| ??? 09/12/07 09:14 Read: times Msg Score: +1 +1 Good Answer/Helpful |
#144439 - Well, there's the "standard" definition ... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Classically, the term "microcontroller" has been applied to single-chip devices containing a clock generator, CPU, RAM, ROM and I/O capable of, and oriented toward, controller tasks, while "microprocessor" simply implies that the device is a core processor intended for some sort of computing application. The latter normally required external resources, such as ROM, RAM, and I/O, and sometimes an external clock generator as well.
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| Topic | Author | Date |
| FP FAQ edits needed | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Choosing an appropriate order of magnitude | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| excuse me? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| thx, I GOOFED | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| next version tannks Jan & Andy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| scaling | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Certainly not! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| some inspiration | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| processor <-> controller, where is the difference? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the subtle differences are... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| terminology taken too strictly | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| controller/processor removed, FAQ inserted. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Well, there's the "standard" definition ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Of course, but makes this the one being a ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| let's put it in this way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
quoting myself | 01/01/70 00:00 |