The AVR Butterfly is a low-cost evaluation kit for the LCD AVR family of microcontrollers from Atmel. The kit was designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the first family member, the Mega169 Microcontroller with integrated on-chip LCD driver, which is targeted at battery-powered applications and consumes less than 50 µA at 32 kHz.
The Butterfly Evaluation Kit combines common elements found in a typical system including the Mega169 microcontroller, a piezo element for sound generation, integrated light and temperature sensors, LCD display glass, and a 4 Mb Atmel DataFlash. A single coin-cell battery powers the AVR Butterfly's operation for up to seven years. Such features make it easy for designers to begin development.
On the Atmel website ( www.atmel.com/avr/avr-butterfly) the user guide and other collateral for the evaluation board can be downloaded.
The Butterfly is shipped preloaded with demo firmware capable of performing the following embedded applications: clock and calendar, digital thermometer, light intensity measurement, digital NameTag, and jukebox.
For more information contact Arrow Altech Distribution, 011 923 9600, Memec SA, 011 897 8600, or EBV-Electrolink, 021 421 5350.
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