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04/19/04 15:05
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#68787 - RE: MCU, MPU
Responding to: ???'s previous message
hi,
Well, Andy, it is question to Oxford Dictionary about difference of these two words.
For me, microprocessor has data bus, address bus and control bus/signals. Its task to execute (to process) program.
Generally, microcontroller has I/O ports only. Well, they may be configured as data/address/control lines OPTIONALY. The task of microcontroller is to control/check signals on its pins, order of external events etc. Indeed, microcontroller has a kind of microprocessor built-in. It may or may not be a program execution core (there are "hardware" microcontrollers known as automatic machine as well). Anyway, in ADDITION of event processor, microcontroller has some/many other things intergated like ADC, peripheral interfaces, timers etc. For example, microcontroller MSP430 (TI) has 16-bits RISC-processor built-in). in addition it has on-chip RAM, ROM, multiplexed ADC, some complex timers, LCD controller, etc. And I cannot call it just a "processor", can you?

Regards,
Oleg

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What are the better traits of the Z80??            01/01/70 00:00      
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      RE: What are the better traits of the Z8            01/01/70 00:00      
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      RE: Z8 -vs- 8051 Instruction Sets            01/01/70 00:00      
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         RE: Z8 -vs- 8051 Instruction Sets            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: What are the better traits of the Z80??            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: What are the better traits of the Z8            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: What are the better traits of the Z80??            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why Z80 now ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Why Z80 now ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: Why Z80 now ?            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: Why Z80 now ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Why Z80 now ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      microPROCESSOR vs microCONTROLLER            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: microPROCESSOR vs microCONTROLLER            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: What are the better traits of the Z80??            01/01/70 00:00      
      MCU, MPU            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: MCU, MPU            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: MCU, MPU            01/01/70 00:00      
               RE: MCU, MPU            01/01/70 00:00      
                  RE: MCU, MPU, SoC            01/01/70 00:00      
                     RE: MCU, MPU, SoC            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: What are the better traits of the Z80??            01/01/70 00:00      
   Thanks for all the information            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Thanks for all the information            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: Thanks for all the information            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: Thanks for all the information            01/01/70 00:00      
   the better traits of the Z80            01/01/70 00:00      

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