Autonomous peripheral operation

In computing, autonomous peripheral operation is a hardware feature found in some microcontroller architectures to off-load certain tasks into embedded autonomous peripherals in order to minimize latencies and improve throughput in hard real-time applications as well as to save energy in ultra-low-power designs. == Overview == Forms of autonomous peripherals in microcontrollers were first introduced in the 1990s.

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