RCA 1802 microprocessor

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The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit microprocessor
CMOS microprocessor
microprocessor
addressBusWidth 16-bit
alsoKnownAs RCA 1802 microprocessor
surface form: COSMAC 1802

RCA 1802 microprocessor
surface form: RCA CDP1802
applicationDomain industrial control
military systems
scientific instruments
architecture 8-bit
clockType external clock input
controlUnitType hardwired
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dataBusWidth 8-bit
designGoal low power operation
radiation tolerance
fabricationProcess silicon-gate CMOS
instructionSetType register-based
intendedUse embedded systems
spacecraft systems
introducedInDecade 1970s
introducedInYear 1976
logicFamily RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCA COSMAC
manufacturer RCA
marketedBy RCA
notableFeature can be clocked down to 0 Hz
low power consumption
radiation hardness
register-based architecture
separate I/O instructions
simple instruction set
static core design
numberOfGeneralPurposeRegisters 16
powerSupplyVoltage 5 V
registerWidth 16-bit
successor RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCA CDP1804

RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCA CDP1805

RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCA CDP1806
technology CMOS
usedIn COSMAC ELF computer
Galileo spacecraft
Hubble Space Telescope subsystems
Magellan spacecraft
NASA spacecraft
RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCA VIP computer

hobbyist computers
space-rated electronics
various satellites
wordSize 8-bit

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RCA 1802 microprocessor alsoKnownAs RCA 1802 microprocessor
this entity surface form: RCA CDP1802
RCA 1802 microprocessor alsoKnownAs RCA 1802 microprocessor
this entity surface form: COSMAC 1802
COSMAC ELF computer architecture RCA 1802 microprocessor
subject surface form: COSMAC ELF
this entity surface form: COSMAC 1802 architecture
COSMAC ELF computer basedOn RCA 1802 microprocessor
subject surface form: COSMAC ELF
COSMAC ELF computer cpu RCA 1802 microprocessor
subject surface form: COSMAC ELF
this entity surface form: RCA CDP1802
Radio Corporation of America developed RCA 1802 microprocessor
Radio Corporation of America developed RCA 1802 microprocessor
this entity surface form: RCA COSMAC architecture
RCA 1802 microprocessor logicFamily RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCA COSMAC
RCA 1802 microprocessor successor RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCA CDP1804
RCA 1802 microprocessor successor RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCA CDP1805
RCA 1802 microprocessor successor RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCA CDP1806
RCA 1802 microprocessor usedIn RCA 1802 microprocessor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCA VIP computer