What is the difference between microprocessor and
microcontroller?

Answer Posted / swetha indukuri

The basic difference between microprocessor and micro
controller is that microcontroller have inbuilt memory i.e
RAM,ROM,serial interfaces,timers,counters.

microprocessors have many opcodes and minimum bit handling
instructions where as it is viceversa in case of
microcontroller.
microcontroller is used in lower end projects where as
memory is fixed while microprocessor is used in high end
projects.

we can add memory to microcontroller also using ports
provided to it.

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