Designed for Real-Time Control with Core Independent Peripherals
Combining intelligent hardware peripherals along with the low-power capability of the AVR® core, megaAVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) broaden the effectiveness of your real-time control systems. Devices like the ATmega4809, ATmega4808, ATmega3209 and ATmega3208 offer individualized options for larger memory, pin counts and packages, while devices such as the ATmega1609, ATmega1608, ATmega809 and ATmega808 offer lower memory and pin-count variants. In addition to their easy-to-configure Core Independent Peripherals, all of these devices include a high-speed Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) that enables efficient noise reduction. This makes devices in the ATmega4809 family optimal as companion MCUs for complex microprocessor-based systems, or as stand-alone processors in command-and-control environments.
Getting Started
Take your next idea to market with a development board that you can keep in your pocket. With full program and debug capabilities, the ATmega4809 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit offers complete support for your next design. The ATmega4809 microcontroller broadens the effectiveness of real-time control systems with a combination of intelligent hardware peripherals alongside the low-power capacity of the AVR core.
System Features
Real Time Response
Event System
The Event System allows peripherals to communicate directly with each other without involving the Central Processing Unit (CPU) or bus resources. The Event System network is independent of the traditional data bus paths. This means that different triggers at the peripheral level can result in an event, such as a timer’s interrupts triggering an action in another peripheral. The Event System has three independent channels for direct peripheral-to-peripheral signaling. This is a deterministic signaling method and a perfect fit for real-time applications. The events are handled at the peripheral level whether the CPU is occupied handling interrupts or in sleep mode.
Safety First
CRC, WWDT, BOD, POR, VLM
You can use the built-in features that support safety-critical applications to add robustness and reliability to your design. These include the Windowed Watchdog Timer (WWDT) for system supervision, the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) for scanning Flash memory, and the Event System for fault detection. Other features include a Voltage Level Monitor (VLM), a Brown-Out Detector (BOD) and Power-On Reset (POR) for monitoring the supply voltage.
Hardware Customization
Custom Logic
The Custom Logic peripheral is a programmable logic peripheral that can be connected to the device pins, events or other internal peripherals. This allows the you to eliminate logic gates for glue logic functions on the PCB. Each Lookup Table (LUT) consists of three inputs, a truth table, options synchronizer, filter and edge detector. Each LUT can generate an output that can be routed internally or available on pins. This eliminates the need for external logic and reduces BOM cost.
Integrated Analog
10-bit ADC, Analog Comparator
The on-board 10-bit, 150 ksps single-ended Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) features selectable internal voltage references with minimal temperature drift. Using the Event System, the on-board Analog Comparator (AC) can be connected to trigger autonomous operation in other peripherals, which is ideal for real-time control and closed-loop operations.