, reliability qualification reports, certificates of compliance, ISO/TS certificates, moisture sensitivity, date codes, etc. Please use this site as a first point of reference when searching for Atmel quality information or responding to customer requests.
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Tradeshows |
RFID India Expo 2008
New Delhi, India
August 27-29, 2008
Booth #121
Products showcased: Atmel's RFID Security Solutions - CryptoRF
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