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== Single-board microcontrollers today ==
[[Image:DwengoBoard.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dwengo]] board]]
Microcontrollers are now cheap and simple to design circuit boards for. Development host systems are also cheap, especially when using [[open source]] software. Higher level programming languages [[Abstraction (computer science)|abstract]] details of the hardware, making differences between specific processors less obvious to the application programmer. Rewritable flash memory has replaced slow programming cycles, at least during program development. Accordingly, almost all development now is based on cross-compilation from personal computers and download to the controller board through a serial-like interface, usually appearing to the host as a USB device.
The original market demand of a simplified board implementation is no longer so relevant to microcontrollers. Single-board microcontrollers are still important, but have shifted their focus to:
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