Microcotrollers/ Processors

General components

CPU: Central Processing Unit

I/O: Input/Output

Busses: Address Bus and Data Bus

Timer

Interrupt

Memory: RAM and ROM

Serial Port and Parallel Port

How does a microprocessor architecture look like?

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How does a microcontroller architecture look like?

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They generally have two kind of architectures

Von Neumann

Harvard Architecture

Main Differences

Speed

Cost

Typically bytes

Modules as RAM, ROM, I/O peripherals and timers are separated

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