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Microcontroller penetrates into all areas of life, it is almost difficult to find which field is not a trace of microcontroller. Missile navigation devices, aircraft control of a variety of instruments, computer network communications and data transmission, industrial automation process of real-time control and data processing, the widespread use of a variety of intelligent IC cards, civilian limousine safety and security systems, video recorders, video cameras, automatic washing machine control, as well as programmable toys, electronic pets, and so on, which can not be separated from the microcontroller. Not to mention the automatic control field of robotics, intelligent instrumentation, medical equipment and a variety of intelligent machinery. Therefore, the study, development and application of microcontroller will create a number of computer applications and intelligent control of scientists and engineers.
Microcontroller is widely used in the field of instrumentation, household appliances, medical equipment, aerospace, intelligent management of special equipment and process control, etc., which can be roughly divided into the following categories:
Intelligent Instrumentation
Microcontroller has the advantages of small size, low power consumption, strong control functions, flexible expansion, miniaturization and ease of use, etc., which are widely used in instrumentation. Combined with different types of sensors, it can realize the measurement of physical quantities such as voltage, current, power, frequency, humidity, temperature, flow, speed, thickness, angle, length, hardness, element, pressure and so on. The use of microcontroller control makes the instrumentation digital, intelligent, miniaturized, and more powerful than the use of electronic or digital circuits.
For example, precision measuring equipment (voltmeter, power meter, oscilloscope, various analyzers).
Industrial control
Microcontroller has a small size, strong control functions, low power consumption, environmental adaptability, expansion of flexible and easy to use, etc., with the microcontroller can constitute a variety of forms of control systems, data acquisition systems, communication systems, signal detection systems, wireless sensing systems, measurement and control systems, robots and other application control systems. For example, intelligent management of factory assembly lines, intelligent control of elevators, various alarm systems, and computer networking to form a secondary control system.
Household appliances
Household appliances are widely used in microcontroller control, from rice cookers, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, color TVs, other audio-video equipment, and then to electronic weighing equipment and white goods.
Network and communication
Modern microcontroller generally have communication interface, can be very convenient with the computer data communication, for the application of computer networks and communication equipment provides excellent material conditions, communication equipment basically realize the intelligent control of the microcontroller, from the cell phone, telephone, small program-controlled switchboards, building automatic communication call system, train wireless communication, and then to the daily work everywhere in the world.
The equipment of communication basically realizes the intelligent control of microcontroller, from cell phone, telephone, small program control switch, automatic communication call system of building, wireless communication of train, to the cell phone which can be seen everywhere in the daily work, the cluster mobile communication, radio interphone, etc.
Equipment
Microcontroller in the medical equipment is also quite wide range of uses, such as medical ventilators, a variety of analyzers, monitors, ultrasound diagnostic equipment and bed call system and so on.