Microprocessors are suited for information processing in computer systems, whereas microcontrollers are suitable for controlling input/output devices with few components. Third, the characteristics of ...

What are Microprocessors and Microcontrollers? Microprocessors and microcontrollers are essential components of an embedded system. These are single-chip processors that accelerate the computing ...

Click the following PDF button for a PDF version of this directory introduction and the microprocessor/microcontroller tables, as they appeared in the print version ...

MIPS at 25 MHz, 64 Kbytes of in-system flash, and 4,352 bytes of RAM. Other features include two UARTs for SPI bus and and high-end customer premise equipment.

ARM may be well known for spearheading processor development for our favourite mobile devices, but the company also offers a wide range of processors for many other applications. Wearables look set to ...

This is part of the Do You Recognize This series in the Electronic History section of our Series Library. We have come a long way since the Intel 8008 was released in April of 1972. The early 8-bit ...

For a number of reasons, including cost, embedded microprocessors have been required to take on tasks for which they are not always well suited. Frequent interruptions from the outside world is one ...