What is the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?
Compare microprocessor and microcontroller
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Microprocessor |
Microcontroller |
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1)Inbuilt RAM and ROM |
1)Do not have inbuilt RAM or ROM |
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2)Inbuilt timer |
2)Doesn’t have inbuilt timer |
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3)I/O ports are available |
3)I/O ports are not available it requires extra device such as 8155,8255 |
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4)It has inbuilt serial ports |
4) Do not have serial ports |
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5)Separate Data and program memory |
5)Program and data are stored in same memory |
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6)Many Multifunction pins on the IC |
6)less multifunction Pins on IC. |