Atmel Unveils Industry’s First Microcontroller-transmitter RF ICs for Use with Simple Capacitive Sensors Serving Automotive TPMS Applications

Atmel Unveils Industry's First Microcontroller-transmitter RF ICs for Use with Simple Capacitive Sensors Serving Automotive TPMS Applications

Atmel has announced the ATA6285 and ATA6286 microcontroller-transmitter ICs with sensor interface for tire pressure monitoring (TPMS) sensor gauge systems.

Based on Atmel's Well-known AVR Microcontroller

Atmel has announced availability of ATA6285 and ATA6286 microcontroller-transmitter ICs with sensor interface for tire pressure monitoring (TPMS) sensor gauge systems. The new devices include all necessary building blocks to support the measurement and calibration of simple capacitive pressure and motion sensors plus the complete RF transmission functionality. These are the first such devices on the market.

The new ICs enable the development of cost-effective applications by allowing the system designer to freely choose simple, low-cost, non-calibrated sensors. These capacitive sensors can be calibrated very easily and with minimum effort by the customer's firmware within the integrated AVR microcontroller. As a result, the external sensors can be less sophisticated and smaller. This also makes the new ICs very well-suited for sensor manufacturers who wish to develop their own integrated sensor modules.