Electronics & Semiconductor
Microcontroller
A microcontroller (MCU for microcontroller unit) is a small computer on a single metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit chip. In modern terminology, it is similar to, but less sophisticated than, a system on a chip (SoC); a SoC may include a microcontroller as one of its components. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form of ferroelectric RAM, NOR flash…
- Types
- 32 Bit MCU · 16 Bit MCU · 8 Bit MCU
- Applications
- Automotive · Industrial · Communication and Computer
5 editions29 December 2025