Microcontroller
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A microcontroller or microcontroller unit is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more processor cores along with memory and programmable input/output per
The die from an Intel 8742, an 8-bit microcontroller that includes a CPU running at 12 MHz, 128 bytes of RAM, 2048 bytes of EPROM, and I/O in the same chip
Two ATmega microcontrollers
Various PIC microcontrollers with integrated EPROM
Piggyback microcontroller from MOSTEK
Microprocessor
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A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of ICs. The microprocessor contains the arithmeti
Microcontroller
…RAM is also often included on the chip, as well as a small amount of RAM. Microcontrollers are designed for embedded applications, in contrast to the microprocessors used in personal computers or other general-purpose applications consisting of various discrete chips. In modern terminology, a microcontroller is…
4-bit Intel 4004 (1971)
8-bit Motorola 6800 (1974)
16-bit Intel 8086 (1978)
32-bit PowerPC 601 (1993)