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Complete your designs faster with AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs). Offering unsurpassed performance, power efficiency and flexibility, they are an excellent choice for a variety of embedded system designs. Their combination of easily customizable peripherals and the industry's most code-efficient architecture enable you to bring multiple functions to a single chip with minimal programming. We also offer industry-leading development tools and design support to help you get your design to market quickly. After your products have launched, the large AVR MCU family allows you to reuse your knowledge to improve and enhance your offerings, making it easy and cost-effective to expand into new markets.

Featured AVR MCU Families


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Compare 8-bit AVR Devices

Our Quick Reference Guide makes it easy to compare the key features of our 8-bit AVR MCU families to find the perfect solution for your design.

Browse Core Independent Peripherals

Discover how Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) take the load off the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and provide flexible options for creating innovative designs.

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Select an easy-to-use development board and begin your design journey with the easy-to-use and comprehensive MPLAB® development ecosystem.

AVR MCUs for Functional Safety


When safety is critical to the success of your design, our proven experience will help you meet functional safety requirements while minimizing cost and development time. Our Functional Safety Ready 8-bit MCUs encompass the latest hardware safety features to help you achieve ISO 26262, IEC 61508 and IEC 60730 certification and increase reliability and redundancy in your applications. These devices also come with dedicated safety documentation and a development tool ecosystem that will help you qualify your projects.

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