Atmel's AT91 ARM Thumb microcontrollers provide the 32-bit performance every 8-bit microcontroller user is dreaming of while staying within his tight system budget. The extra performance enables the implementation in software of innovative but evolving protocols for communication, compression or control.

Building a microcontroller product line around the industry-standard ARM processor core guarantees the customer long-term availability. The widespread acceptance of the processor has resulted in the development of an extensive range of qualified software IP products reducing the time-to-market for new applications.

AT91 microcontrollers are targeted at low-power, real-time control applications. They have already been successfully designed into Industrial Automation systems, MP-3/WMA players, Data Acquisition products, Pagers, Point-of-Sales terminals, Medical equipment, GPS and Networking systems.

AT91 Development Tools
The AT91 series is completely supported by state-of-the-art development tools, including C-compilers, Debuggers, Emulators and Real-Time-Operating Systems. The Business Partners section contains a list of accredited third party development tool suppliers.

Europe Technologies is Atmel's partner for the development, sales and support of complete AT91 software development toolchains including compilers, debugger and emulator. This unique one-stop-shop capability guarantees interoperability of products from different third party tool vendors and provides a single interface for purchase, training and support.