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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And then in the desert, electronics hate hot weather, and there's little microcontrollers and all sorts of hardware that doesn't want to play well in the hot sun.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
The microcontroller produces digits from the incoming random bytes by first throwing away any byte with a value over 250.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
The Embedded Processing segment offers microcontrollers that are used in electronic equipment; digital signal processors for mathematical computations; and applications processors for specific computing activity.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The display and controls are directly connected to the microcontroller using general-purpose input/output pins, while the TEF6686 receiver chip is controlled via commands sent over a serial I2C interface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
The microcontroller produces digits from the incoming random bytes by first throwing away any byte with a value over 250.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
The Embedded Processing segment offers microcontrollers that are used in electronic equipment; digital signal processors for mathematical computations; and applications processors for specific computing activity.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The display and controls are directly connected to the microcontroller using general-purpose input/output pins, while the TEF6686 receiver chip is controlled via commands sent over a serial I2C interface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Microcontroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microcontroller. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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