Date: 12/11/2009

Atmel's capacitive touch development suite for AVR MCUs

Atmel has released its QTouch development suite for capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels using 8- and 32-bit AVR microcontrollers, which includes the new QT600 development kit and QTouch Studio, AVR Studio and QTouch Library SW package for AVR microcontrollers.

QTouch Studio supports both the QT600 development kit and the designer's own application. AVR Studio used for development and code debugging for AVR microcontrollers. With the QTouch Library 3.0, Atmel offers a free software library for embedding capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels onto any AVR microcontroller.

"As consumers continue to demand touch capabilities in their everyday products, designers must find faster, easier ways to embed these functions," said Susie Inouye, Research Director, Principal Analyst of Databeans Inc. "Atmel's new QTouch Suite is an ideal solution for designers using AVR-based microcontrollers. The easy-to-use, integrated package enables designers a quick, full featured solution."

"With the Atmel QTouch Suite, we offer a complete solution for designers who want to add capacitive touch functionality to their AVR microcontroller applications," said Ingar Frederiksen, product-marketing director of AVR microcontrollers for Atmel Corporation. "This suite is extremely easy to use and supports the designers from creating an idea to a working solution."

Price:
Atmel QT600 development kit: At $199 USD
Availability: Now

For more details visit www.atmel.com

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