SAN JOSE, California, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its AVR(R) ONE!
high-end debugger for AVR(R) and AVR32 microcontrollers. Atmel is committed
to offer quality development tools at an affordable price. One unique
high-end on-chip debugging platform for all AVR and AVR32 devices: this is
AVR ONE! available at US$599 only while similar tools usually cost thousands
of dollars. The new debug tool will help customers to speed up their design
and get to the market faster.

The AVR32 microcontrollers and processors are the first devices to be
supported by AVR ONE! and will be followed by most of the tinyAVR(R),
megaAVR(R) and XMEGA(TM) devices during 2008. AVR ONE! customers will get
free of charge upgrades as Atmel extends support to all AVR devices.

The AVR ONE! speeds up programming and supports non-intrusive observation
and logging of how the embedded system performs. This allows the software
engineer a clear view of real time system behavior, without affecting or
modifying the real time characteristics of the microcontroller.

High speed program and debug -- The new AVR ONE! is a high-end JTAG and
Nexus on-chip debugger that is designed to deliver accurate monitoring of
system behavior in embedded systems built around AVR and AVR32
microcontrollers and application processors. Faster communication between the
PC and the target microcontroller speeds up the flow of debug data, and the
user will notice the improved responsiveness to user input. Programming
microcontrollers with large on-chip flash memories will be up to 3 times
faster than existing debuggers.

Real time debugging -- The AVR ONE! offers advanced real-time debugging
features. In addition to basic programming and on-chip debugging via the
traditional 4-pin JTAG port, the AVR ONE! supports debugging via the Nexus
port, an 8-bit parallel port found on all AVR32 devices. Inside the AVR32
microcontroller, the Nexus port is connected by a separate data bus to all
the on-chip peripherals and memories. The separate bus allows the debugger to
monitor and modify system behavior in every part of the microcontroller
without interrupting or affecting the timing of the program running in the
microcontroller. The AVR ONE! can be connected live to a running application
without interference.

Real-time trace -- The AVR32 Nexus debug interface is connected to the
AVR32 CPU's trace port. This is a port which outputs vital statistics about
CPU behavior and the software running. This real-time trace data is captured
by the AVR ONE! debugger and forwarded to the PC, where the user can
reconstruct the steps taken by the CPU leading up to an erroneous state from
a 2 GB data buffer. This marks a breakthrough in on-chip debugging, allowing
for the first time an on-chip trace port in a non-bondout version of all
AVR32 microcontrollers.

A complete line-up of debuggers -- The AVR ONE! expands Atmel's line-up
of on-chip debug adapters, which already consists of the very popular JTAGICE
mkII and the low cost AVR Dragon introduced last year. Customers can now
choose the tool that best fits their needs and budgets.

AVR32 Studio v2.0 -- To support the new AVR ONE! on-chip debugger, Atmel
has released version 2.0 of its popular AVR32 Studio project manager and
debugger front-end. In addition to full support for the new AVR ONE! on-chip
debug adapter, the new version of AVR32 Studio has even better integration of
the AVR32 Software Framework, Atmel's large library of optimized device
drivers, DSP math functions and communication stacks. AVR32 Studio and AVR32
Software Framework is available free of charge from Atmel's web site.

Availability and Pricing -- The new AVR ONE! is available now and is
priced at US$599.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio
frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest
intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide
the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer,
industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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combinations thereof, AVR(R) , tinyAVR(R), megaAVR(R), AVR Studio(R) and
others, are registered trademarks, XMEGA(TM) and others are trademarks of
Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.

Information:

Atmel's AVR ONE! information may be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4279.

For further information on AVR32 go to: http://www.atmel.com/AVR32/

Press Contacts:
    Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director - Microcontrollers
    Tel: +33-2-40-18-18-87, Email: philippe.faure@atmel.com

    Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
    Tel: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com

Web site: http://www.atmel.com