Atmel Releases a New Microcontroller for One-Chip Smart Card Reader Interface Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NANTES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today the availability of its T83C5121 microcontroller, optimized for secure smart card reader applications. The T83C5121 is a one-chip PC/SC PC/SC Personal Computer/Smart Card , WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) A Microsoft facility that provides testing services for hardware and drivers for compliance with its operating systems. WHQL administers various logos that compliant vendors may reprint on their packages. , EMV2000 compliant solution. Embedded in the final application it offers set-top boxes, PDAs, EFT-POS terminals, and mobile phone manufacturers a unique opportunity to quickly and easily integrate a universal smart card reader interface. The 8-bit T83C5121 microcontroller features a 16-Kbyte on-chip ROM memory, a DC/DC converter with very high efficiency (between 75-98 percent), an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 7816 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 for easy data transfer to the smart card and dual slot capability to address another card (3 volt SIM card). The DC/DC converter powers the smart card with the appropriate voltage (5, 3 or 1.8 volt) regardless of the voltage source. The T83C5121 also includes a unique power management unit which handles wake up, reset and power fail. Consumption in power down mode is optimized to 20 microampere microampere Cardiology A unit of electric current—one millionth of an ampere–for measuring very small electric currents; most pacemakers draw 10–30 µAmp continuously from a battery maximum for mobile applications. In addition, the T83C5121 retains all the improvements of the new C51 core, especially the X2 feature which helps reduce electro-magnetic emissions, by dividing the crystal frequency by two, while maintaining the processing speed. For ESD protection smart card I/O's have been especially designed to be resistant to 4 kV. A full set of support tools are available for the T83C5121, including a hardware emulator, a software compiler/simulator and a starter kit. The T83C5121 is packaged in SSOP SSOP Shrink Small Outline Package SSOP Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (USDA) SSOP Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures SSOP Sharescan-Open Platform (Ecopy) SSOP Site Security Operational Procedures 24, 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 or VQFP44, in industrial and commercial temperature range. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., 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, BiCMOS, bipolar SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Note to Editors: Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. Information Atmel Wireless & Microcontrollers Division product information may be retrieved at http://www.atmel-wm.com/cardreader.htm. |
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