Overview of Microcontrollers

Abstract

A microcontroller is a little laptop on one microcircuit containing a processor core, memory,
and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory within the kind
of Ferroelectric RAM, NOR flash or OTP ROMis additionally usually enclosed on
chip, similarly as a generally touch of RAM. Microcontrollers square measure designed for
embedded applications, in distinction to the microprocessors employed in personal
computers or alternative general purpose applications.