Essential Knowledge for Microcontrollers (1)

Essential Knowledge for Microcontrollers (1)

1. What is a Microcontroller? A microcontroller is an integrated circuit chip that incorporates a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with data processing capabilities, Random Access Memory (RAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), various I/O ports, an interrupt system, timers/counters, and other functions (which may also include display driver circuits, pulse width modulation circuits, analog multiplexers, A/D converters, … Read more