Rainbow Electronics ATmega8515L User Manual

Features

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Features

High-performance, Low-power AVR

®

8-bit Microcontroller

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: 1,000 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

– 512 Bytes Internal SRAM
– Up to 64K Bytes Optional External Memory Space
– Programming Lock for Software Security

Peripheral Features

– One 8-bit Timer/Counter with Separate Prescaler and Compare Mode
– One 16-bit Timer/Counter with Separate Prescaler, Compare Mode, and Capture

Mode

– Three PWM Channels
– 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
– Three Sleep Modes: Idle, Power-down and Standby

I/O and Packages

– 35 Programmable I/O Lines
– 40-pin PDIP, 44-lead TQFP, 44-lead PLCC, and 44-pad MLF

Operating Voltages

– 2.7 - 5.5V for ATmega8515L
– 4.5 - 5.5V for ATmega8515

Speed Grades

– 0 - 8 MHz for ATmega8515L
– 0 - 16 MHz for ATmega8515

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

ATmega8515
ATmega8515L

Preliminary

Rev. 2512A–AVR–04/02

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