Programmable IC Chips ATMEGA8A-AU 8 Bit Microcontroller Programming

ATMEGA8A-AU In-System Programmable Flash 8-bit AVR Microcontroller with 8K Bytes

FEATURES

Features

• High-performance, Low-power AVR® 8-bit Microcontroller

• Advanced RISC Architecture

– 130 Powerful Instructions – Most Single-clock Cycle Execution

– 32 x 8 General Purpose Working Registers

– Fully Static Operation

– Up to 16 MIPS Throughput at 16 MHz

– On-chip 2-cycle Multiplier

• High Endurance Non-volatile Memory segments – 8K Bytes of In-System Self-programmable Flash program memory – 512 Bytes EEPROM – 1K Byte Internal SRAM – Write/Erase Cycles: 10,000 Flash/100,000 EEPROM – Data retention: 20 years at 85°C/100 years at 25°C(1) – Optional Boot Code Section with Independent Lock Bits

• In-System Programming by On-chip Boot Program

• True Read-While-Write Operation – Programming Lock for Software Security

• Peripheral Features – Two 8-bit Timer/Counters with Separate Prescaler, one Compare Mode – One 16-bit Timer/Counter with Separate Prescaler, Compare Mode, and Capture Mode – Real Time Counter with Separate Oscillator – Three PWM Channels – 8-channel ADC in TQFP and QFN/MLF package

• Eight Channels 10-bit Accuracy – 6-channel ADC in PDIP package

• Six Channels 10-bit Accuracy – Byte-oriented Two-wire Serial Interface – Programmable Serial USART – Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface – Programmable Watchdog Timer with Separate On-chip Oscillator – On-chip Analog Comparator

• Special Microcontroller Features – Power-on Reset and Programmable Brown-out Detection – Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator – External and Internal Interrupt Sources – Five Sleep Modes: Idle, ADC Noise Reduction, Power-save, Power-down, and Standby

• I/O and Packages – 23 Programmable I/O Lines – 28-lead PDIP, 32-lead TQFP, and 32-pad QFN/MLF

• Operating Voltages – 2.7 - 5.5V for ATmega8A

• Speed Grades – 0 - 16 MHz for ATmega8A

• Power Consumption at 4 Mhz, 3V, 25°C – Active: 3.6 mA – Idle Mode: 1.0 mA – Power-down Mode: 0.5 µA

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