title: Nanocontroller update: building a better artificial neuron.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: A Working Hypothesis, Inc., P.O. Box 820506, Houston, TX 77282-0506, USA. pfrenger@alumni.rice.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frenger
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D004867:Equipment Design; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009415:Nerve Net; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons