Active-Semi Devices Provide Turnkey Power Solution for Atmel eMPU SAMA5 and SAM9 Series ARM™ Processors
New ACT8865 and ACT8945A PMICs significantly reduce solution size, improve performance with fast time-to-market for low-power applications
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SANTA CLARA, – October 24, 2013 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Active-Semi today announced reference design solutions for Atmels ARM Cortex A5 and ARM9-based eMPUs (Embedded Micro Processor Units) using Active-Semis ACT8865 and ACT8945A PMICs (Power Management Integrated Circuits). This embedded solution offers high differentiation, in particular for low-power applications such as smartwatches, wearables, POS (Point-of-Sale) and HMI (Human Machine Interface). These turnkey, highly integrated power IC solutions from Active-Semi fit well with Atmels eMPU platform approach by reducing design cycle-time up to 80% and enabling the lowest standby power (under 2mW), critical in conserving battery life in portable applications.
Working with Active-Semi to develop the ACT8865 and ACT8945A Family of PMICs has helped to further simplify our customers system design and reduce the number of power components by as much as 80 percent, according to Jacko Wilbrink, Senior Product Marketing Director of ARM eMPU & Secure at Atmel Corporation. This approach supports our efforts to decrease the embedded processor platform solution size while increasing the reliability.
Active-Semis ACT8865 and ACT8945A PMICs integrate the complete voltage regulator requirements of Atmel eMPU-based systems, including 3 step-down DC-DC converters and 2 low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators while leaving free 2 additional LDO for auxiliary customer-specific functions. The devices also include pre-configured power rail sequencing that removes the associated design complexity of discrete solution alternatives. The ACT8945A also offers an integrated battery charger and ActivePath power path management to efficiently manage battery charging. Both products offer serial communication interfaces to configure and control the operation of the PMICs.
We see tremendous market opportunity for high density and energy efficient microprocessors such as Atmels SAMA5 and SAM9 that are enabling a new class of consumer and industrial embedded applications, Mark Cieri, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Active-Semi. Our ACT8865 and ACT8945A devices have proven valuable as they enable up to a 50% reduction in both size and total cost of the power solution but at higher performance than the discrete alternatives.
ACT8865 and ACT8945A are in production today.
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