The AVRs are a family of RISC microcontrollers from Atmel.
Their internal architecture was conceived by two students: Alf-Egil Bogen and Vergard Wollan, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH)[1] and further developed at Atmel Norway, a subsidiary founded by the two architects.
The AVR is a Harvard architecture machine with programs and data stored separately.
Program instructions are stored in semi-permanent Flash memory which...
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