Atmel Offers Free Development Software for Its AVR 32-bit Microcontrollers

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- AVR32 Studio Supports all AVR32 Products and the Entire
Toolchain

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of
the AVR(R)32 Studio, which ties together the entire tool-chain for
code development for the AVR32 AP7 and UC3 families. AVR32 Studio
integrates with the AVR32 GNU toolchain including GCC for building
applications for AVR32.

The AVR32 Studio Integrated Development Environment includes a
source code editor with syntax highlighting and support for writing
and debugging stand-alone and Linux(R) applications. It can fully
control all development tools, such as the STK(R)1000 development
board, EVK1100/1101 evaluation kits, JTAGICE mkII emulator and AVR32
Network Gateway kit.

"AVR32 Studio again proves Atmel's devotion to making powerful but
easy to use development tools. Our main criteria when designing the
AVR32 Studio has been making all controls intuitive and user
friendly, while at the same time allowing the possibility for more
advanced functionality," said Odd Jostein Svendsli, Director of
Product Marketing for AVR and AVR32 development tools. "An extensive
on-line help system with many step by step tutorials further
simplifies the process of getting started with the AVR32 Studio and
the GNU toolchain," he added.

The AVR32 Studio is built on Eclipse(TM), making it possible to
add numerous plug-ins to further extend the functionality. Features
like version control systems, bug tracking and action lists can be
added via third party plug-ins, which helps developers keep track of
their projects, eliminate errors in the code and eventually reduce
time to market.

The full release of AVR32 Studio is available for free from
http://www.atmel.com. AVR32 Studio can automatically detect and
download updates, new parts and tools support without user input.

The GNU tool-chain for the AVR32 is available from
http://www.atmel.com, along with a full Linux version 2.6.18 port. A
single Windows installer including both AVR32 Studio and the GNU
tool-chain is also available.

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:
For further information on AVR32, go to http://www.atmel.com/avr32
Press Contacts:
Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director - Microcontrollers
Phone: +33-2-40-18-18-87, Email: philippe.faure@nto.atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim
Phone: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com
Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe
Phone: +33-1-30-60-70-68, Fax: +49-71-31-67-24-23
Email: veronique.sablereau@atmel.com

Web site: http://www.atmel.com

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Contact:
Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director, Microcontrollers,
+33-2-40-18-18-87, philippe.faure@nto.atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,
Public Relations, USA and Asia Pacific Rim, +1-408-487-2963,
hperlegos@atmel.com, or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications
Manager, Europe, +33-1-30-60-70-68, fax, +49-71-31-67-24-23,
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com, all of Atmel Corporation