microcontrollers vs. microprocessors what is the difference in embedded systems
Hello, i just wanna ask. microcontrollers vs. microprocessors what is the difference in embedded systems, and in what scenarios would you prefer one over the other?"
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Microcontroller are for low end embedded applications that don't require much computation. Used in most IoT devices. They have lesser memory that microprocessor, usually in the range of KB and MB. While microprocessor can be used in high end applications like computer boards. Though they have much differences
Microcontroller are low-cost and low energy consumption, tz application hostes on microcontrollers are small, and the microprocessor are expensive compared they host generally operating system like unix kernel
Is there a MHz cutoff?
Not really but microprocessor normally are way faster in speed than controllers, MCU can range from 8MHz to 1GHz but MPU can have speed more than 3GHz. So MPU is faster than MCU
what is the high frequency microcontroller on the market i want to receive and process data coming in 400 kbit/s