ATTINY88-15AZ

ATtiny88-15AZ is a small, low-power and fast 8-bit microcontroller designed by Atmel. It has 8KB of FLASH, 512 bytes of RAM, 24GPIOs and 5 timers. It is also equipped with built-in analog comparator, 8-channel ADC and external interrupts. ATtiny88-15AZ is most suitable for applications in a very compact and low cost environment.

Application fields

ATtiny88-15AZ can be applied in a variety of fields, such as metering, data acquisition, home and building control, embedded system design, instrumentation, industrial automation, and so on. It is also very suitable for designing user interfaces, touch sensors, and low power RF wireless products. ATtiny88-15AZ can serve as an ideal choice for small and power-constrained microcontroller applications.

Working principle

ATtiny88-15AZ is based on the RISC AVR microcontroller, which means that it can execute instructions in words of 16-bit width. It provides various addressing modes, such as direct, extended, and indexed, for efficient memory access and manipulation of data. In addition, the microcontroller has an 8/ 16-bit register architecture, providing efficient access to RAM, enabling the efficient usage of program memory. It also supports advanced features, like interrupts, sleep mode, timer/counter, SPI, USART, and so on.

The internal A/D and D/A converters provide a variety of analog tools, such as 8-bit operation with 8MHz clock, 8-bit resolutions of 10- or 11-bit resolutions, and programmable sampling rates. The microcontroller also features an external bus interface and a time-multiplexed bus protocol, which allows multiple applications to communicate with each other simultaneously. ATtiny88-15AZ has a wide range of operational voltages and temperature ranges, making it more versatile.

Compared to most other microcontrollers, the ATtiny88-15AZ has a very simple and lightweight instruction set. It is optimized for low power consumption and maximum performance in embedded applications. The silica-based process enables more efficient logic and more efficient power consumption in comparison to modern microprocessors.

ATtiny88-15AZ is an ideal choice for a variety of embedded system designs, including metering, data acquisition, home and building control, and instrumentation. Its simple and lightweight instruction set, efficient memory manipulation, and power-efficient consumption make it a good choice for designers looking to create highly efficient and cost-effective designs.