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From: russ@shani.net (Russ Hersch) Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded, comp.sys.intel, comp.robotics.misc, comp.realtime, sci.electronics.design, alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, comp.answers Subject: 8051 microcontroller FAQ Date: 12 Sep 1997 10:51:08 GMT Message-ID: <microcontroller-faq/8051_874061449@rtfm.mit.edu> Summary: This article is a collection of information sources on the Intel 8051 family of microcontrollers (and variants). X-Last-Updated: 1997/09/11
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This article is a collection of information sources on the Intel 8051 family of microcontrollers (and variants).
The following topics are addressed:
0)
Rantings and ravings (to make the FAQ zero-based)
1) 1.1) 1.2) 1.3) 1.4) 1.5)
ABOUT THIS FAQ Who put this FAQ together? How can I contribute to this FAQ? What newsgroups will this FAQ be posted to? May I distribute this FAQ or post it somewhere else? How about FAQs on other microcontrollers?
2) 2.1) 2.2) 2.3) 2.4) 2.5)
ABOUT THE 8051 The 8051 microcontroller 8051 Flavors 16-bit 8051 parts 8051 representatives and approximate prices Common and New 80x51 variants
2.6)
Advantages realized in implementing control applications on this family of microcontrollers
2.7) 2.8)
Getting started Technical Questions and Answers
3) 3.1) 3.2) 3.3) 3.4) 3.5)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE 8051 FTP sites Web pages Mailing lists BBSs Help available!
4) 4.1) 4.2) 4.3)
8051 PRODUCTS Free languages and development tools Free C compilers Commercially available products
5) 5.1) 5.2) 5.3)
8051 DOCUMENTATION Periodicals Books Miscellaneous documentation
0)
Rantings and ravings
Disclaimer:
Just so it is understood, the "rantings and ravings" are My readers are refined and sophisticated and I, on the other hand, sit in front of the
my rantings and raving. would never rant or rave.
TV in torn underwear and drink beer out of the bottle.
=====> OK, I know this FAQ is long. Very long. Well... it's ridiculously long. If you are inconvenienced or strenuously object to the posting of this FAQ, please DON'T FLAME me or send me nasty mail. Just think what I have to go through. This FAQ takes a lot of my time, of which I have very little to spare. I'm open for suggestions. I've considered the following: - splitting it up into smaller parts - eliminating certain sections which may no longer be relevant the web and search engines certainly seem to make a lot of this FAQ obsolete (or am I mistaken on this?) - not posting it to the newsgroups and just turning this whole mess into a [large] web page (the problem with this is that I don't have a web site) - forgetting about it all together and reminding my kids that I'm their father (if you all tell me to go packing, I'll gladly fold up shop and devote more time to family, friends, and personal hygiene)
I would be happy to hear ideas on how this FAQ could be improved for the reader. If it makes MY job easier, then that's even better.
OK, with that out of the way, let's get on with it...
Well, it's finally here. A free C compiler for the 8051. Featured in Dr. Dobb's August 1997 issue, Andy Yuen's Retargetable Concurrent Small C (RCSC) is based on James E. Hendrix' lengendary Small C. A previous iteration of RCSC, Concurrent Small C was introduced in the August 1996 issue of Dr. Dobbs. With the release of this compiler, Andy Yuen is very likely to become a folk hero.
So, why are you still reading this? The FAQ will wait! First download a copy of RCSC. You can get it from: http://www.ddj.com or ftp://ftp.mv.com/pub/. Then go out and find a copy of Dr. Dobb's August 1997 issue.
You'll still need to purchase either James E. Hendrix's "A Small C Compiler" (ISBN 0-13-814724-8) or the Dr. Dobb's Small C Compiler Resource CD. This of course means that the free C compiler isn't totally free, but then again, what is?
If you'd like to start learning about microcontrollers, but the thought of finding all the parts and then building one scares you, take a look at the line of boards available from American Educational Systems. They have three boards: AES-51 (8051), AES-11 (68hc11), and AES-88 (8088). All three boards are built along the same lines and include RAM, ROM, LCD display, keypad, A/D, serial ports, digital I/O ports, and logic probe. Also included is a full bookshelf of documentation. The AES-51 comes with a hardware manual, language manual, and Intel's 8051 User's Manual (over 500 pages of reference material). The board has a built in BASIC-52 and monitor built into external ROM on board. The BASIC even includes commands for displaying on the LCD. These boards are ridiculously easy to use and program - you can get started experimenting right away.
This is a perfect system for students and hobbyists. Even professionals will find this system useful as a prototyping tool and test bed. Highly recommended.
