Atmel QTouch Library Enables Customization of Touch Functions Across All AVR Products

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Increased functionality and integration enable designers to
embed touch interface technology quickly and efficiently

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced version 3.0
of the royalty-free Atmel QTouch(R) software library with up to 64
channels of touch support for all Atmel AVR microcontrollers (MCUs)
and select 32-bit AVR32 UC3. The increased channel support, and wider
range of supported microcontrollers, provide designers with several
library files for each device to enable a more flexible and efficient
design. By selecting the appropriate library file, designers can now
gain a more compact and efficient code using less RAM.

The QTouch library (http://www.atmel.com/qtouchlib) also supports
Atmel's patented charge transfer signal acquisition technology for
robust sensing on the AVR
(http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR/overview.asp) and AVR32
(http://www.atmel.com/products/avr32/uc3l_landing.asp?source=home)
MCUs. This technology allows QTouch to outperform other capacitive
touch sensitive acquisition methods in electrostatic discharge (ESD)
and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), overlay thickness and
signal-to-noise ratio. The QTouch library, combined with Atmel's
AVR(R) development tools, can now provide a fast, easy path to a
reliable, high-quality touch interface for our designers.

"Our customers continue to require software support for all AVR
microcontrollers, especially for touch buttons, sliders and wheels
solutions," said Arild Rodland, AVR Product Marketing Manager, Atmel
Corporation. "The release of the new QTouch Library allows us to
offer our customers superior touch technology for the full range of
AVR and selected AVR32 UC3 devices. Furthermore, our customers can
now select our tinyAVR(R), megaAVR(R), XMEGA(TM), AVR32 UC3A or UC3B
device and add touch functionality easily to their design."

The QTouch library consists of pre-compiled object code binaries
which can be configured individually as touch keys or combined in
groups to form sliders or navigation functionality. The QTouch
Library also allows full user customization and optimization of the
touch function. The precompiled software libraries come with a
defined application programming interface (API) that ensures easy
integration with the customer code and is well suited for
applications requiring a limited number of touch channels. It also
offers a quick, easy solution for customers who want to embed touch
functionality in their existing AVR microcontroller designs.

Availability and Pricing

The QTouch library is available now and can be downloaded from
our touch software product page at www.atmel.com/qtouchlib.

Information:

Atmel's QTouch Library product information is available at
www.atmel.com/qtouchlib.

For further information on Atmel's Touch Solutions, visit:
www.atmel.com/touch.

Information on AVR microcontrollers is available at
www.atmel.com/avr.

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

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