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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the new Atmel JTAGICE3 mid-range in-circuit debugger and programmer to support all Atmel AVR® 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). This new debugger is smaller, faster, and more robust than the previous generation, and connects seamlessly to the recently-launched Atmel AVR Studio® 5. The small and robust design is especially handy for...

Board Support Package for the Atmel® AVR® Studio Available for Download on May 9th Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2011 InvenSense, Inc., the leading solution provider of MotionProcessorsâ„¢ for consumer electronics, today announced its Embedded MotionApps Platformâ„¢ library software (Embedded MPL), optimized for embedded microcontroller applications. Based on the InvenSense production-hardened MotionApps Platformâ„¢ for smartphones and tablets, Embedded MPL and the...

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Embedded World Nuremberg 2011 -- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced a new fully integrated platform of easy-to-use development tools for its fast-growing community of over 100,000 users of 8- and 32-bit AVR® embedded microcontrollers (MCUs). The new Atmel AVR Studio 5 is an enhanced version of the popular Atmel Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with support for all...

GENEVA, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the upcoming embedded world trade show in Nuremberg, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a world leader in microcontrollers, will give away 7000 quick-start development boards for fast evaluation and low-risk prototyping with ST's popular 8-bit (STM8) and 32-bit (STM32) microcontroller devices. The 'Discovery Kits' form an integral part of ST's microcontroller tool...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the maXTouch(TM) E Series of single-chip capacitive touchscreen controllers for touchscreens from 2 to 12 inches. The mXT224E, mXT384E, mXT540E and mXT768E devices offer enhanced analog sensing with a third generation capacitive touch engine and Atmel's advanced AVR® architecture optimized for capacitive sensing. Offering 224 to 768 nodes,...

MUNICH, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at Electronica 2010, Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, announced the first 32-bit AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) with a floating point unit (FPU). Targeting industrial control applications, the new Atmel AVR UC3 C MCU series offers a unique mix of high-processing power, true 5V operation, high-speed communication and advanced safety and reliability features packaged in a range of...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESC Silicon Valley 2010-- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Arrow Electronics Inc., today announced the three winners for the Arrow and Atmel SMART Design Challenge using Atmel low-power 8-bit AVR® flash microcontrollers. A panel of seven judges selected the designs based on power consumption, technical skill, difficulty, bill of materials cost and working hardware. Judges for...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESC Silicon Valley 2010 -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today introduced the next generation of its general-purpose ARM(R)-based embedded microprocessors (eMPUs) optimized for use in industrial applications. With the release of the SAM9M11 and SAM9G46 devices, Atmel is delivering tailored solutions for industrial embedded systems that require secured connectivity and authentication...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the first ATA874x single-chip UHF ASK/FSK RF transmitter family targeting a broad range of proprietary wireless industrial and consumer applications such as metering, alarm systems and home control applications. This new AVR® product family offers industry-leading RF performance operating in the license-free ISM frequency bands (868 to 928 MHz, 433 MHz, and 315 MHz). As a well-known market...

picoPower AVR32 AT32UC3L Microcontroller offers less than 0.48 mW/MHz Active and below 100 nA Sleep Mode, and has Embedded Capacitive Touch Peripheral and Event System that Eliminates Interrupt Handling and Guarantees Deterministic Response Time SAN JOSE, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of its 32-bit AT32UC3L AVR(R)32 microcontroller with Atmel's picoPower(TM) low power technology and embedded capacitive touch...