How to Use microcontroller in a Sentence

microcontroller

noun
  • When a display is damaged and needs to be replaced, the microcontroller must be told to pair with the new screen.
    — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The chip is a microcontroller which pairs each iPhone 13 to its display.
    — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Arduino sells microcontroller boards that often cost less than a large cheese pizza.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, each panel needs to be programmed and passed to a microcontroller set within the jacket.
    — WIRED, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Adafruit has been putting out wearable microcontrollers for several years.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The tricky part was mapping the pin names as labeled on the adapter with the corresponding microcontroller pins.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
  • The patch can power a 6-volt microcontroller for over 90 minutes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2023
  • That's how the microcontroller can interact with the physical world.
    — Kiona Smith-Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2013
  • And then in the desert, electronics hate hot weather, and there's little microcontrollers and all sorts of hardware that doesn't want to play well in the hot sun.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
  • This break in the flow of light will alert the microcontroller, which will trigger a recording of the interruption as tampering.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Azure Sphere is a microcontroller unit that promises secure edge-to-cloud and cloud-to-edge integration.
    — Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The whole setup is operated by a microcontroller and a touchscreen.
    — Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The clock is driven by PIC microcontrollers and all the components are through-hole.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2019
  • That’s because the Face ID microcontroller (seen above) has to be transferred to the new screen from the broken one.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Conductive traces go between the pad and a microcontroller that’s embedded in the base of 3D print.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2025
  • The information is processed via a microcontroller on the shoulder.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
  • It's packed with top-notch sensors, powerful motors and the latest microcontrollers to ensure your massage is smooth and precise.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The onboard microcontroller takes care of the math required to transform x and y coordinates to a and b coordinates.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The device is built from just an Arduino microcontroller, a tiny flashlight, a digital display, a few knobs, and a model of the moon.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2015
  • Robot arms and grippers have been around for a long time and components such as motors, sensors, and microcontrollers have never been so cheap or capable.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 10 Mar. 2020
  • But any product with a microcontroller has software, and such locks protect that software in everything from coffee machines to game consoles.
    — Kyle Wiens, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The Omata’s microcontroller turns those readings into data inputs for the positions of the hands.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
  • In 2005, his group was the first to show off a small microcontroller powered by radio waves beamed over a considerable distance.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The microcontroller produces digits from the incoming random bytes by first throwing away any byte with a value over 250.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Renesas has been a long time supplier of the sort of traditional low power microcontrollers used in the auto industry for decades.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The watches also conserve power by relying on a simple microcontroller rather than a more feature-rich, and power-hungry, chip.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Much of the money would fund the making of microcontrollers, which are used by the military as well as in autos, household appliances and medical devices.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Code Rocket comes with a small, green microcontroller in the shape of a rocket that connects to a computer via a USB port.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Arm’s microcontrollers are now inside rings, watches, and sensors on industrial equipment.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2018
  • The modem is principally a microcontroller attached to a radio transceiver.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2019

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