Atmel QTouch Library Now Supports AVR and AVR32 Microcontrollers
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the new release of the popular Atmel QTouch
Library, a royalty free software library providing access to the industry-leading QTouch(TM) technology.
Without the need for external devices, the QTouch Library adds capacitive touch capabilities to AVR(R) and
AVR32 microcontrollers. The new library consists of pre-compiled and object code binaries, which can be
configured individually as touch keys, or combined in groups to form sliders, navigation wheels or
combinations of all these. The QTouch Library allows full user customization and optimization of the touch
function.
Atmel's complete Development Tools System, available now, makes it easy to develop a reliable high-
performance touch application based on the AVR and AVR32 microcontrollers. With the market leading AVR
and AVR32 microcontrollers, adding touch functionality to the application is done while still allowing the
majority of the microcontroller resources to be used for the application software. "Adding touch capability to
the user's application is a unique feature with the QTouch Library which Atmel offers due to the high
performance of our microcontrollers. Other industry alternatives use all the microcontroller performance for the
touch function, not allowing for any application software to run reliably simultaneously," said Ingar Fredriksen,
Atmel's AVR Product Marketing Director.
"This extension of the QTouch Library allows Atmel to offer our superior touch technology for a full range of
AVR and a selection of AVR32 UC3 devices. Atmel's customers can freely select one of our tinyAVR(R),
megaAVR(R), XMega(R) or AVR32 UC3A devices and add touch functionality to their design," continued Ingar
Fredriksen. "We have received an overwhelmingly positive response to Atmel's QTouch Library, it is easy to
use, and easily adds capacitive touch to users' applications. The reliable and high-performance QTouch
technology inspires our users to create new and innovative user interfaces. This is an important step in our
strategy to offer our QTouch solution to the entire range of Atmel's microcontrollers."
Availability and Pricing
The QTouch Library is available now to register and download at the product web page together with AVR
QTouch Studio, free frontend software supporting the two available demonstration boards ATAVRTS2080A
and ATAVRTS2080B, supporting ATmega88 and ATtiny88, respectively.
Information:
About Atmel
Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-
signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest
intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete
system solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive
markets.
(c) 2009 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel(R), Atmel logo and combinations thereof, and
AVR(R), megaAVR(R), XMEGA(TM), tinyAVR(R) are registered trademarks, QTouch(TM) is a trademark of
Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others.
Press Contact:
Clive Over, Director, Public Relations. Atmel Corporation
Tel: (+1) 408 436-4305, E-mail: clive.over@atmel.com
SOURCE: Atmel Corporation
CONTACT: Clive Over, Director, Public Relations, Atmel Corporation, +1-408-436-4305,
clive.over@atmel.com
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