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ARM uC excels at low power consumption

November 12, 2014 By Megan Hollis Leave a Comment

Atmel Corporation, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company has reached a new low-power standard for ARM® Cortex®-M0+ -based MCUs with power consumption down to 40 µA/MHz in active mode and 200nA in sleep mode. In addition to ultra-low power, the new platform features full-speed USB host and device, Event System and Sleepwalking, 12-bit analog, AES, capacitive touch sensing and much more. With billions of devices predicted for the Internet of Things (IoT) market by 2020, there is a need for lower power MCUs that will power these applications without adding load to utility grids or requiring frequent battery changes. Atmel’s latest Atmel | SMART platform is designed specifically for these applications, expanding battery life from years to decades.

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Consuming just one-third the power of comparable products in the market today, the new low-power SAM L21 family is the first on the new platform expanding the Atmel | SMART 32-bit ARM-based products using Atmel’s proprietary picoPower® technology. The platform will be demonstrated at Electronica in Munich, Germany, November 11-14.

While running the EEMBC® CoreMark® benchmark, Atmel’s SAM L21 family delivers ultra-low power running down to 40 A/MHz in active mode, consuming less than 900nA with full 32kB RAM retention and real-time clock and calendar, and 200nA in the deepest sleep mode. With rapid wake-up times, Event System, Sleepwalking and the innovative picoPower peripherals, the SAM L21 ultra-low power family is ideal for handheld and battery-operated devices in a variety of markets including IoT, consumer, industrial and portable medical applications.

Architectural innovations in the new platform enables low-power peripherals including timers, serial communications and capacitive touch sensing to remain powered and running while the rest of the system is in a lower power mode, further reducing power consumption for many always-on applications.

Pricing and Availability
Engineering samples of the SAM L21, along with development tools and datasheet will be available in February 2015. Atmel will be demonstrating the SAM L21 in Hall A5 Booth 542 at the Electronica Conference in Munich, Germany, November 11-14.

Amtel Corporation
www.amtel.com

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