Designed for low power

 

The essence of an AVR picoPower device goes beyond merely the various picoPower features included in an AVR device. The design methodology, the process geometry, and even the kinds of transistors used are all essential power-saving parts of an AVR picoPower device. All AVR picoPower devices are designed from the ground up for low power consumption utilizing Atmel’s proprietary low leakage processes and libraries to provide industry leading low power consumption in all sleep modes.

True 1.62V operation

 

Atmel AVR microcontrollers offer true 1.62 V operation, including all analog modules, oscillators, and flash and EEPROM programming. In practice it means that different microcontroller features will not shut down one by one as the voltage drops. You can run the same application at different voltages without making comprises. All peripherals are available regardless of supply voltage. Power consumption is proportional to supply voltage, and so running at as low a supply voltage as possible saves power. For battery operated devices, the Atmel AVR microcontroller can make use of the remaining power available at lower battery voltage levels as the battery depletes.

SleepWalking

 

AVR peripherals intelligence allows the CPU to sleep peacefully until an important event occurs, eliminating millions of false CPU wakeups. SleepWalking an innovative technology found in all Atmel AVR microcontrollers that reduces total system power consumption in your application.

Faster Wakeup

 

The Atmel AVR microcontroller spends less time

 

waking up so the total power consumed is put to the

 

best possible use.

 

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