K.A.

Saddha Chandimanthu

Agenda
What is a microcontroller ?
Fundamental Components of
microcontroller unit(MCU)
Central processing unit
(CPU)
System clock
Memory
Peripherals
Where touse
a microcontroller ?
Common applications that use MCU

What is a Microcontroller
?
CPU

Memor
y
System
Clock
Peripheral
s

CP
U

Hard
drive or
RAM

Clock

Central processing unit

CPU is the brain of a
microcontroller .CPU is responsible
for fetching the instruction, decodes
it, then finally executed.

Memory
The function of memory is to store
data and program.

System Clock
In general an oscillator is used to
generate a clock signal. The purpose
of the clock is to help all the parts of
the microcontroller work together.

Peripherals
Microcontrollers usually contain from
several general purpose input/output
pins (GPIO). GPIO pins are software
configurable to either an input or an
output state.

Where to use a
microcontroller ?

Where to use a
microcontroller ?

Microcontroll
er

Common applications that

use MCU