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Touch solutions for home appliance applications
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Touch solutions for home appliance applications
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Washing machines require support for motor controls, water level and temperature sensing, and user interface components that can withstand harsh environments. Standards-based, secure connectivity is also a must for appliances that will connect to a home network. Atmel® offers a rich array of microcontrollers and touch screen solutions that can power today's advanced washing equipment.
Features and Benefits
- Atmel offers a wide range of 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers that are dedicated to motor control, providing support for BLDC motors, AC motors, and switched reluctance motors.
- Atmel AVR® 32-bit microcontrollers embed a digital signal processor (DSP) and a floating point unit (FPU) in select models, to deliver the high performance required in advanced motor control solutions.
- Many AVR microcontrollers include high-end PWM modules with dead-time insertion, fault management, synchronization with analog, making them a perfect choice for motor control.
- AVR microcontrollers are offered in 105°C versions, as well as models up to 150°C, for a perfect match for washers with challenging temperature requirements.
- Atmel provides an IEC 60730 Class B Library to support customers in the certification process, which dramatically speeds time to market.
- Atmel AVR 32-bit microcontrollers feature a multi-layer databus and DMA controller that make them a perfect fit for HMI applications where high bandwidth is required.
- Atmel has the industry's most robust touch sensor technology. With our Atmel QTouch® library, designers can add capacitive touch buttons, wheels and sliders at no additional cost.
- Native 5V support is available on the Atmel megaAVR® and Atmel tinyAVR® microcontrollers. Many AVR 32-bit microcontrollers also offer 5V-tolerant inputs.
- High integration solutions, such as motor control and HMI touch in a Single-chip, and high power IOs that can directly drive LEDs and buzzers, help reduce BOM.
- ZigBee PRO compatibility enables standards-compliant connectivity and smart metering.
- Node authentication capability supports smart meter infrastructure connections.
The Atmel QTouch® Library offers unrivaled HMI robustness in wet environments.
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