The microprocessor is an integrated circuit that elaborates information in the form of digital signals. Not to be confused with a microcontroller, which embeds many additional devices to control embedded systems.
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How can I decide whether I can use a Raspberry Pi for my application?
How do I calculate whether some specific hardware can run my code with a given speed?
It's an image recognition software, and a simplified version of the algorithm is:
Grab a frame (in RGB, ...
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Best camera and processor for High-Speed Stereo Vision [closed]
I'm currently developing a high-speed stereo vision project. So far we've coded all the necessary algorithms and already tested a prototype in matlab (which couldn't get above 30fps). The next step is ...
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How distinguish between multicore and multiprocessor systems? [migrated]
This is a list with performance of some CPU's on a benchmark data.
I cannot understand how to distinguish between multicore systems from multiprocessors ones. Do multicore systems have more than one ...
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Is the Raspberry Pi a microcontroller or a motherboard? [closed]
I had quick question regarding Raspberry Pi: is it a microcontroller or a motherboard?
It looks like a motherboard, but considering that it has its own dedicated memory and processor, it should be a ...
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PIC24H delta time calculation
Hello I'm making a project for my intro embedded software class and I need to make use of a timer in a program. If I'm not mistaken this code should be looping the while for at least 500 ...
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uC platforms to consider for faster CPU and 30+ GPIO pins
I am building a Persistence of Vision project with 120 RGB leds (=360 total lines to be controlled). We have settled on the TLC5940 for driving the LEDs (and could be open to changing this), however, ...
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How to implement an 8051 electronic cash register? [closed]
We are given a project to implement an ECR using 8051 microprocessor with an LCD display. The problem is we have no idea how to do it. Can you please guide us with the basics with specific topic names ...
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Best Option for converting & processing multiple analog data lines
I am looking for a good Microcontroller (or DSP or other device if they are more applicable) option that has a reasonably large amount of analog input data lines (preferably > 10 analog input lines) ...
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Is MC8051 is a microprocessor with some components on chip?
The 8051 microcontroller is a microprocessor with RAM, ROM, I/O ports, timers, and serial ports on chip.
Is that the correct distinction between a microprocessor and microcontroller?
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Microprocessors/Microcontrollers - Do registers have addresses?
My Embedded Systems professor keeps referring to the memory locations of registers as their respective "addresses". I'm confused by this; I was always under the impression that in any microprocessor, ...
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sEMG with ADS1299 from TI
What else besides an ADS1299 from TI and a 32bit microcontroller (like Teensy or Electric Imp) would I need to get an sEMG signal?
The ADS1299 is a "low-noise, 8-Channel, 24-Bit analog front-end for ...
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How can 8-bit processor support more than 256 bytes of RAM?
If a 32 bit processor can handle 4GB of RAM(aproximately), why do my arduino mega 2560 has 8kB of SRAM, if being a 8-bit processor allows it to handle just 256 bytes?, or am i reading this next page ...
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How do I get +5v for loud noise, 0v for silence from Electret Microphone (or other components)?
I have been asking a few questions here to get to a proper one, the initial questions I asked are linked to at the end. I used Fritzing to make up some schematics of my initial thoughts, but at the ...
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How to ANDed bitwise in assembler?
Say I have a variable set to 30. In binary, 30 = 11110. I'd like to test some bits and then perform an action. For example, if bit 4 is set AND bit 3 is set AND bit 2 is set AND bit 1 is set THEN ...
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How does the Harvard architecture help?
I was reading about arduino and the AVR architecture and got stuck at the point that how does pipeline stall or bubbling is solved by Harvard architecture introduction in the AVR.I mean what Harvard ...
