Department of Electrical Engineering, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology Management & Gramothan, Ramnagaria, Jagatpura, Jaipur (RAJ.), India
Online published on 31 October, 2017.
Microcontroller is a compressed micro computer manufactured to control the functions of embedded systems in office machines, robots, home appliances, motor vehicles, and a number of other gadgets. A micro controller development board is a printed circuit board containing a micro controller and the minimal support logic needed for an engineer to become acquainted with the microcontroller on the board and to learn to program it.
Microcontroller has a CPU, in addition with a fixed amount of RAM, ROM and other peripherals all embedded on a single chip. At times it is also termed as a mini computer or a computer on a single chip. Today different manufacturers produce microcontrollers with a wide range of features available in different versions. Some manufacturers are ATMEL, Microchip, TI, Freescale, Philips, Motorola etc.
Atmega8/16, LED, LCD, Piezo Buzzer, HEX Keypad, DC Motor, 7 Segment Display, ADC, RS_232, DIP Switches
