ATMEGA8-16AU Programmable IC Chips In-System Programmable Flash

8-bit with 8K Bytes In-System Programmable Flash

ATmega8 ATmega8L

Features

• High-performance, Low-power AVR® 8-bit Microcontroller

• Advanced RISC Architecture

– 130 Powerful Instructions

– Most Single-clock Cycle Execution

– 32 x 8 General Purpose Working Registers

– Fully Static Operation

– Up to 16 MIPS Throughput at 16 MHz

– On-chip 2-cycle Multiplier

• Nonvolatile Program and Data Memories

– 8K Bytes of In-System Self-Programmable Flash Endurance: 10,000 Write/Erase Cycles

– Optional Boot Code Section with Independent Lock Bits In-System Programming by On-chip

Boot Program True Read-While-Write Operation

– 512 Bytes EEPROM Endurance: 100,000 Write/Erase Cycles

– 1K Byte Internal SRAM

– Programming Lock for Software Security

• Peripheral Features

– Two 8-bit Timer/Counters with Separate Prescaler, one Compare Mode

– One 16-bit Timer/Counter with Separate Prescaler, Compare Mode, and Capture Mode

– Real Time Counter with Separate Oscillator

– Three PWM Channels

– 8-channel ADC in TQFP and QFN/MLF package Eight Channels 10-bit Accuracy

– 6-channel ADC in PDIP package Eight Channels 10-bit Accuracy

– Byte-oriented Two-wire Serial Interface

– Programmable Serial USART

– Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface

– Programmable Watchdog Timer with Separate On-chip Oscillator

– On-chip Analog Comparator

• Special Microcontroller Features

– Power-on Reset and Programmable Brown-out Detection

– Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator

– External and Internal Interrupt Sources

– Five Sleep Modes: Idle, ADC Noise Reduction, Power-save, Power-down, and Standby

• I/O and Packages

– 23 Programmable I/O Lines

– 28-lead PDIP, 32-lead TQFP, and 32-pad QFN/MLF

• Operating Voltages

– 2.7 - 5.5V (ATmega8L)

– 4.5 - 5.5V (ATmega8)

• Speed Grades

– 0 - 8 MHz (ATmega8L)

– 0 - 16 MHz (ATmega8)

• Power Consumption at 4 Mhz, 3V, 25°C

– Active: 3.6 mA

– Idle Mode: 1.0 mA

– Power-down Mode: 0.5 µA

Overview

The ATmega8 is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on the AVR 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.

Pin Configurations

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