New megaAVR's with Improved UART Communication and Voltage Reference

The AVR Platform Continues to Gain Popularity in the Professional and Maker Community

Atmel (now part of Microchip) have released its next-generation of 8-bit megaAVR® MCUs. Ranging from 4KB to 16KB Flash memory, the new devices provide next-generation enhancements including additional analog functionality and features for the latest low-power consumer, industrial, white goods and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Since its initial launch in 2002, Atmel’s megaAVRs, the company’s most popular 8-bit AVR MCUs on the market today, can be found in hundreds of millions of applications. Made for engineers of all levels from the professional and established designers to the hobbyist, Do-it-Yourselfer (DIY) and Maker communities, the 8-bit megaAVR MCUs are ideal for applications in a variety of markets including automotive, industrial, consumer and white goods. Atmel's next-generation megaAVRs deliver all the benefits of previous generations including a simple, easy-to-use interface for a seamless upgrade and binary compatibility with existing 8-bit megaAVR MCUs.

“With over 20 years of MCU experience, we are proud to launch our third generation of 8-bit megaAVR MCUs to the market today - a family that has been highly recognized by a variety of communities from the professional designers using our Atmel Studio ecosystem to the hobbyist and Maker in the AVR Freaks™ and Arduino communities,” said Oyvind Strom, sr. director of marketing of the microcontroller business unit, Atmel Corporation. “As the leader in the 8-bit MCU market, Atmel continues to add easy-to-use, innovative products to our broad portfolio of MCUs.”

Features of the megaAVR MCUs include:

Simple, easy-to-use
Low power
Wide selection of development tools including free Atmel Studio IDE
Extensive set of peripherals, including ADC, Analog Comparator, SPI, I²C and USART
Single-cycle instructions running 1MIPS per MHz
Designed for high-level languages with minimal code space
Real-time performance with single cycle I/O access

The Microchip website address is www.microchip.com
[Reprinted with kind permission from Atmel]

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