A typical firmware-controlled device is a television remote control. Firmware means fixed small programs that internally control various electronic devices.

• remote controlers
  
• calculators
  
• hard disks
  
• keyboards
  
• memory cards
  
• scientific instruments
  
• industrial robotics
  
• mobile phones
  
• digital cameras

Firmware  enable basic operation of devices as well as implementing higher-level functions.

Low-level Firmware is also embedded in CPUs, flash chips, communication controllers, LCD modules regarded as "part of the hardware"