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Microcontroller

img A Microcontroller or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form of ferroelectric RAM, NOR flash or OTP ROM is also often included on chip, as well as a small amount of RAM. Microcontrollers are designed for embedded applications, in contrast to the microprocessors used in personal computers or other general purpose applications consisting of various discrete chips.
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Comparison of single-board microcontrollers - Wikipedia

#summary In modern terminology, a microcontroller is similar to, but less sophisticated than, a system on a chip (SoC). An SoC may include a microcontroller as one of its components, but usually integrates it with advanced peripherals like a graphics processing unit (GPU), a Wi-Fi module, or one or more coprocessors.

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Interpreters may also contain nonstandard features, such as MicroPython, although a fork, CircuitPython, has looked to move hardware dependencies to libraries and have the language adhere to a more CPython standard.

  • Python
  • Mongoose OS
    • Mongoose OS – an operating system for connected products on microcontrollers; programmable with JavaScript or C. A recommended platform by Espressif Systems,[70] AWS IoT,[71] and Google Cloud IoT.[72]
  • Visual Studio Code with the officially supported Espressif Integrated Development Framework (ESP-IDF) Extension[76]
  • ESPHome
    • — ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through home automation systems.
  • Arduino
    • ESP32[66] – Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3 and ESP32-C3.
  • Espruino
  • JavaScript SDK and firmware closely emulating Node.js

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