Applications Of Microcontrollers, Embedded System Applications

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Applications Of Microcontrollers

The microcontroller applications are mainly used in the following fields, such as:

Audio
Automotive
Communication/wired
Computers and peripherals
Consumer
Industrial
Imaging and video
Medical
Military/Aerospace
Mobile/Wireless
Motor control
Security
General Purpose
Miscellaneous

The automobile industry is the main drive in propelling the expansion of microcontrollers. it’s estimated that microcontrollers constitute 33% of the semiconductors utilized in a vehicle. Requirements of the automobile sector have forced the microcontroller manufacturers to return out with the new bus protocols like control area network (CAN) and local interconnect network (LIN).

Microcontrollers of all bit cores are utilized in vehicles consistent with the Frost & Sullivan Industry report. The 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers are used for low-end applications and lower-cost vehicles while the 32-bit microcontrollers are used for high-end applications and high-end vehicles. it’s estimated that currently 30–40 microcontrollers are utilized in low-end vehicles and about 70 microcontrollers are utilized in high-end vehicles.

These requirements are continuously increasing and it’s highly likely that the count of microcontrollers in vehicles will further increase in the future, quotes World Microcontrollers Market Report by Frost & Sullivan.

Embedding microcontrollers within the product offer some unique advantages. For example, within the latest technology in washing machines, a transmission is no longer required because a lower-cost AC induction or reluctance motor controlled by sophisticated microcontroller-based electronics can provide all the traditional machine cycles.

Additionally, the electronically controlled induction or reluctance motor provides a more effective and gentler agitation (wash) cycle that permits the drum containing the garments to be rotated first in one direction, then stopped, and rotated in the other way without requiring any additional mechanical device.

This forward/reverse agitation cycle provides a more effective means of cleaning your clothes without damaging the fibers used to make them. It is also observed that the induction of microcontrollers during a product has increased the market demand for the merchandise itself.

One such example is NEC Electronics’ 8-bit microcontroller, which is used in over half the digital cameras produced throughout the planet, thus making it a successful product – albeit one that plays its role behind the scenes. In 2003, the shipment volume of 8-bit microcontrollers for camera use achieved monthly shipments of two million.

Currently, the most commonly used microcontroller for digital cameras is the µPD78003×. The industry’s top-level, low-voltage (1.8 V) A/D converter is made into this compact 64-pin QFP package with a foothold measuring a mere 10 × 10 mm.

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