The ATMEGA8U2-AU is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on the AVR enhanced RISC architecture. By executing powerful instructions in a single clock cycle, the ATMEGA8U2 achieves throughputs approaching 1 MIPS per MHz allowing the system designer to optimize power consumption versus processing speed.
The AVR core combines a rich instruction set with 32 general purpose working registers. All the 32 registers are directly connected to the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), allowing two independent registers to be accessed in one single instruction executed in one clock cycle. The resulting architecture is more code efficient while achieving throughputs up to ten times faster than conventional CISC microcontrollers.
Note: These microcontrollers were found in back stock after we had removed them from any current build. We are offering them for a limited time at a severely reduced cost. We will not be stocking the ATMEGA8U2-AU once the current supply is gone.
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Skill Level: Competent - You will encounter surface mount components and basic SMD soldering techniques are required.
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Are these in tray or tape?
hmm. i thought these were replaced by their 16 and 32kbyte siblings on most/all sparkfun boards years ago. Have they gone by in storage unnoticed for so long?
Yep :)
Why not the ATMEG32U2?
Check out the note above, we found some back stock and are selling it off around cost. But if we find any ATMega 32U2s hanging around we'll put those up as well. :)
Doh, my bad.