Atmel Introduces Industry's Lowest Price Evaluation Kit for LCD AVR Family.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 Kit Targets Low-Power Portable Applications and is Preloaded with Demo Firmware with No Need for External Programming Hardware Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today the availability of the AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. (R) Butterfly, a low-cost evaluation kit for the LCD AVR family of Microcontrollers. The kit has been designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the first family member the Mega169 Microcontroller with integrated on-chip LCD driver, which is targeted at battery powered applications and consumes less than 50uA at 32KHz. "The AVR Butterfly The AVR Butterfly [1] is a self-contained, battery-powered demonstration board running the ATMEL AVR ATmega169V Microcontroller. The board includes an LCD screen, joystick, speaker, serial port, real- time-clock RTC, internal flash memory, and sensors for temperature Evaluation Kit allows designers to do more than just evaluate the LCD driver and contrast control capability of the Mega169. With the addition of a few simple connectors, it can interface to LED, switches or other peripherals to evaluate the AVR architecture," said Jim Panfil, Director of Microcontroller Products. The Butterfly Evaluation Kit combines common elements found in a typical system including the Mega169 microcontroller, a piezo "Piezo", derived from the Greek piezein, which means to squeeze or press, is a prefix used in:
The Butterfly is shipped preloaded with demo firmware capable of performing the following embedded applications: Clock and Calendar, Digital Thermometer, Light Intensity Measurement, Digital NameTag name·tag n. A badge of personal identification worn to permit access to areas, such as government installations or industrial plants, or gatherings, such as conventions or sales meetings. , and Jukebox. The demo firmware also utilizes the Mega169 Boot Sector Reserved sectors on disk that are used to load the operating system. On startup, the computer looks for the master boot record (MBR) or something similarly named, which is typically the first sector in the first partition of the disk. , allowing users to upload their own code into the device without using external programming hardware. The capabilities of Mega169 and Butterfly will be demonstrated by Atmel during a one-day seminar held at 15 different locations around the USA during June 2003. At the seminar, there will be examples of AVR low power design methodology and numerous hardware design tips. Additionally there will be presentations covering in-depth real world applications powered by Atmel's AVR, 8051 and ARM Microcontrollers ranging from 8051 enabled Smart Card Readers and MP3 players to ARM-based solutions like Point of Sales Terminals and Residential Gateway Applications. Atmel's AVR Butterfly Evaluation Kit order code is ATAVRBFLY. The suggested retail price is USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $19.99 and it can be purchased from any of Atmel's franchised distributors. Information: Information on Atmel's microcontroller seminars can be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/seminar/mcu and further information on Atmel's Mega169 microcontroller can be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3012 About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Note to Editors: Atmel, the Atmel logo, AVR, DataFlash and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. |
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