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- noun A
microcomputer on asingle chip , used tocontrol somedevice such as an automobile engine or a toy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This year's contest is sponsored by Microchip, and together we've got rad prizes to give to the best in microcontroller Halloween projects.
Boing Boing 2009
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To do that, Mr. Hinton said, the company took the unusual approach of storing power management-software in a built-in component called a microcontroller, which is usually a separate chip.
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Martin Kail: And, of course, the trapdoor would be connected to an Arduino microcontroller, which is rigged to a seat sensor.
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The microcontroller is a CPU with some RAM on a small circuit board designed to perform simple dedicated tasks.
Open Gardens 2010
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PC104 form factor for applications such as industrial control, consumer electronics and medical equipment. microcontroller, which is based on 500MHz ARM Cortex-A8 Core with Neon
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The button pad's SPI signals are described as they relate to the on-board microcontroller, which is opposite the usual notation.
Hack a Day 2009
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The microcontroller is a substitute for the digital clock, which usually times the explosion.
rediff.com 2008
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Diagnosing problems with panels would require more high-tech chip technologies, possibly attracting makers of more advanced chips such as microcontroller companies Texas Instruments Inc. or Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
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The electronically controllable system of the invention for viewing on a television, updateable television programming information comprises a microcontroller which is partially controllable by remote control system and is updateable via telephone link, magnetic cards or floppy disks, or television or radio subcarrier, the microcontroller including input/output interfaces, a microprocessor and a RAM; a mixer for mixing a regularly received television signal with the signal generated by the microcontroller; an RF converter for receiving the radio frequency information from the mixer, microcontroller, and television antennae and properly converting the information into information which may be sent to the television;; and a remote control system for permitting the viewer to direct the microcontroller to perform searches on information contained in the RAM so as to provide on the television screen in a chosen format, subsets of information desired by the viewer.
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The Japanese chip maker's recovery is important to the global auto industry, as the company produces 40% of the world's automotive microcontroller chips.
Renesas Sees Faster-Than-Expected Output Recovery Juro Osawa 2011
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