Tag: Microcontrollers

Device Drivers and Linux Architecture

Device driver is a computer program that controls a particular device that is connected to the system be it printers, CD-ROM readers etc. Before we go into device drivers, let us get a brief of the Linux architecture. The Linux…

Different Applications of Microcontroller

Microcontroller is termed as “Computer-on-a-Chip“. It is named so, because not only the CPU, but RAM, ROM, I/O ports, Timer/Counter, Serial I/Os all are put together on a single microcontroller chip. Microcontrollers are task specific and are essentially used for…