Nanocontroller update: building a better artificial neuron.
Paul Frenger · PubMed · 2002
Recent progress in microprocessor design has produced sophisticated 8-bit single-chip microcontrollers in small packages. These user-programmable "nanocontrollers", some with as few as eight pins, now include a variety of linear on-chip components. Miniscule complex mixed digital and analog systems are now possible. This paper outlines some of these advances, then describes how using these new microcontroller features to create a better artificial neuron have improved the author's ten-year-old neural network design.