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Peripheral DMA controller

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A Peripheral DMA controller is a feature found in modern micro controllers. This is typically a FIFO with automated control features for driving implicitly included modules in a microcontroller such as UARTs.

This takes a large burden from the operating system and reduces the number of interrupts required to service and control these type of functions.