The Microcontroller

 

A microcontroller is a compact integrated circuit designed to govern a specific operation in an Embedded System. A typical microcontroller includes a processor, memory and input/output (I/O) peripherals on a single chip

How do microcontrollers work?

A microcontroller is embedded inside of a system to control a singular function in a device. It does this by interpreting data it receives from its I/O peripherals using its central processor. The temporary information that the microcontroller receives is stored in its data memory, where the processor accesses it and uses instructions stored in its program memory to decipher and apply the incoming data. It then uses its I/O peripherals to communicate and enact the appropriate action.