Electrical Engineering › Section X · Processors and integrated circuit technologies › Topic X.3
Microcontrollers, embedded systems, and systems on chip
Most processors never sit in a computer case: they are hidden in washing machines, cars, chargers and phones. Microcontrollers and systems on chip put a whole computer, plus the circuits that touch the real world, onto one piece of silicon.
In this topic
- From microprocessor to microcontroller
- Inside a microcontroller
- Microcontroller families today
- Configuring peripherals with registers
- Worked example: setting bits in a port register
- Pins with many jobs
- Timers, PWM and encoders
- Worked example: a 1 kHz PWM signal
- Embedded systems at work
- Systems on chip
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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