... covers applications based on two widely used bit microcontrollers viz PIC series from Microchip and MCS51 series from Atmel Authors have chosen the right microcontroller for the right application The ... well as stand-alone chips such as microprocessors and microcontrollers, which has cannibalized their sells as compared to the consumption volume of stand-alone Micro- Processing Units (MPUs), Application ... Ted Hoff, and Stan Mazor invented the first single chip microprocessor, the 4004, a 4-bit microprocessor In 1974, the 8008 and 8080, 8-bit microprocessors, were designed at Intel using NMOS technology...