2. What is a microcontroller
• A microcontroller is a compact integrated circuit
designed to govern a specific operation in an embedded
system. A typical microcontroller includes a processor,
memory and input/output (I/O) peripherals on a single
chip.
• They are not called general purpose because they are not
meant to do a single work at a time.
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4. A microcontroller (μC or uC) is a solitary chip
microcomputer fabricated from VLSI fabrication.
A micro controller is also known as embedded
controller. Today various types of microcontrollers
are available in market with different word lengths
such as 4bit, 8bit, 64bit and 128bit microcontrollers.
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7. • Most Arduino boards consist of an Atmel 8-bit AVR
microcontroller (ATmega8, ATmega168,
ATmega328, ATmega1280, or ATmega2560) with
varying amounts of flash memory, pins, and
features. The 32-bit Arduino Due, based on the
Atmel SAM3X8E was introduced in 2012.
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8. What is a microcontroller used for?
Microcontroller is a compressed micro computer manufactured
to control the functions of embedded systems in office
machines, robots, home appliances, motor vehicles, and a
number of other gadgets. A microcontroller is comprises
components like - memory, peripherals and most importantly a
processor.
They can also be found in many electrical devices such as
• washing machines
• microwave ovens
• telephones
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10. Different types of Microcontroller
Programming used in Embedded
Systems
• PIC Microcontroller
• ARM Microcontroller
• 8051 Microcontroller
• AVR Microcontroller
• MSP Microcontroller
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12. What are the components of a
microcontroller?
• There are many three main components to the
microcontroller,
• The processor
• Memory
• Input/output peripherals.
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13. How do you classify
microcontrollers?
• Microcontrollers are broadly classified into various
categories based on: Memory. Architecture. Bit
Configuration.
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Microcontroller Classification on the basis of Bit
Configuration
• 8-bit MC.
• 16-bit MC.
• 32-bit MC.
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15. Microcontrollers on the Market
for 2022
• 1: Groboards Giant Board.
• 2: Seeeduino XIAO.
• 3: The BBC micro:bit V2.
• 4: Adafruit Gemma M0.
• 5: Arduino Uno Rev3.
• 6: Adafruit Industries ESP8285.
• 7: MPLAB PICkit 4 In-Circuit Debugger.
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16. Is Raspberry Pi a microcontroller?
The Raspberry Pi is not a microcontroller but is a
microprocessor instead. It is larger than the average
microcontroller, uses more power, has a clock speed of
between 700MHz-1.5GHz, and a RAM of between 1-8GB.
Also, the Raspberry Pi, unlike microcontrollers, can run both
32-bit and 64-bit.
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