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Welcome to the July Atmel Product eNews! This month's articles highlight some of our most-recently introduced products and the news surrounding them. If you have any colleagues that you feel would be interested in receiving our newsletter, feel free to forward this newsletter or the link to subscribe.
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What's new at Atmel |
| Atmel's 2008 Customer Satisfaction Survey |
Atmel's 2008 Customer Satisfaction Survey process was recently launched. This survey has proven to be a valuable tool in the past as Atmel has used the feedback to drive and prioritize continuous improvement efforts throughout the company. It has also served to greatly enrich our information base on customer requirements, expectations, and needs. Please take fifteen minutes to complete the survey on our web site prior to the July 31 deadline.
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| CryptoController is Featured as EG3's Editor's Choice |
Atmel announced an embedded development kit for CryptoController™, Atmel's Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for non-PC embedded applications. For the first time, developers will have the ability to easily integrate the security provided by TPMs into embedded designs. This kit simplifies code development for communicating with CryptoController, providing a jumpstart for embedded developers who have little or no experience with TPMs.
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| Atmel CAP Customizable Microcontrollers Wins Electron d'Or |
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Atmel's AT91CAP9S ARM926EJ-S-based customizable microcontroller has been awarded the prestigious Electron d'Or by Electronique magazine, in the category Processors and Memories. The laureate in each category is determined by an independent jury of recognized experts in the electronics industry, selected from products released in the year prior to the award. This is the fourth industry award for CAP; the first three were from electronics industry magazines in Asia.
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| Atmel Announces ARM Cortex-M3 License and AT91SAM3 Flash MCU Family |
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Atmel has licensed the ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit RISC processor for the next generation of its market-leading AT91SAM ARM-based microcontrollers. This reinforces Atmel's commitment to the ARM architecture, complementing its existing licenses for the ARM7TDMI, ARM926EJ-S and ARM1176JZ-S processors.
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| ATtiny48 and ATtiny88 devices: picoPower tinyAVR Microcontrollers for Battery-based and Cost-sensitive Applications |
Atmel announced two new low power 32-pin tinyAVR® microcontrollers, the ATtiny48 and ATtiny88 devices which have 4- and 8-Kbytes of Flash memory, respectively. These AVR® microcontrollers consume less than 240 uA at 1.8V and 1 MHz, and below 100 nA in power-down mode and are especially suited for portable and power sensitive systems such as remote control, accessories and small appliances.
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| ARM7-based MCU with FPGA Interface to Multi-layer AHB |
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Atmel announced the AT91CAP7E, the industry's first ARM7™-based MCU with a direct FPGA interface. The AT91CAP7E is a standard microcontroller with an FPGA interface that makes the FPGA look and work like it is on the internal bus of the MCU. It provides customers with a two-chip, no-NRE, FPGA-plus ARM7 solution and offers an engineering-free migration path to a lower cost, and a lower power customizable MCU.
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| AT90SC28872RCU Gets ZKA Approval |
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Atmel is proud to announce that its secureAVR® based AT90SC28872RCU secure microcontroller has received ZKA approval (Zentraler KreditAusschuss) for German credit industry. The Common Criteria EAL5+ certificate is planned early July. This chip, tailored to serve German banking and worldwide ID markets, is now available for production.
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| AT86RF212: 800/900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant Transceiver for ZigBee |
Atmel announced the availability of the AT86RF212 800/900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4™ RF transceiver for low power wireless applications, including ZigBee®. The AT86RF212 offers an industry best RF performance with a link budget of up to120 dB in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz ISM bands available in Europe and North America, respectively.
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| Atmel Upgrades 4 Linear Regulator Power Management Chip to 5V Input Supply |
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Atmel's recently released AT73C237 Power Management Unit (PMU) is compatible with a 5V input supply and generates four regulated output voltages, with programmable output voltage selection and output current up to 70mA.
The AT73C237 has a similar architecture to the established AT73C239 PMU, but supports a 5V supply. It integrates four Linear Low Drop Out (LDO) Regulators, three of which provide the high-accuracy supply (programmable from 1.2V to 2.75V) required by RF and analog devices, and one 1.8V regulator for backup battery/capacitor recharging. It integrates a Two Wire Interface (TWI) to allow a microcontroller to program the variable LDO output voltages and manage the enable of each LDO.
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| Atmel Involved in the German Electronic Healthcard Program |
The German e-Health card program is the largest electronic healthcare project in the world to date, with planned deployment of 82 million electronic health insurance cards over the next few years. Smart Card Readers roll-out is the first step of deployment. Thanks to its smart card interface AT83C26 and smart card reader microcontroller AT89C5122DS, Atmel will be a major contributor of the success of this program. Combined with a payment application, the e-Health card reader becomes a Point of Sales terminal that can be powered by the AT91SO101 secure microcontroller to answer security requirements for financial transactions.
Product information may be retrieved at AT83C26, AT89C5122DS and AT91SO101. |
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| New Companion CD V2008.06 |
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The look and feel of the CD Companion has changed. The latest version for Mobile, System, Reader, Banking and ID products is now available. This edition includes the previous V2007.12 version and the latest update on hardware abstract libraries (HALs).
To receive the Companion CD V2008.06, please send an e-mail to: apps_newsletter@atmel.com. |
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Tradeshows |
NSREC 2008
Tucson, Arizona
July 14-18, 2008
Booth #1-2
Products showcased: Atmel Rad-hard Circuits
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Wireless Japan 2008
Tokyo, Japan
July 22-24, 2008
Zigbee Pavilion Booth #B-296, Pod 6
Products showcased: Atmel Wireless Solutions
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