Atmel's SAM9G45 Evaluation Kit Expedites Development on 400MHz ARM9-based Embedded MPU

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Fully-featured Platform to Optimize External DDR2 and Flash
Memory Organization for Maximum Performance and Cost-effective Data
Storage

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the
SAM9G45-EK evaluation kit to support application development on the
company's 400 MHz ARM926(TM)-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) with
DDR2 memory. The SAM9G45 offers 480 Mbps EHCI-compliant high-speed
USB with on-chip PHY, Ethernet and SDIO for high-speed connectivity,
plus LCD and touch sensing for intelligent user-interfaces (iUIs),
and programmable 1.8 or 3.3 V I/O supply voltage implemented in a
high-data bandwidth architecture with a dual EBI.

The evaluation board can be used to evaluate the performance
benefits of the SAM9G45's dual external bus architecture, with two
separate banks of 128 MBytes second-generation Dual Data Rate (DDR2)
memory, each of which is connected to an external bus interface.
Onboard flash memory includes 2 Gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash and 32
Mb (2M x 16) flash memory, which can be used to store the firmware
uploaded in the DDR2 memory at system boot or application data.

Onboard peripherals include a high-speed (HS) USB host/device
port, a second HS USB host port, an Ethernet 10/100 interface, two
high-speed SDCard/SDIO/MMC slots, a 24-bit color WQVGA LCD TFT
display with resistive touchscreen and backlight, composite video
output, camera interface and a backup battery.

The SAM9G45 board offers dual boot capability, supporting
Linux(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R)CE, with a pre-programmed demo
showing the basic programming functionalities available under Linux
and WinCE. Atmel provides full BSPs for both operating systems free
of charge.

Linux Support

Atmel provides the Linux v2.6.27 operating system free of charge
on its AT91SAM Linux portal at www.linux4sam.org. The Linux package
includes the complete Linux v2.6.27 kernel, the Linux patch for the
AT91SAM9G45 evaluation kit, device drivers, pre-built demonstrations
and the Angstrom distribution based on the OpenEmbedded building
environment. The AT91SAM Linux portal is a gateway to a wide and
growing community that provides Linux self-support for Atmel's entire
ARM9(TM)-based range of embedded 32-bit microprocessors.

Windows CE Support

A full-featured Windows embedded BSP for the AT91SAM9G45 kit
provides everything engineers need to deploy Microsoft's embedded
technologies on Atmel's ARM9-based products. It can be downloaded
from the website http://www.at91.com/Windows4SAM. Extensive
documentation is available that includes a ready-to-run demonstration
explaining how to use and customize the BSP source code and how to
build applications based on the Windows BSPs.

Extensive World-wide Third Party Ecosystem

Leading third-party providers of embedded software offer a wide
range of middleware, development tools and RTOS that support the
SAM9G45 as part of Atmel's worldwide ecosystem for AT91SAM
microcontrollers as follows:

Mentor Graphics

"Our long-term, solid working relationship with Atmel enables
customers to use our Nucleus RTOS and Nucleus Graphics user interface
for optimum performance," said Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics'(R)
embedded systems division general manager. "By using the SAM9G45
board, and Mentor Graphics development tools and software IP,
embedded developers can now create advanced 2D and 3D graphical user
interfaces on their devices in record time, without the need for
hardware acceleration."

http://www.mentor.com/products/embedded_software/cpu/platform_sol
utions/atmel.cfm

Micrium

"The SAM9G45 is the first embedded microprocessor that offers a
true EHCI-compliant USB high-speed controller. For the sake of
software portability, Intel defined the EHCI standard for the
register level interface and memory data structures for the
high-speed USB host controller hardware implementation. Our
high-speed USB controller driver and USB stack also have an embedded
hardware counterpart that can run at speeds found in PCs," said
Christian Legare, Micrium's vice president. "Micrium's middleware and
the powerful ARM9-based processor are a natural fit for customers
looking for a small footprint in a real-time operating system (RTOS)
rather than memory and performance hungry operating system
alternatives."

