Microcomputer - small computers: Microcomputers, also called personal computers (PC), can fit next to a desk or on a desktop, or can be carried around. They are either stand-alone …

In this book we are going to consider only the type of microcomputers that consist of a single silicon chip. Such microcomputer systems are also called microcontrollers. First, …

Chapter 1: Basic Microcomputer Concepts Aims – Describe the main terminologies, internal architecture and operating principles of microcomputer and its components.

Reference is made throughout this book to two particular microcomputers which happen to be 8-bit machines. That is to say 8 bits of data are transferred or operated on during an operation …

Intel’s founder, Robert Noyce, chartered Ted Hofss Applications Research Department in 1969 to find new applications for silicon technology-the microcomputer was the result.

You will also learn about the concept of interrupt structures; programmed transfer, DMA microcomputer systems; types of microprocessors; uses of microprocessors, microcomputer …

Microprocessors are most commonly used as the CPU in microcomputer systems. Microcontrollers are used in small, minimum component designs performing control-oriented …