Atmel Introduces New Family of AVR Microcontrollers for Industrial Motor Control

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- New family offers CAN and LIN connectivity with advanced pulse
width modulation features

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a new family
of AVR(R) microcontrollers targeted at the industrial control market.
The ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1 have been developed to
serve the need for high accuracy pulse width modulation for advanced
motor control applications with CAN and LIN connectivity. The new
family of devices feature 16, 32, and 64 KB of Flash, general purpose
IO pins, analog to digital converter, analog comparators, 8 and 16
bit timers and a Power Stage Controller. This feature set enables the
microcontrollers to be an ideal fit for industrial control
applications where CAN and LIN functionality is needed.

Based on the high performance AVR 8-bit RISC architecture, the
ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1, integrate all of the basic
peripherals necessary to satisfy the needs of complex motor control
algorithms. The devices offer a unique feature combination to safely
and securely run any brushless DC motor via the appropriate driver
and power elements with a minimum of external components. The
integrated Power Stage Controller and analog functions generate a
limited number of interrupts, reducing the code size and improving
the real-time behavior of the applications.

The ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1 are the first AVR
microcontrollers offered in a 32-pin package while offering CAN and
LIN support. As a result, these devices are well suited as
distributed controllers in an industrial control network with a
limited number of general purpose IO.

Availability and Pricing

The ATmega32M1 is available now for both samples and orders. The
ATmega16M1 and ATmega64M1 will be sampling in August and open for
orders in September.

The ATmega32M1 has a suggested retail price of US$1.95 in 10K
units. The ATmega16M1 has a suggested retail price of US$1.61 in 10K
units. The ATmega64M1 has a suggested retail prices of US$2.44 in 10K
units.

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.

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Information:

Atmel's ATmega16M1, ATmega32M1, and ATmega64M1 product
information may be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR/mc/?family_id=607

For further information on the AVR product family, visit
www.atmel.com/AVR

Atmel Press Contact:
Clive Over, Director of Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-436-4305, Email: clive.over@atmel.com

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Contact:
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clive.over@atmel.com