| C may be an alphabet in the syllabus for kindergartens | | | | supposed to enact DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) |
| but in engineering, it is a powerful programming | | | | with larger clock speeds and power consumption. In |
| language which is widely used for various purposes | | | | general, they have the capability to remain efficient at |
| such as developing operating systems, desktop | | | | the same time anticipating an event such as a button |
| applications and embedded systems. For a Computer | | | | press, other interrupts etc. They consume very little |
| or Information Technology engineer mastering the C | | | | power (in very minute wattages like nanowatts) while |
| language is of foremost importance, because of its | | | | sleeping i.e. when the CPU clock and most of the |
| basic robustness and the wide variety of fields in | | | | peripherals are off. These exclusive features of |
| which it finds it applications. C has taken the software | | | | microcontrollers allows it to find applications in many a |
| industry to greater heights and is continuing to do so | | | | automatic products such as remote controls, |
| which makes it an Ace Star of its race. The | | | | refrigerators, washing machines, power tools, toys, |
| applications that C finds in the implementation of | | | | office machines, automobile control systems, various |
| microcontrollers raise its worth. Typically Engineers are | | | | medical devices etc. They are economically viable as |
| seen to Program Microcontrollers in C language | | | | compared to other devices that use separate |
| instead of using other high level languages. | | | | memory, microprocessors and I/O devices. |
| Microcontrollers can be defined as small computers on | | | | But gaining a significant knowledge in microcontrollers is |
| a solitary integrated circuit which has its own CPU, I/O | | | | not as easy as it seems, one needs a strong hold on |
| ports, clock timers and memory. Microcontrollers are | | | | the fundamentals of C language and other basics of |
| premeditatedly designed for petite or devoted | | | | microcontrollers to become an expert in this part of |
| applications unlike those used in the latest PCs | | | | the scientific field. Once an individual gains extensive |
| (personal computers), laptops and other high end, high | | | | coverage in C and its various applications, moving on |
| performance machines. | | | | to control microcontrollers and use them for various |
| Thus these microcontrollers are simple in comparison | | | | applications are just a step away. Various suggested |
| and may use 4-bit words and operate at as low as 4 | | | | methods for doing so is to get C tutorial for |
| kHz. These features also allow them to be used in | | | | microcontrollers and gather information on various |
| performance-critical functions, where they are | | | | microcontrollers. |