6th Semester Computer Hardware Engineering MODULE - 1

Microcontrollers PA R T – 2

AVR Family of microcontrollers

You will understand
these points:
▪ Criteria for choosing a
Microcontroller
▪ AVR Microcontroller family

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 Criteria for choosing a Microcontroller

1.Computing needs
2.Easy to develop
3.Availability

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Criteria for choosing a Microcontroller

1. Computing Needs
a. Bit size – It indicate the computing power of CPU. Bit size may be 4 bit , 8 – bit, 16 – bit
or 32 – bit
b. Speed – Highest speed the microcontroller supports
c. Amount of RAM and ROM
d. Number of I/O pins
e. Cost per unit
f. Packaging – DIP (Dual Inline Packaging) or QFP (Quad Flat Packaging)

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 Criteria for choosing a Microcontroller

2. Easy to develop the product.

Availability of software tools such as editor, compiler, simulator to use C programming
language to develop the software

3. Availability
Availability of the microcontroller in needed quantity both now and in future.

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 AVR family of Microcontrollers

They can be classified into

four groups:
1. Classic AVR(AT90Sxxxx)
2. MegaAVR(ATMegaxxxx)
3. TinyAVR (ATtinyxxxx)
4. Special Purpose AVR

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 AVR family of microcontrollers

1. Classic AVR(AT90Sxxxx)
• This is the first series of AVR chips developed by Atmel.
IC No Code ROM Data RAM EEPROM I/O Pins ADC Timers

AT90S2313 2K 128 128 15 0 2

AT90S2323 2K 128 128 3 0 1

AT90S4433 4K 128 256 20 6 2

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 AVR family of microcontrollers

2. MegaAVR(ATMegaxxxx)
• Powerful microcontrollers with lots of capabilities.
• Support program memory up to 256K.
• Support more than 120 instructions.
IC No Code ROM Data RAM EEPROM I/O Pins ADC Timers
ATMega8 8K 1K 0.5K 23 8 3
ATMega16 16K 1K 0.5K 32 8 3
ATMega32 32K 2K 1K 32 8 3
ATMega64 64K 4K 2K 54 8 4

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AVR family of microcontrollers

3. TinyAVR (ATtinyxxxx)
• Support a smaller number of instructions.
• Low power consumption.
• Low cost compared to other families.
• Support program memory up to 8K.
IC No Code ROM Data RAM EEPROM I/O Pins ADC Timers
ATtiny13 1K 64 64 6 4 1
ATtiny25 2K 128 128 6 4 2
ATtiny44 4K 256 256 12 8 2
ATtiny84 8K 512 512 12 8 2
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AVR family of microcontrollers

4. Special Purpose AVR

• It is a subset of other groups, but designed for specific applications.
• It can be used as USB controller, LCD controller, Zigbee, Ethernet controller,
Pulse width modulator (PWM).

IC No Code ROM Data RAM EEPROM I/O Pins Special Capabilities

AT90USB1287 128K 8K 4K 48 USB Controller

AT90PWM1287 16K 1K 0.5K 19 Advanced PWM
ATMega169 16K 1K 0.5K 54 LCD Controller

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 ▪ Criteria for choosing
microcontroller

▪ AVR Family of microcontrollers

Lesson Summary

Here is what we learned

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Thank You!