Microprocessors are getting smaller, cheaper and faster. Every day, it is easier to embed more functionality into a smaller space. Embedded processors have become pervasive, and as time goes on, more and more functions that were once implemented with analog circuitry or with electromechanical assemblies are being realized with microcontrollers, ADCs and DACs. Many of these assemblies that are being supplanted by the microprocessor are controlling dynamic processes, which is a good thing, because the microprocessor coupled with the right software is often the superior device.
