microcontroller

English

Alternative forms

• µC, uC, MCU

Etymology

From micro- + controller.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)kənˌtɹəʊlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹoʊkənˌtɹoʊlɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

microcontroller (plural microcontrollers)

1. (computing, electronics) A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
   • 2021 December, “Snap Circuits Arcade”, in Snap Circuits‎^[1], Elenco, page 6:

     The microcontroller is a mini computer which can be programmed to perform different tasks, including monitoring things and making things happen. It is pre-programmed for use with the games projects. See project 17 for how to select games on it.

Hypernyms

• controller

Translations

microcomputer on a single chip

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單片機 / 单片机 (zh) (dānpiànjī)

• Dutch: microcontroller (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mikrokontrolleri (fi), mikro-ohjain
• French: microcontrôleur (fr)
• German: Mikrocontroller (de) m
• Greek: μικροελεγκτής (el) m (mikroelegktís)
• Indonesian: mikrokontroler, mikropengendali
• Japanese: マイクロコントローラ (maikurokontorōra), マイコン (ja) (maikon)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: mikropengawal
• Russian: микроконтро́ллер (ru) m (mikrokontróller)
• Turkish: mikrodenetleyici
• Vietnamese: vi điều khiển

See also

• microbot
• microprocessor