Programming PIC Microcontrollers with XC8

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Armstrong SuberoProgramming PIC Microcontrollers with XC8https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3273-6_14

14. Watchdog Timer and Low Power

Armstrong Subero¹ 

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Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago

 

Low Power 8-Bit vs 32-Bit

One cannot write a book on 8-bit microcontrollers without writing a little about low power. The argument has always been that 8-bit microcontrollers are superior to 32-bit ones in relation to low power. The reason is simple. A 32-bit microcontroller has more transistors, thus it requires more power to work. The argument for the 32-bit microcontroller is that if it is a computationally intensive task, then the 32-bit microcontroller would have an advantage, as it will take less time to do the processing. I say that ...