Atmel Releases New Flash C51 Microcontrollers for One-Chip USB Device Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NANTES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today the availability of the AT89C5131 and AT89C5132, 8-bit Flash microcontrollers featuring an integrated full-speed compatible USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 controller and advanced on-chip peripherals. Targeting a wide range of market segments such as security applications, industrial and communication equipment, PC and peripherals, the AT89C5131 and AT89C5132 offer manufacturers a unique opportunity to quickly and easily integrate a USB full-speed interface, thus drastically reducing cost and time-to-market of products with USB interface. The AT89C5131 and AT89C5132 microcontrollers feature 32- and 64-Kbyte on-chip Flash memory respectively, a full-speed USB controller with isochronous Time dependent. Real time voice, video and telemetry are examples of isochronous data. (communications) isochronous - /i:-sok'rn-*s/ A form of multiplexing that guarantees to provide a certain minimum data rate, as required for time-dependent data such as video or audio. and bulk modes allowing easy high speed transfer. They also have a highly-flexible self-programming capability offering remote programming and field upgrade capabilities via the USB bus from, for example, a web server or via a customer defined UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice interface. Both have the power and versatility required in industrial equipment for USB communications. AT89C5131 is a general-purpose USB microcontroller targeted towards the computer and industrial equipment markets. It has a keyboard interface, a 1-Kbyte EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. and SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. well suited for applications such as high-end keyboards, fingerprint and bar code readers. AT89C5132 combines in a single chip interfaces to most major consumer mass storage devices, including IDE/ATAPI for HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive , CD/DVD and CompactFlash(TM), MultiMediaCard(R), DataFlash(R), Nand Flash or SmartMediaCard(R). AT89C5132 also provides a full range of man machine interface capabilities such as key interface, LED drive, interface to LCD, a 10-bit A/D converter for battery supply control, and even voice recording. With the AT89C5132, a wide range of drivers and source code examples are available for fast and easy development of new applications. Typical applications would include Flashcard reader/writers, Flash disks, image tanks, audio peripherals and games. "These two USB devices add to the rich family of Atmel USB products. USB is entering into more and more applications, supporting which, Atmel has a wide range of devices to choose from," said Manish Vadher, Marketing Director for C51 Microcontrollers. "The unique combination of Atmel's Flash self-programmability and USB controllers in AT89C5131 and AT89C5132 microcontrollers constitutes a step forward in feature upgrade and maintenance for the end-user." Small footprint and low-profile packages such as MLF/QFN48, SO28, VQFP VQFP Very Thin Quad Flat Package VQFP Very small Quad Flat Package VQFP very-fine-pitch quad flat pack 64 and PLCC (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier) A plastic, square, surface mount chip package that contains leads on all four sides. The leads (pins) extend down and back under and into tiny indentations in the housing. See chip package. 52 are available for AT89C5131 and VQFP80 for AT89C5132; both products are available in industrial temperature range. Production volumes are available now. Pricing is $3.90 for 10,000-unit quantity for AT89C5131 and $5.50 for 10,000-unit quantity for AT89C5132. A full set of support tools is available, including hardware emulators, software compilers and starter kits. 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(R) and combinations thereof, DataFlash(R) are the registered trademark of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. MultiMediaCard(R) and SmartMediaCard(R) are the registered trademarks, and CompactFlash(TM) is the trademark of MultiMediaCard Association, Toshiba Corporation, CompactFlash Association. Other terms and product names may be the trademarks of others. Information: Production information may be retrieved on Atmel Web site: AT89C5131: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?PN=AT89C5131 AT89C5132: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?PN=AT89C5132 |
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