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Development kit helps customize ARM7-based MCUs.(ESC update.)
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ECN-Electronic Component News
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June 1, 2008
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Some designs need a bit of customizing, but without large FPGAs and ASICs. To answer that need, Atmel provides an AT91CAP7 family of ARM7 MCUs that include a metal-programmable block of 450K gates; the equivalent of 56K FPGA logic elements. Designers can port any function implemented in an FPGA directly to a CAP7 MCU with no special EDA tools or extra engineering effort. The Atmel AT91CAP7X-DK development kit lets designers evaluate, develop, emulate and ultimately transfer ARM7-plus-FPGA designs to Atmel's CAP7 customizable microcontrollers. In contrast to embedded ...