SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel®
Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and
touch technology solutions, today announced its first-ever wearable
solution integrating Atmel's broad portfolio. Atmel designed a 7cm
x 9cm demonstrator around a smart badge concept, combining
low-power embedded processing, wireless, touch and sensor
technologies to create a turnkey system. By leveraging
industry-leading Atmel technology, this complete system solution
makes it simple to demonstrate virtually any type of wearable
application.
This demonstrator brings together hardware and software
technologies, from Atmel and partners, into a highly optimized and
comprehensive out-of-the-box solution that addresses the complex
requirements for the wearable market while bringing their designs
quickly to market. Users can wear it around their neck and display
different applications (compass, watch, spirit level, slide show,
battery gauge) specialized for the Andriod operating system (OS)
and made by Adeneo Embedded, an Atmel partner. Based on Atmel's
embedded connectivity, the demonstrator can interact with other
Android mobile phones. The badge uses a 3.5-inch display from
Precision Design Associates (PDA Inc.) and embeds MEMS and sensor
technology from Bosch Sensortec as well as memory multi-chip
package from Micron combining 4Gb of LPDDR2 + 4GB of eMMC in
a single package demonstrator running on the Android KitKat OS.
Atmel is also developing a software framework that will allow
various software partners to plug in their software and seamlessly
work together.
According to the most recent forecast data from the
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable
Device Tracker, vendors will ship a total of 45.7 million units in
2015, up a strong 133.4 percent from the 19.6 million units shipped
in 2014. By 2019, total shipment volumes are forecasted to reach
126.1 million units, resulting in a five-year compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 45.1 percent.*
With the anticipated growth of the wearable market, designers
are looking for solutions that combine all the necessary and
complex technologies into a simple turnkey solution, enabling
designers to focus on differentiating their products. The Smart
Badge is the first demonstrator to bring together the company's
ultra-low power Atmel | SMART SAMA5D31 MPU, the Atmel | SMART SAM
G54 sensor hub solution, Atmel's maXTouch mXT112S controller and
Atmel SmartConnect WILC3000 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated
solution.
"Atmel possesses the most complete, lowest power technology
portfolio for wearable devices worldwide," said Vince Murdica, Responsible for the
Sensor-centric Business Unit, Atmel Corporation. "Atmel's Smart
Badge is the first of many wearable reference designs and platforms
to come as we want to ensure when customers think wearables, they
think Atmel. We are very focused and excited to help accelerate the
growth of the wearable market with turnkey, low power, complete
hardware and software solutions."
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More Information
Atmel Wearable Solutions:
http://www.atmel.com/applications/wearables/smart-badge/default.aspx
Atmel | SMART MCU family:
http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/arm/default.aspx
Embedded Design Blog: www.atmelcorporation.wordpress.com
Atmel YouTube Channel at www.atmel.com/youtube
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About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a
worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers,
capacitive touch solutions, 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 intelligent and connected solutions focused on the
industrial, automotive, consumer, communications and computing
markets.
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Partner Quotes
Adeneo Embedded
"Adeneo Embedded has a long standing partnership with Atmel on
Linux, Windows Embedded and more recently Android porting
activities for AT91SAM ARM based MPUs," said Yannick Chammings, CEO at Adeneo Embedded. "With
the collaboration on the Smart Badge concept, implementing
Android-based wearable scenarios, Adeneo Embedded will scale OS and
SW support to OEMs developing smart, connected, wearable
devices."
Bosch Sensortec
"We are excited to team with Atmel on their new Smart Badge
demonstrator leveraging multiple Bosch Sensortec technologies
including two sensors and our Bosch Fusion Library running on the
Atmel | SMART MCU," said Jeanne
Forget, Head of Marketing, Bosch Sensortec. "The Smart Badge
is the perfect demonstrator allowing high-end wearable designs
ultra-low power sensor capability to measure fitness, location and
much more. We look forward to further expanding our collaboration
with Atmel on a number of upcoming wearable demonstrators in their
portfolio."
Micron
"As the Internet of Things explodes, driven in large part by the
emerging wearable market segment, designers are looking for small,
flexible turnkey solutions to get their product to market quickly,"
said Wendy Lee-Kadlec, Senior
Director of Ecosystem Enabling, Micron. "The collaboration
between both companies leverages Micron's broad Multi-Chip Packages
portfolio which enable advance functionality in space-constrained
applications with Atmel's low-power embedded processing, wireless,
touch and sensor technologies to create a turnkey system to meet
the diverse end applications requirements."
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