Uniqueness and elegance of design Robustness and fault tolerance of the controlling software How fast the robot can complete a defined task Accuracy of defined task ...

RPM Systems Corporation (Redmond, Washington U.S.A.) today announces programming support for Atmel’s AVR AT Xmega family of microcontrollers. Available immediately, the MPQ-AVR programmer provides ...

Atmel Corp., which has operated a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs since 1989, passed into the history books Monday when it was acquired by Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc.

Just last week, there was considerable speculation that Microchip would buy Atmel. The deal wasn’t done, and there was precedent that this deal wouldn’t happen – earlier this year, Dialog made an ...

Novel programming interfaces for MCUs might catch us by surprise, but then we inevitably get up to speed with the changes required. Today’s bastion is HVTPI – a “12V reset” addition to the TPI we’ve ...

(Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Atmel Corp said it considered Microchip Technology Inc's $3.42 billion cash-and-stock proposal superior to an offer from Dialog Semiconductor Plc. Atmel said on Wednesday ...