Atmel Offers megaAVR picoPower With 128 KB of Flash for Ultra-Low-Power Applications

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- ATmega1284P reduces design footprint by doubling flash and
quadrupling RAM size compared to existing picoPower megaAVR
microcontrollers

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the
availability of a 128 KB picoPower(R) megaAVR(R) microcontroller,
targeting size-constrained, low-power applications. The small 44-pin
package makes the ATmega1284P ideal for applications such as wireless
and ethernet nodes, home automation and other code-intensive battery
or signal-line powered products, combined with its ultra-low-power
consumption, 128 KB of flash and 16 KB of random access memory (RAM).

"With 16 KB of SRAM, Atmel's ATmega1284P now targets low-power
applications that traditionally need external SRAM," said Ingar
Fredriksen, AVR Product Marketing Director of Atmel Corporation. "By
removing the external SRAM and address latch, the ATmega1284P
significantly reduces the bill-of-material, manufacturing cost,
complexity and development time for our designers to bring their
products to market."

The ATmega1284P is pin- and feature-compatible to the
ATmega164PA, ATmega324PA, and ATmega644PA. The four devices provide a
drop-in migration path from 16 to 128 KB of flash and 1 to 16 KB of
RAM. The ATmega1284P consumes 100 nA in power-down mode, 700 nA in
power-save mode and 0.45 mA in active mode at 1.8 V and 1 MHz.

The ATmega1284P is now available as a standalone product. The
product is also available in Atmel's RZRAVEN evaluation and starter
kits and in wireless bundles.

RZRAVEN Evaluation and Starter Kit

The large flash and RAM, low pin count, and ultra-low power
consumption makes the ATmega1284P a popular device for designers. The
RZRAVEN kit enables development, debugging and demonstration of a
wide range of low power wireless applications, including
IEEE802.15.4, 6LoWPAN and ZigBee.

ATmega in Wireless Bundles

High RAM-to-flash ratios are normally associated with 32-bit
microcontrollers. However, with picoPower technology and the
efficient AVR central processing unit (CPU), the ATmega1284P is
designed for applications that require extremely low power
consumption. These applications can range from ZigBee self-powered
light switches, to ZigBee Smart Energy-compliant water and gas meters
that are being deployed worldwide and demand several years of
maintenance free operation on a single battery. The ATmega1284P is
also an ideal companion for Atmel's wireless AT86RF212, AT86RF230 and
AT86RF231 transceivers for other wireless bundles.

Availability and Pricing

Samples of the ATmega1284P are available now. The device has a
suggested retail price of US$3.31 in 10K quantities.

ATmega1284, a non-picoPower version of the ATmega1284P, will be
available in Q4 2009.

More Information

All communication stacks implemented on the ATmega1284P are
available for free download at www.atmel.com/wireless.

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:

Atmel's Atmega1284P product information may be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?PN=ATmega1284P

For further information on AVR picoPower, go to
http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR/picopower/.

Press Contacts:
Clive Over, Director of Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-436-4305, Email: clive.over@atmel.com

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Contact:
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