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Small computer with a CPU made out of a microprocessor
A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a single integrated circuit microprocessor. The computer also includes memory and input/output (I/O) circuitry together mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Microcomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors such as the MOS Technology 6502, Zilog Z80, and Intel 8088. The predecessors to these computers, mainframes and minicomputers, were comparatively much larger and more expensive. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicrocomputerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Polarization‐Resolved p‐Se/n‐WS 2 Heterojunctions toward Application in Microcomputer System as Multivalued Signal TriggerInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: PCs for DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: CLUSTAL: a package for performing multiple sequence alignment on a microcomputerCited 2,560 times
- Go sideways: Intel 8008A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Datapoint 2200A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
Noun A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
CLUSTAL: a package for performing multiple sequence alignment on a microcomputer
A pharmacokinetic analysis program (multi) for microcomputer.
Microcomputer analyses of performance on a portable, simple visual RT task during sustained operations
Microcomputer program for analysis of positron annihilation lifetime spectra
Strategic Decision Processes in High Velocity Environments: Four Cases in the Microcomputer Industry
Microcomputer Playfulness: Development of a Measure With Workplace Implications
Testing the Determinants of Microcomputer Usage via a Structural Equation Model
Networks and innovation in a modular system: Lessons from the microcomputer and stereo component industries
🆕 Influential since 2022
Polarization‐Resolved p‐Se/n‐WS 2 Heterojunctions toward Application in Microcomputer System as Multivalued Signal Trigger
Enhancing Microcomputer Edge Computing for Autonomous IoT Motion Control
An efficient Turn-ON fluorescent probe for fluoride ions – Meticulous investigations and development of arduino microcomputer integrated smartphone device
Chaos-based approaches to data security: Analysis of incommensurate fractional-order Arneodo chaotic system and engineering application on a microcomputer
Design and Realization of Stepping Motor Drive System Controlled by Single-Chip Microcomputer
📚 Books worth reading
PCs for DummiesDan Gookin · 1992
Upgrading and repairing PCsScott Mueller, Mark Edward Soper · 1988
ComputersH. L. Capron, J. A. Johnson · 1987
Technology in actionAlan Evans, Alan Evans · 2004
Numerical methods for engineersSteven C. Chapra, Raymond P. Canale · 1985
Raspberry Pi For DummiesSean McManus, Mike Cook · 2013
Raspberry Pi User GuideEben Upton · 2012
Microprocessors and microcomputersRonald J. Tocci, Frank J. Ambrosio · 1979
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