Microprocessor | Microcontroller |
Microprocessor contains ALU,general purpose registers,stack pointer, program counter, clock timing circuit and interrupt circuit. | Microcontroller contains the circuitry of microprocessor and in addition it has built- in ROM, RAM, I/O devices, timers and counters. |
It has many instructions to move data between memory and CPU. | It has one or two instructions to move data between memory and CPU. |
It has one or two bit handling instructions. | It has many bit handling instructions. |
Access times for memory and I/O devices are more. | Less access times for built-in memory and I/O devices. |
Microprocessor based system requires more hardware. | Microcontroller based system requires less hardware reducing PCB size and increasing the reliability. |
Thanks for posting detailed information . is it microprocessor is similar to computer processor
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