what is the difference between the microcontroller and PLC?

Answer Posted / jasmine

PLC is a special microcontroller designed for industrial applications.It is for controlling processes or machineries.Microcontroller is a microprocessor which can be used for any type of application.PLC internally uses a microcontroller to handle all inputs,outputs & logical scans.Microcontrollers are cores which can do anything you program them to do.The basic difference between the two is only the way of programming.

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