Saturday, July 27, 2013

microprocessor vs microcontroller


Microprocessors                                                                  Microcontrollers
1
It is only a general purpose computer CPU
It is a micro computer itself
2
Memory, I/O ports, timers, interrupts are not available inside the chip
All are integrated inside the microcontroller chip
3
This must have many additional digital components to perform its operation
Can function as a micro computer without any additional components.
4
Systems become bulkier and expensive.
Make the system simple, economic and compact
5
Not capable for handling Boolean functions
Handling Boolean functions
6
Higher accessing time required
Low accessing time
7
Very few pins are programmable
Most of the pins are programmable
8
Very few number of bit handling instructions
Many bit handling instructions
9
Widely Used in modern PC  and laptops
widely in small control systems
E.g.
INTEL 8086,INTEL Pentium series
INTEL8051,89960,PIC16F877


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