What is Sleep mode?

A microcontroller state that stops clocks or power to the CPU and peripherals while idle to save power, waking on an interrupt or similar.

Field: Embedded Systems & Firmware

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  1. What is the main purpose of using a microcontroller's sleep mode in a battery-powered embedded device?

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Microcontroller Interrupt Baud rate Bootloader Brown-out detection Contact bounce Debouncing Duty cycle GPIO Hard real-time

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