MICROCHIP ATMEGA406-1AAU

The ATmega406 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 ATmega406 achieves throughputs approaching 1 MIPS at 1 MHz. The ATmega406 provides the following features: a Voltage Regulator, dedicated Battery Protection Circuitry, integrated cell balancing FETs, high-voltage analog front-end, and an MCU with two ADCs with On-chip voltage reference for battery fuel gauging. The voltage regulator operates at a wide range of voltages, 4.0 - 25 volts. This voltage is regulated to a constant supply voltage of nominally 3.3 volts for the integrated logic and analog functions. The battery protection monitors the battery voltage and charge/discharge current to detect illegal conditions and protect the battery from these when required. The illegal conditions are deep under-voltage during discharging, short-circuit during discharging and over-current during charging and discharging. The integrated cell balancing FETs allow cell balancing algorithms to be implemented in software. The MCU provides the following features: 40K bytes of In-System Programmable Flash with Read-While-Write capabilities, 512 bytes EEPROM, 2K byte SRAM, 32 general purpose working registers, 18 general purpose I/O lines, 11 high-voltage I/O lines, a JTAG Interface for On-chip Debugging support and programming, two flexible Timer/Counters with PWM and compare modes, one Wake-up Timer, an SM-Bus compliant TWI module, internal and external interrupts, a 12-bit Sigma Delta ADC for voltage and temperature measurements, a high resolution Sigma Delta ADC for Coulomb Counting and instantaneous current measurements, a programmable Watchdog Timer with internal Oscillator, and four software selectable power saving modes. The AVR core combines a rich instruction set with 32 general purpose working registers. All the 32 registers are directly connected to the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), allowing two independent registers to be accessed in one single instruction executed in one clock cycle. The resulting architecture is more code efficient while achieving throughputs up to ten times faster than conventional CISC microcontrollers. The Idle mode stops the CPU while allowing the other chip function to continue functioning. The Power-down mode allows the voltage regulator, battery protection, regulator current detection, Watchdog Timer, and Wake-up Timer to operate, while disabling all other chip functions until the next Interrupt or Hardware Reset. In Power-save mode, the Wake-up Timer and Coulomb Counter ADC continues to run. The device is manufactured using Atmel’s high voltage high density non-volatile memory technology. The On-chip ISP Flash allows the program memory to be reprogrammed In-System, by a conventional non-volatile memory programmer or by an On-chip Boot program running on the AVR core. The Boot program can use any interface to download the application program in the Application Flash memory. Software in the Boot Flash section will continue to run while the Application Flash section is updated, providing true Read-While-Write operation. By combining an 8-bit RISC CPU with In-System Self-Programmable Flash, fuel gauging ADCs, dedicated battery protection circuitry, Cell Balancing FETs, and a voltage regulator on a monolithic chip, the Atmel ATmega406 is a powerful microcontroller that provides a highly flexible and cost effective solution for Li-ion Smart Battery applications. The ATmega406 AVR is supported with a full suite of program and system development tools including: C Compilers, Macro Assemblers, Program Debugger/Simulators, and On-chip Debugger.