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Microcontrollers are integrated circuits which have a (usually small) processor and everything a tiny computer needs to run in one chip: some memory to store programs, some memory to store data, and inputs / outputs - either analog or digital to interface with its environment. One popular example is the Atmel AVR series of microcontrollers which is found on the popular Arduino boards. There it is the main component which does all the calculations and also is the place where your programs are stored on the Arduino board. | Microcontrollers are integrated circuits which have a (usually small) processor and everything a tiny computer needs to run in one chip: some memory to store programs, some memory to store data, and inputs / outputs - either analog or digital to interface with its environment. One popular example is the Atmel AVR series of microcontrollers which is found on the even more popular Arduino boards. There it is the main component which does all the calculations and also is the place where your programs are stored on the Arduino board. | ||
Other popular microcontrollers are the [http://www.microchip.com/ PIC] and the [http://www.parallax.com/propeller/ propeller ] platform - also worth a look are the MSP series of Texas Instruments as they are throwing cheap [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_%28MSP-EXP430G2%29 launchpad ] boards under the folks. (for below 5€ you get an entire board like the Arduino). | Other popular microcontrollers are the [http://www.microchip.com/ PIC] and the [http://www.parallax.com/propeller/ propeller ] platform - also worth a look are the MSP series of Texas Instruments as they are throwing cheap [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_%28MSP-EXP430G2%29 launchpad ] boards under the folks. (for below 5€ you get an entire board like the Arduino). | ||