AVR's 32 registers constitute the architecture's fast-access RISC register file and connect directly to the processor's ALU. The ALU supports arithmetic and logic functions between registers or ...

Four 8-bit AVR-architecture microcontrollers, collectively positioned under the “picoPower” label, have current demands measured in nA in power-down mode. The current levels quoted are 300 µA when ...

Atmel Corporation (www.atmel.com) has introduced a chipset that is intended to provide seamless migration to 802.15.4/ZigBee wireless networking for automotive and other applications based on Atmel’s ...

LONDON Atomthreads is an open source RTOS developed in the UK and its first release contains a port to the Atmel AVR architecture. The developer Kelvin Lawson, who is a professional embedded systems ...

Atmel took a turn away from the pack when it designed its 8-bit AVR. Now, the company is bucking the trend toward the 32-bit ARM architecture with its AVR32 processor architecture. Needless to say, ...

MSC Gleichmann and Atmel have announced a joint workshop that will help engineers to port applications based on legacy 8-bit architectures to Atmel's AVR range of microcontrollers. The hands-on ...

Towards the end of 2015, Atmel employees were contemplating life as part of Dialog Semiconductor, but a counter offer from Microchip was successful and the deal – the company’s seventeenth and biggest ...

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today four new AEC Q100-qualified AVR(R) Flash microcontrollers ...

Engineers can attest to the problems they encounter when they connect a microcontroller to sensors. The lack of MCU-specific drivers further complicates the process and can lead to heated discussions ...