What are the main difference between Micro-controller and
micro-processor?

Answer Posted / manasa

Microprocessor
1. It is stand alone device.
2. It is general purpose computer.
3. It has no serial ports, watchdog timer facility.
4. Has more number of opcodes.
5. Application: In higher end projects.
6. It has few bit handling instructions.
7. It is just a proccessor.


Microcontroller
1. It is not a stand alone device.
2. It is application specific /single purpose computer.
3.It has serial ports, watchdog timer facility.
4. It has few number of opcodes.
5. Application: In lower end projects.
6. It has more bit handling instructions.
7. It is a processor with RAM,ROM and with some logic circuit.

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