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Atmel’s new micro with integrated boost converter

Atmel has announced on their website that they are offering an 8-bit AVR microprocessor with an integrated boost converter that allows operation of the microprocessor’s core all the way down to 0.7 volts. This frees up the requirement for designing an external boost converter to operate on the pico power requirement of at least 1.8 volts.

Obviously, this allows applications to operate on just one typical alkaline or ni-cad cell. Impressive, but I haven’t been able to get my hands on one yet. No suppliers have them in stock, and my sample request has not been acknowledged now for about a month. I have some ideas, so hopefully they will ship some soon.

Check it out at Atmel’s website:  ATtiny43U