http://micrium.com/page/partners/atmel_alliance

QNX

"QNX board support packages for Atmel's ARM 9-based processors
have become some of the most popular downloads on the QNX developer
community portal, Foundry27.com," said Kroy Chang-Zeviar, QNX
Software Systems' business alliance manager. "Combined with the hard
realtime performance, accelerated 2D/3D graphics, Flash Lite HMIs,
and ultra reliability of the QNX(R) Neutrino(R) operating system,
Atmel's SAM9G45-EK offers an ideal springboard for prototyping and
designing building automation systems, HVAC controls, medical
devices, and other mission-critical applications."

http://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.bsp/wiki/BS
PAndDrivers

Fluffy Spider Technologies

"The Atmel SAM9G45 eMPU offers intelligent device manufacturers
and application developers a feature-rich and cost-effective
platform," said Robi Karp, Fluffy Spider Technologies' CEO. "By
supporting the SAM9G45, our FancyPants multimedia and graphics engine
helps OEMs add value to the silicon and differentiate their wares
with professional, eye-catching and media-rich user interfaces."

http://www.fst.net/partners/partners.html

Timesys

"LinuxLink, our software development framework, is widely used by
customers designing Linux-based embedded products using Atmel
processors," said Charlie Ashton, Timesys'(R) vice president of
business development. "The LinuxLink subscription for the latest
AT91SAM9G45 processor and reference board provides pre-assembled
starting points that jump start Linux product development for Atmel
customers. The subscription helps customers to adapt Linux for their
products by assisting with Linux kernel and root filesystem
customizations, followed by final system integration. With LinuxLink,
SAM9G45 customers can get their product to market faster and at a
much lower development cost. In addition, Timesys expert engineering
support is available at every stage of their development."

https://linuxlink.timesys.com/3/Linux/Atmel

Adeneo Embedded

"Adeneo Embedded provides Windows Embedded CE training, system
development support and BSP maintenance to OEMs willing to secure the
success of their SAM9G45-based design," said Yannick Chammings,
Adeneo Embedded's CEO. "Adeneo Embedded and Atmel are running jointly
in the USA and in Europe, a Windows Embedded CE training program
adapted to the AT91SAM9 family. Based on the standard Microsoft
course, these one-week training programs allow attendees to graduate
with an AT91SAM9 evaluation kit with Windows Embedded BSP, and the
expertise to customize and to develop applications." For more details
about Adeneo's Embedded Solutions and Services for the
AT91SAM9G45-EK, please visit http://www.adeneo-embedded.com or
contact sales@adeneo-embedded.com.

http://www.adeneo-embedded.com/srt/en/document/show?location.id:=1330

Availability, Pricing and Photo

The SAM9G45 evaluation kit is available now (order code
AT91SAM9G45-EKES) is offered at USD $750 for single unit quantities.

To download a high-resolution photo of the SAM9G45, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/images/homepage_new/press/SAM9G45EKES.jpg.

Information

Atmel's SAMG45 product information is available at:
http://www.atmel.com/products/sam9g45.

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.

(c) 2009 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel(R), Atmel
logo and combinations thereof and others, are registered trademarks
or trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. ARM(R) and
others are registered trademarks or trademarks of ARM Ltd. Mentor
Graphics(R) is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation
or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and or other countries. Other terms
and product names may be trademarks of others.

Press Contacts:
Clive Over, Director, Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-436-4305, Email: clive.over@atmel.com
Jacko Wilbrink, ARM Product Marketing Director,
Email: jacko.wilbrink@atmel.com
Tel: +33-442-536-024

ots Originaltext: Atmel Corporation
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Contact:
Clive Over, Director, Public Relations, +1-408-436-4305,
clive.over@atmel.com, or Jacko Wilbrink, ARM Product Marketing
Director, +33-442-536-024, jacko.wilbrink@atmel.com, both of Atmel
Corporation