Any electronic system that uses a computer chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems use microcontrollers (MCUs) or microprocessors (MPUs), or ...

Microcontroller or Microprocessor: Making the Right Choice Microprocessors have a single processing core (CPU), typically powerful enough to handle complex applications involving lots of memory.

“Highest performance” is a sexy phrase, and, in the spectrum of microprocessors and microcontrollers, wider device architectures push what highest performance means on a nearly daily basis. Highest ...

First things first. Do you need a microcontroller or a microprocessor? These birds of a feather are distinct but inhabit overlapping use cases. Thus, understanding their comparative strengths is a ...

This article examines the options that are available to designers facing microprocessor (and microcontroller) obsolescence using FPGAs. Before considering those options, however, it is helpful first ...

Catalog : ETEC.3840 Microprocessors B (Formerly 17.384) Id: 003454 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description Extends the skills developed in 17.393 to interfacing the microprocessor to the outside ...

Students expressed creativity and ingenuity in the design of practical, microcontroller-based embedded systems for their final course projects.