hi,

until I am not able to post news in the News section of the site, I think that it is not so bad to post some news here. At least you have a chance to decrease my carma (=

So, Atmel last news:

- AT89S8253 has been announced officialy. Main features:
• Compatible with MCS®-51 Products
• 12K Bytes of In-System Programmable (ISP) Flash Program Memory
– SPI Serial Interface for Program Downloading
– Endurance: 10,000 Write/Erase Cycles
• 2K Bytes EEPROM Data Memory
– Endurance: 100,000 Write/Erase Cycles
• 64-byte User Signature Array
• 2.7V to 5.5V Operating Range
• Fully Static Operation: 0 Hz to 24 MHz
• Three-level Program Memory Lock
• 256 x 8-bit Internal RAM
• 32 Programmable I/O Lines
• Three 16-bit Timer/Counters
• Nine Interrupt Sources
• Enhanced UART Serial Port with Framing Error Detection and Automatic Address Recognition
• Enhanced SPI (Double Write/Read Buffered) Serial Interface
• Low-power Idle and Power-down Modes
• Interrupt Recovery from Power-down Mode
• Programmable Watchdog Timer
• Dual Data Pointer
• Power-off Flag
• Flexible ISP Programming (Byte and Page Modes)
– Page Mode: 64 Bytes/Page for Code Memory, 32 Bytes/Page for Data Memory
• Four-level Enhanced Interrupt Controller
• Programmable and Fuseable x2 Clock Option
• Internal Power-on Reset
• 42-pin PDIP Package Option for Reduced EMC Emission
8-bit is available as well.

- AT89C51RD2/ED2 datasheet has been updated.
Last datasheet changes:
Changes from 4235E - 04/04 to 4235F - 09/04
1. Improved explanations in Flash and EEPROM sections.

- T89C51CC01 datasheet has been updated.
Last datasheet changes:
Changes from 4129I - 12/03 to 4129J - 08/04
1. Figure clock-out mode modified see, Figure 37 on page 71.
2. Added exlplanation on the CAN protocol, see Section “CAN Controller”, page 79.
3. Corrected error in Table 53 on page 76, (1.25ms to 1.25s) for Time-out Computation.

- T89C51CC02 datasheet has been updated.
Last datasheet changes:
Changes from 4126F - 12/03 4126G - 08/04
1. Figure clock-out mode modified see, Figure 30 on page 63.
2. Corrected error in Table 50 on page 68, (1.25ms to 1.25s) for Time-out Computation.
3. Added exlplanation on the CAN protocol, see Section “CAN Controller”, page 71.

- AT89C51CC03 both datasheet and Errata have been updated.
Last datasheet changes:
Changes from 4182D 01/04 - 4182E 08/04
1. Figure clock-out mode modified see, Figure 41 on page 78.
2. Added exlplanation on the CAN protocol, see Section “CAN Controller”, page 86.
3. Corrected error in Table 43 on page 83, (1.25ms to 1.25s) for Time-out Computation.

- Addendum to Datasheet of Smart Card Reader C51 derivatives (AT8xC5122/3) has been published.

- New derivative AT89C5131A-M has been announced. The main feature from AT89C5131A-L is that AT89C5131A-M works with wide range of power: from 2.7V to 5.5V.

- AT89C5131A-L Errata has been updated.

- AT89C5131A-M Errata has been published.

Seems that`s all for now.

Regards,
Oleg