Microcontrollers & SOC

Research lesson

Microcontrollers, Microprocessors and System on Chip Technologies - the differences

Multiple Choice

Which microcontroller have we already used and worked on, during Computing lessons?

• Arduino

• BBC Microbit

• Raspberry PI

• Ada Fruit Flora

Research time -

Use online resources to explore...

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• What is a micro controller?

• Mention three uses of micro controllers?

• What is the difference between microprocessors and microcontroller?

• What is a System on Chip based board?

• Mention FOUR differences between Raspberry PI and Microbit

Microcontrollers - Overview

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​https://tech.microbit.org/hardware/

Time to explore the Microbit

Use this website to analyse the Microbit:

List the components found on the Microbit....

Create three categories...

Input

Output

Other components...

https://tech.microbit.org/hardware/