microcontrollern.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)kəntrəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊkənˌtroʊlər/ A microprocessor designed for use in control applications; a control device which incorporates a microprocessor.
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control unit1905
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microcontroller1971
1971 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 14 1879 The microcontroller 4 is provided to sequentially execute microinstructions read from control storage 12.
1986 Science 28 Feb. 977/1 A microcontroller distributes nanoinstructions to 16,384 processors.
1996 Electronics Now June 61/2 Discrete signals..are input to the microcontroller so it knows what the operator wishes it to do.
2005 N. Gershenfeld FAB 159 These programs that reside in a microcontroller are also called microcode.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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