Atmel Samples First ARM Cortex-M4-based Flash Microcontroller - Product News

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Atmel Samples First ARM Cortex-M4-based Flash Microcontroller; Unveils Fifth Generation Family

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New ARM-based SAM4 family offers the market’s highest Cortex-M Flash memory density of 2MB, 192KB SRAM and best-in-class code protection

Atmel® announces sampling of the Atmel SAM4S16, the first device in the Cortex-M4 family, to lead customers. With a continued commitment to its ARM®-based microcontroller (MCU) offerings, Atmel is also unveiling its fifth generation Cortex™-M4-based Flash MCUs. Throughout 2012, the Atmel SAM3 and SAM4 families will quadruple the Atmel Cortex-M product portfolio to nearly 200 devices and will include devices with on-chip memory densities of up to 2MB Flash, 192KB of SRAM and extensive peripherals including high-speed USB. Several devices in the new Atmel ARM Cortex-M4-Flash family will also include a floating point unit (FPU) expanding the Atmel ARM-based device offering into the Digital Signal Controller (DSC) market.

The SAM4S16 device operates at a maximum speed of 120MHz with 1024KB Flash and 128KB SRAM with a full peripheral set featuring full-speed USB, high-speed SDIO/SD/MMC, UARTs, TWIs, SPI, I2S, 12-bit ADC and DAC and an external bus interface supporting PSRAM, NOR Flash, LCD modules and NAND Flash. The device offers the world’s best-in-class hardware code protection and supports Atmel QTouch technology for touch button, slider and wheel functionality targeting the industrial markets.