Date: 20/10/2010

Atmel adds another SiP device to its family of LIN devices

Atmel Corporation has extended its LIN SiP family by adding new member ATA6614. ATA6614 combines the Atmel LIN System Basis Chip (SBC) ATA6630 including a LIN transceiver and 5V voltage regulator, and the Atmel ATmega328P with 32k Flash memory in a single package. ATA6614 helps designers to create complete LIN nodes using just one device.

The new LIN SiP offers improved EMC (electro-magnetic compatibility) and ESD (electronic static discharge) performance, conforming to the latest car manufacturer requirements. It is optimized for low-cost LIN slave applications and enables system cost reductions of up to 25 percent, claims Atmel.

The LIN SiP is fully compatible with the Atmel flexible QTouch library solution to allow button, slider and wheel touch applications to be implemented with the same device which communicates these touches, using available LIN protocol stacks over the LIN network.

"This new family features the industry's lowest power LIN wake-up management and advanced AVR microcontrollers which use Atmel picoPower technology. Power consumption of competing solutions can be up to 10 times higher than the new Atmel SiP family," said Dr. Stephan Hartmann, LIN Marketing Manager at Atmel Corporation.

"This family is also suitable for automotive body electronics applications such as door modules, seat control or intelligent sensors, and automotive touch applications," Hartmann continued.

The Atmel ATA6614 extends the flash memory range of the current SiP family, offering a simple upgrade from the ATA6613 where the application requires more than 16k Flash memory. Atmel says due to the extremely small QFN48 package of only 7 mm x 7 mm, designers can save more than 50 percent of the printed circuit board size compared to conventional solutions.

Package: Small QFN48

Price: Starts at US $1.89 for 10k-pieces

Availability: Now