Three new products added to the tinyAVR MCU family
Peripheral devices can communicate without going through the CPU

Microchip Technology announced that it is adding three new products to the tinyAVR MCU family of its AVR microcontroller (MCU) portfolio.

With the addition of the ATtiny1617 MCU series, the range of AVR devices equipped with Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that can improve system throughput while reducing overall power consumption has been expanded.

These new products are next-generation tinyAVR MCU products featuring a new 16KB flash option and are pin and code compatible with the recently released ATtiny817 series devices. In addition, all products in the family are supported by Atmel START, an online tool that enables the implementation of embedded software projects with intuitive graphics.



The MCU products are available in 14-pin, 20-pin, and 24-pin packages and contain 16KB of flash, 256B of EEPROM, and 2KB of RAM. Like other tinyAVR MCU products, these devices provide all major functions, including an Event System Controller, allowing peripherals to communicate without going through the CPU (Central Processing Unit) and enabling developers to configure the MCU according to specific applications. On-chip PTCs (Peripheral Touch Controllers) simplify the development of capacitive touch systems.

Other features include a 20 MHz internal oscillator, high-speed serial communication via USART/SPI/I2C, configurable custom logic blocks, a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with an internal voltage reference, an operating voltage range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V, and picoPower technology for low sleep current of less than 100 nA.