Tag: Microcontroller

What is an SoC in VLSI

In VLSI, an SoC is an integrated circuit that contains multiple functional blocks, such as processors, memory, interfaces, and peripherals, on a single chip. The main idea behind the SoC concept is to integrate as many components as possible into…

Components of Device Driver

To interact with the hardware, driver needs to communicate with the kernel and before that, it must notify the kernel about its presence. This is achieved by the “init” call by which the driver is registered with the kernel and…

Device Drivers : Role & Types

As briefly discussed in our previous article, device driver is a software that is used to control a hardware device and make it work. It acts as an interface between the user-application and the hardware. Any user-application reaches out to…

FPGA vs. Microcontroller

FPGA stands for Field Programmable Gate Array. They are programmable integrated circuits made up of a large number configurable logic blocks (CLBs), fixed function blocks and memory blocks which can be used to perform complex digital computations. The CLBs are…

Why VLSI?

“There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom“ A popular talk delivered by Richard Feynman to American Physical Society at California Institute of Technology in the year of 1959. This talk at that time could foresee the possibility of the…

Difference between Microprocessor & Microcontroller

When someone start dealing with Microprocessor; a very common doubt always strikes out in the initial phase: “What is the difference between Microprocessor and Microcontroller?” Let’s Define both microprocessor and microcontroller and then we will compare them. Microprocessor: We mean by…