Click on the advert above to visit the company web site

Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: GD Technik | Subject: AT90CAN128
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 08 June 2004

Microcontroller CAN control networks

Request your FREE weekly copy of the Electronicstalk email newsletter. News about Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs and more every issue. Click here for details.

Atmel's latest 8bit AVR Flash microcontroller features extended CAN (controller area network) capabilities.

Atmel's latest 8bit AVR Flash microcontroller features extended CAN (controller area network) capabilities The new AT90CAN128 combines 16MIPS processing with an array of peripherals that makes it ideal for a host of CAN applications including: factory and building automation, medical equipment, marine networking and print media

Integrating an AVR RISC engine, 128Kbyte Flash program memory, 4Kbyte RAM and 4Kbyte EEPROM together with a proven V2.0A/V2.0B CAN controller in a single chip, the new AT90CAN128 can handle 15 independent message objects, programmable on the fly.

Peripherals include 16bit timers with enhanced PWM, a powerful 10bit, eight-channel ADC and a selection of serial interfaces.

A wide operating range (2.7-5.5V) plus five low-power modes optimises power consumption.

Kim Allen, GD Technik Marketing Manager comments: "This the first AVR with on-chip CAN controller".

"Its ability to handle such a large number of message objects, programmable on-the-fly, combined with an unrivalled feature set means the AT90CAN128 gives designers a really compact and powerful solution for all their CAN designs".

The AT90CAN128 is pin compatible with the mega128.

It is available now in TQFP64 and QFN64 packages.

To help designers quickly realise CAN applications GD Technik is also offering Atmel's CAN physical interface module kit, the ATADAPCAN01 which, combined with the STK501 and STK500, provides a full development environment.

With the kit comes a C-code driver library for all peripherals including the CAN driver and various program examples.

GD Technik: contact details and other news
Email this article to a colleague
Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
Electronicstalk Home Page

Search the Pro-Talk network of sites