What is the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?
Compare microprocessor and microcontroller
Microprocessor
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Microcontroller
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1)Inbuilt RAM and ROM
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1)Do not have inbuilt RAM or ROM
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2)Inbuilt timer
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2)Doesn’t have inbuilt timer
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3)I/O ports are available
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3)I/O ports are not available it requires extra device such as 8155,8255
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4)It has inbuilt serial ports
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4) Do not have serial ports
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5)Separate Data and program memory
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5)Program and data are stored in same memory
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6)Many Multifunction pins on the IC
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6)less multifunction Pins on IC.
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