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How does the switch in this board control four different states in the LED? [closed]

I have the simplest board with a LED and a switch, powered by 2 CR2032 3V (pictures attached). There is 4 possible states: LED is off. LED flashing slowly. LED flashing fast. LED is constantly on. ...
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What ASIC/MCU is in my keyboard?

I disassembled my unbranded USB keyboard to find out what ASIC/encoder/MCU is inside. The chip is (as expected) covered, like the following example: How to find out which chip is underneath?
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Connect PCIe x1 port to an ASIC PCIe x4 [closed]

I want to connect a microcontroller with a PCIe x1 port to an ASIC with PCIe x4 interface. It is not possible to connect microcontroller to lane 0 of ASIC, and it should be connected to other lanes (...
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What are the differences and similarities between FPGA, ASIC and general microcontrollers?

I have read this post and it does not answer my question in its entirety: I think of a microcontroller as anything that has some memory, registers, and can process a set of instructions such as LOAD, ...
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