August 14, 2014. Atmel, a provider of microcontroller and touch technology solutions, has announced the introduction of its latest Power Line Communication System-on-Chip (SoC) solution designed for smart metering applications.
The Atmel SAM4CP16B is an extension of Atmel’s SAM4Cx smart-energy platform built on a dual-core 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 architecture. Fully compatible with Atmel’s ATPL230A OFDM physical-layer (PHY) device and compliant with the PRIME standard, this flexible solution addresses OEMs' requirements for various system-partitioning, BOM-reduction, and time-to-market requirements by incorporating independent application, protocol-stack, and physical-layer processing functions within the same device.
“We continue to build on the success of our industry leading SAM4Cx platform and offer best-in-class embedded connectivity, flexibility, and cost structure for high-volume smart-metering deployments,” said Andres Munoz, marketing manager, smart energy communications, at Atmel. “Furthermore, additional enhancements developed to meet PRIME standard specifications provide unprecedented performance in rigorous environments.”
Key features of the solution include integrated low-power driver, advanced cryptography, 1 MB of embedded flash, 152 kB of SRAM, low-power RTC, and LCD controller.
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