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A Basic Micro-Controller

First introduced in 1979-85 (e.g. »Intel 80C51).

Such a microcontroller has an internal D8/A16 architecture and is used in things like a door lock, mouse or smartcard.


8: (C) 2008-13, DJ Greaves, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory.