ATtiny10 'gives six-fold performance increase'

This device features up to 12 MIPS of processing throughput, eight-bit A/D converter, analogue comparator and a 16-bit timer with PWM.

It is a perfect single-chip solution for size and cost-constrained high-volume consumer applications.

Atmel claims the AVR ATtiny10 provides six-times the performance of any other similar-sized microcontroller in the market.

This efficiency reduces the time in active mode and increases the time spent in power-saving sleep modes.

The AVR ATtiny10 houses an analogue comparator, four A/D converter channels, a 16-bit timer counter that can run two-phase, frequency correct PWM outputs and a powerful CPU.

All tinyAVR microcontrollers use the standard AVR microcontroller-development tools.

The AVR Studio AVR integrated development environment is available for free on Atmel's website.