microcontroller
noun
mi·cro·con·trol·ler
ˈmī-krō-kən-ˌtrō-lər 
plural microcontrollers
: an integrated circuit that contains a microprocessor along with memory and associated circuits and that controls some or all of the functions of an electronic device (such as a home appliance) or system
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Image: Raspberry Pi As for the microcontroller itself, Raspberry Pi debuted the RP2350 in August as a dual-core chip that uses both Arm and RISC-V architectures.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 25 Nov. 2024
Before deployment, the team loaded audio files onto an SD card, and installed software that told the microcontroller when to play each file.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Here’s what to look for. Boards The core of every Arduino starter kit is a board that contains a microcontroller.
—Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
That said, the team used the system to power an off-the-shelf array of temperature and humidity sensors as well as a microcontroller to broadcast the collected data in real time.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 25 Nov. 2024
Before deployment, the team loaded audio files onto an SD card, and installed software that told the microcontroller when to play each file.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Here’s what to look for. Boards The core of every Arduino starter kit is a board that contains a microcontroller.
—Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
That said, the team used the system to power an off-the-shelf array of temperature and humidity sensors as well as a microcontroller to broadcast the collected data in real time.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Microcontroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microcontroller. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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