Atmel Corporation and the Institute of Embedded Systems (InES), Zurich University of Applied Sciences, have announced the availability of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) transceiver that InES has implemented by personalizing Atmel's AT91CAP9S customisable Microcontroller.

The CAP implements the logic of the UWB Media Access Controller (MAC) in its metal programmable block, driven by software running on the embedded ARM926EJ-S processor.

Hans-Joachim Gelke, InES Microelectronics Project Leader, commented, "The porting of an UWB MAC onto Atmel's CAP is an excellent example of the collaboration between our Institute and industrial partners in order to bring advanced applications of embedded systems to the marketplace. We are working with a lead partner in order to industrialize this system, and are now able to offer the IP to others who wish to use the CAP as a platform for an UWB application."

The IP that personalizes the CAP metal programmable block for the UWB Media Access Controller, together with the software drivers for the ARM926EJ-S processor, are available from InES.

The UWB MAC logic does not occupy the entire CAP MP Block, leaving ample space for complementary application-specific logic, for example to implement a graphical user interface.

View Atmel's AT91CAP product information