The Difference Between an Embedded Processor & a Microcontroller. As computer systems become more and more ubiquitous in everyday items, the workings of those items will require some sort of ...

The three key areas of difference between microprocessors and microcontrollers are hardware structure, application area, and instruction set characteristics. First, the hardware structure.

Any electronic system that uses a computer chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems use microcontrollers (MCUs) or microprocessors (MPUs), or ...

On December 6, students in the COMP_ENG 346: Microprocessor System Design course led by Northwestern Engineering’s Branden Ghena presented a hands-on, public demonstration of their ...