What are the advantages and disadvantages of using microcontroller over microprocessor?

Answer 1

disadvantage: microcontrollers have got more comlex architecture than that of microprocessors so to understand it's functionality is quite difficult. advantage: microprocessors have got faster speed of execution than that of microprocessor.Also because of microcontroller embedded system got on the peak of it's development to make new electronc devices.

Answer 2

That would be like comparing apples and Oranges. A micro controller is basically a computer on a chip, although that is somewhat simplifying the description, whereas the microprocessor is a chip which does all the operating based on program instructions. So, in a sense, a microcontroller contains a microprocessor, in the sense that it contains a CPU. Since the micro controller has a lot of other stuff on board, a micro controller would technically be 'slower' than a developmentally comparable microprocessor, but since they do different jobs, the comparison is mostly meaningless.