ATMEGA8-16MU

The Microchip AVR ATmega8 is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on the AVR enhanced RISC architecture. By executing powerful instructions in a single clock cycle, the ATmega8 achieves throughputs approaching 1 MIPS per MHz allowing the system designer to optimize power consumption versus processing speed. The ATmega8 provides the following features: 8 Kbytes of In-System Programmable Flash with Read-While-Write capabilities, 512 bytes of EEPROM, 1 Kbyte of SRAM, 23 general purpose I/O lines, 32 general purpose working registers, three flexible Timer/Counters with compare modes, internal and external interrupts, a serial programmable USART, a byte oriented Twowire Serial Interface, a 6-channel ADC (eight channels in TQFP and QFN/MLF packages) with 10-bit accuracy, a programmable Watchdog Timer with Internal Oscillator, an SPI serial port, and five software selectable power saving modes. The Idle mode stops the CPU while allowing the SRAM, Timer/Counters, SPI port, and interrupt system to continue functioning. The Powerdown mode saves the register contents but freezes the Oscillator, disabling all other chip functions until the next Interrupt or Hardware Reset. In Power-save mode, the asynchronous timer continues to run, allowing the user to maintain a timer base while the rest of the device is sleeping. The ADC Noise Reduction mode stops the CPU and all I/O modules except asynchronous timer and ADC, to minimize switching noise during ADC conversions. In Standby mode, the crystal/resonator Oscillator is running while the rest of the device is sleeping. This allows very fast start-up combined with low-power consumption.

• High-performance, Low-power Atmel®AVR® 8-bit Microcontroller
• Advanced RISC Architecture
  • 130 Powerful Instructions – Most Single-clock Cycle Execution
  • 32 × 8 General Purpose Working Registers
  • Fully Static Operation
  • Up to 16MIPS Throughput at 16MHz
  • On-chip 2-cycle Multiplier
• High Endurance Non-volatile Memory segments
  • 8Kbytes of In-System Self-programmable Flash program memory
  • 512Bytes EEPROM
  • 1Kbyte Internal SRAM
  • Write/Erase Cycles: 10,000 Flash/100,000 EEPROM
  • Data retention: 20 years at 85°C/100 years at 25°C?¹?
  • Optional Boot Code Section with Independent Lock Bits
  • In-System Programming by On-chip Boot Program
  • True Read-While-Write Operation
  • Programming Lock for Software Security
• Special Microcontroller Features
  • Power-on Reset and Programmable Brown-out Detection
  • Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator