A More Connected Industrial Environment
As industrial environments become more advanced and connected, automation technology is developing at a rapid pace. To deliver the communication features and intelligence required at the plant floor and beyond, developers need solutions that can provide:
- High performance together with power efficiency
- Rugged environmental design to resist water, dust, moisture, and extreme temperatures
- Advanced, yet cost effective Human Machine Interface (HMI) features
- Support for high-speed wired and wireless communication
- Dedicated features for functional safety implementation
Flexible, Power-Efficient Solutions
Atmel® offers a wide variety of solutions that are ideal for automating and monitoring industrial processes in a wide range of environments. They provide support for:
| Human Machine Interface | PLC and I/O Modules | Sensors |
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| Instruments | Industrial Communications | |
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The Atmel Advantage
Atmel has many years of experience in designing microcontrollers for industrial automation electronic applications. In 1993, we introduced the industry's the first Flash-based C51 microcontrollers suitable for industrial applications. Today, our innovative Atmel AVR® and ARM-based microcontrollers are used by leading companies in applications including industrial sensors, process instruments, control systems, and industrial control panels.
- Broad Portfolio: The Atmel microcontroller portfolio ranges from Atmel tinyAVR® 8-bit microcontrollers to the 32-bit ARM-based MPU, offering distinct feature sets to support a diverse array of products.
- Small Form Factor: Industrial sensors designs benefit from the highly integrated tinyAVR microcontrollers in small packages. The Atmel AVR microcontrollers are perfect for implementing sensor communication standards such as IO-Link in extremely space-constrained environment, while minimizing Bill of Materials (BOM).
- Power Efficiency: Process instrument applications that require limited power and solid signal processing capabilities can rely on the wide variety of efficient Atmel 32-bit microcontrollers.
- Communications Support: Industrial applications require more communications options than ever. The Atmel 32-bit microcontroller supports numerous communications peripherals such as high speed SPI and USART, CAN and Ethernet, to meet the growing demand for field bus and real-time industrial Ethernet solutions.
- Robust HMI: The Atmel advanced capacitive touch technology lets you design the next generation of industrial Human Machine Interface solutions.
- Safety functions: Atmel includes in its microcontrollers numerous hardware features which ease the implementation of SIL IEC61508 standards
- Secure Communication: Many industrial automation applications require secure authentication and encrypted communications. The Atmel hardware authentication solutions, designed with leading edge hardware security design techniques as well as very low standby power, offer a cost effective solution along with Atmel microcontrollers with crypto accelerators.
