Atmel Releases a Complete Family of Serial, USB and PCMCIA Smart Card Reader ICs
NANTES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2002--Atmel®
Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the expansion of its C51
microcontroller family dedicated to advanced smart card readers.
Designed in partnership with key-players in the smart card reader
market, Atmel's new reader ICs address any application using a serial,
USB or PCMCIA smart card reader.
The new AT8xC5122 and AT83C5123 join Atmel's line up of AT8xC5121
C51-based one-chip solutions currently used in serial smart card
readers for mobile phones, PDAs and energy meters and are available in
Flash, RAM or ROM versions. These new devices offer greater
flexibility to optimize USB smart card keyboards and PClink smart card
readers, respective to target applications.
Additionally, the AT83C25 provide solutions for PCMCIA readers and
the AT83C24, a cost-effective level shifter solution for set top boxes
and EFT/POS.
To help customers reduce time-to-market, Atmel and its partners
have also developed ready-to-use solutions. Including specific
software, they are pre-certified by major industry standards (EMV
2000, PC/SC, ISO7816, WHQL).
All devices retain a fully integrated DC/DC converter with 75 to
98% efficiency, which powers the target card with the appropriate 5, 3
or 1.8 Voltage regardless of the voltage source. An ISO7816 UART is
also integrated for easy data transfer to the card (except for
AT83C24). A unique on-chip power management unit handles wake-up,
reset/power-fail and short-circuit detection. For ESD protection, card
I/O's have been especially designed to be resistant to 4 kV.
"The introduction of these new devices puts Atmel among the major
suppliers of smart card reader ICs," said Manish Vadher, marketing
director for C51 Microcontrollers. "Embedded in the final application,
Atmel ICs offer keyboards, set-top boxes, PDAs, EFT-POS terminals,
mobile phone and energy-meters manufacturers a unique opportunity to
quickly and easily integrate a universal smart card reader interface."
Small footprint and low-profile packages such as SSOP24, PLCC28,
VQFP32, PLCC52, VQFP64, PLCC68 are available, both in industrial and
commercial temperature ranges.
Production volumes of AT8xC5121 are available now. Pricing is $4
for 10,000-unit quantity for the AT8xC5121 Flash version and $2.50 for
the ROM version. Samples of AT8xC5122 and AT83C5123 are available
today.
A full set of support tools is available, including a hardware
emulator, a software compiler/simulator and starter kits.
About Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif. with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe.
Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic,
mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also
a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions
using CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process
technologies.
Information:
Atmel's AT89C5121, AT89C5122, ATC895123, AT83C24 and AT83C25
product information may be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod71.htm#Smart_Card_Readers
Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by
visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com
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Contact:
Atmel Corporation
Arnaud Ruchon, +33 2 40 18 18 01
Product Marketing Manager for Smart Card Reader ICs
arnaud.ruchon@nto.atmel.com
Philippe Faure, +33 2 40 18 18 87
Marketing Communications Manager
Philippe.faure@nto.atmel.com
Veronique Sablereau, +33 1 30 60 70 68
Corporate Communications Manager -- Europe
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
Clive Over, 408/451-2855
Director of Press Relations -- USA and Asia
cliveover@atmel.com
Source:
Atmel Corporation
