Consulting and Development
Services
Atmel Corporation has chosen Gordon Minns
& Associates (GMA) as a qualified resource for design
and implementation of AVR-based products.
Why Atmel AVR Processors?
After years of implementing
products with many different microprocessors and
microcontrollers, we at GMA have been impressed with the
cost effectiveness of the AVR product line. From the
point of view of a developer, the AVR processor has a
rich instruction set that makes assembly language
programming much easier than for processors having fewer
machine-level instructions.
The inclusion of a RAM-based deep
stack in all but the smallest Atmel processors minimizes
stack overflow concerns when deep nesting of subroutines
is required. The larger stack permits
ANSI-standard C to be used effectively as an
alternative to assembly language even for small
applications. The productivity gains are impressive, and
the source code is much easier to maintain.
The mere fact that the 16-bit wide
instructions can directly reference any address within a
64K address space means 'goodbye' to bank switching and
ROM paging in all but very large applications.
How Can GMA Help You?
Many developers cannot take the
time to learn, nor justify the cost of some of the
sophisticated development tools that permit rapid
development of AVR applications. Once customers decide
to market a new product, they want it
developed....fast. Lost sales resulting from long
development time-to-market can be substantial...
Our
in-house circuit design, software,
and industrial design capability means that we can
usually start from a concept and deliver a
ready-to-test prototype in a few weeks, depending
upon the complexity of the project. This is
possible because we have made a significant investment
in AVR development and other tools including:
IAR C/ C++ Compiler with
JTAG debugging (a significant improvement over
traditional emulators).
Visual State (permits UML
modeling and verifiable code...a must for medical
applications).
AVR Internet Tools (for
implementing low-cost Web-based control and monitoring
applications).
GMA-developed Prototyping Boards
(used to start software development ahead
of circuit design)
GMA Application-Specific
Code/Circuit Modules (pre-engineered circuit and
software modules).
All this
adds up to an extremely efficient development capability
that saves you time and money.
We would be pleased to give a
quick budgetary time and cost estimate, (under
non-disclosure if required). We think you'll be
surprised at our prices. Call us at (480) 215-1340,
or use our quick-response email form on the Home page.
100% Customer Satisfaction
Guarantee
It is our policy to
refund 100% of the project cost if we fail to meet our
Customers' specifications, or if our Customer is not
satisfied with the end-product.
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