Microcontrollers, Making Your Favorite Gadgets Function with Ease
If we say technology is omnipresent then, we are in a way stating the truth about the scenario of today. Out of the many technologies present before us, microcontrollers are becoming increasingly popular day by day. It is due to the increasing popularity of these devices, the total global demand for microcontrollers will reach to a value of $43.61 billion by 2030.
Microcontrollers are used in almost every gadget of the contemporary world. These micro-ICs help us to make the world efficient and smart at the same time.
The dynamics of the gadget does not matter as such, as microcontrollers can be programmed into any kind of gadgets.
Low-cost wearables, high-end consumer electronics, medical equipment military and aerospace systems along with in high-end consumer goods, and industrial devices, all make use of microcontrollers. The applications of these devices are too much to be counted on fingers. If, as an engineer, you want to upgrade the armory repertoire then you must be to be expert in microcontroller-based circuit design.
Microcontrollers And Microprocessors, Similar in Function But Different
Even though microcontrollers and microprocessors function as highly integrated computer systems, they are still a bit different from each other. Usually, the term ‘processor’ refers to a system having CPU and memory.
Microprocessor is an IC, with a CPU, capable of decision-making abilities and computing. When it is connected with other ICs providing storage for input/output data and programs, the formed network becomes the heart of a small computer.
Microprocessors are also extremely useful; a microprocessor alone cannot be termed as a complete system. You need various other peripherals and components required to be connected to the microprocessor. When a microprocessor is acquired along with other peripherals for example ROM and RAM, output and input ports on a single IC is called as microcontroller.
Why Microcontrollers Are Getting Popular?
Microcontrollers are not as expensive as microprocessors, as they come in handy for reducing the size, cost, and intricacy of the system. A lot of the automated products and devices going around the world are embedded systems based on microcontrollers, such as gadgets and devices, home appliances, , flight control systems, automobile engines, traffic lights, etc.
Microcontrollers signify the middle ground for controllers and engineers. There should not only be a good knowledge of programming for the creation of appropriate firmware but also necessitate a knowledge of electronics for interacting with the program in the microcontroller. ICs, per se, concern both the hardware and software characteristics of engineering.
Which Device Has Got a Microcontroller Embedded in It?
There are a lot of use of ICs and the related embedded systems design or advanced digital design in various industries such as healthcare, Defense and aerospace, industrial, telecom, consumer electronics.
All in all, we can say that any device having microchip embedded as a part of its working module, has a microcontroller in it regulating all of its basic and advanced functions.
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