For more information, contact: American Educational Systems 970 West 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 USA
(800)730-3232 or (714)550-8094
Fax: (714)550-9941
SPJ Systems (Pune, India) has announced version 3.0 of their C compiler for the 8051. The major new feature of this version is Although this version imposes some
support for the "bit" type.
limitations on the use of this newly supported type, you can now use the bit manipulation capability of the 8051. One important benefit
will be smaller code size and code which is easier to maintain and understand.
A working demo of the compiler package, which includes the library sources and permits the compilation of small programs, is available from their web site.
For questions or comments about the product, you can contact them at: SPJ SYSTEMS 114, Chitrashala Bldg. 562, Sadashiv Peth Pune, India Phone: 91-212-451607 Fax: 91-212-480285
Email: spjs@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in Web: http://www.prime-digest.w1.com/spj
Air Born Electronics in Australia has some nice project plans for the 8051 available on their web site. Point your browser at: http://www.airborn.com.au/
MDL Labs offers the following BASIC language packages for the 8051: 1. BASIKIT--Integrated Programming Environment for BASIC-52 and for MDL-BASIC-I, MDL-BASIC-P, and MDL-BASIC-D. BASIKIT includes a full-screen editor and permits writing programs with labels rather than line numbers. 2. MDL-BASIC-I and MDL-BASIC-P are supersets of the original BASIC-52, for the Intel 8052 and the Phillips PCB83C552, respectively. All bugs removed. 3. MDL-BASIC-D is a BASIC for the Dallas 87C530 which accesses all the features of the chip, including both serial ports, the Watchdog, and the power-saving features. The BASIC will address up to 512K of memory and will collect data into that memory via serial port interrupts. It runs faster at 25 MHz than compiled code on the 8052. MDL Labs 1073 Limberlost Court Columbus, OH 43235
Tel/Fax: 614-431-2675 Email: arl@infinet.com
Students at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil developed a "Remote Lab for the 8051". You send a machine code of the 8051 to a remote host (where there is 8051 board plugged in the PC) and receive the values of the registers. Study the 8051 microcontroller, without buying a board. For more information: www.inf.ufsc.br/~jbosco/labvir.htm The Email of students are: Miguel <wf@ambiente.com.br> Cleber <cleber@inf.ufsc.br>
Hans Schou write to inform that the USB organization now has their own homepage: http://www.usb.org (was http://www.teleport.com/~usb). Hans is also willing to help out with problems using the 8051. His new email address is: chlor@schou.dk
TCG (in Taiwan) has introduced two new products. One product is 32K-byte EPROM Emulator and the other is AT89C2051/1051 programmer
with limited emulation capability. These products feature platform independence. You can use PC, Mac, Unix workstation, or even a dumb terminal. All the necessary commands are built into the on-board controller. For more information, check out these web sites: http://www.yp.at-taiwan.com/~com00121 http://www.hth.com For more information: TCG 11 Ally22 Ln21 Pei-Ta Rd., Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan, R.O.C. (886)3-532-7372 Fax: 886-3-531-7162
Email:ch.bbs@csie.nctu.edu.tw
Take care,
Uncle Russ
1)
ABOUT THIS FAQ
1.1)
Who put this FAQ together?
I was prompted to put this FAQ together in response to my own frustration in searching for information, and to the constant
occurrence of requests for information on this subject in various newsgroups. Hopefully others won't need to go through what I did.
Normally, I spend all day programming in assembler or C on an IBM PC. With my hobbyist hat on I decided to try my hand at a little microcontroller project design. idea what to do. When it came time to start, I had no
I had nothing to start with - no assembler, no I cobbled together a simulator It's not being made
programming language, no simulator.
to help me learn about the workings of the chip.
available to the public since I'm afraid the simulator isn't very good. It was for my own use, so the user interface (there is none)
really sucks eggs.
I decided to search the net for information on the 8051.
This list
was compiled the hard way, logging onto every anonymous ftp site I could find and looking around. I also used Archie, other FAQs and
lists, and every reference to the 8051 that appeared in the various news groups. up. It took a long time till stuff finally started popping
I saved all of my notes and the result was the first version of Responses have been pouring in, and the result is a much
this FAQ.
more complete and thorough FAQ.
1.2)
How can I contribute to this list?
I please ask that if you have any suggestions or additions, or you would like to correct any of the information contained herein, please send me a note. My Email address is: russ@shani.net
My Snail-Mail address is: Russ Hersch HaVradim 11 Ginot Shomron ISRAEL
The list of individuals who have sent suggestions and encouragement is endless. I hope it suffices to say "Thank you to all who have
contributed to this FAQ - we all appreciate it."
Special thanks to recent contributors: Pramod Ramade (SPJ Systems) Mark Meyer (American Educational Systems) Michael Markowitz (EDN magazine) Enrique Viseras Philippe Techer (Virtual Micro Design) Richard Lane Ray Lavender (MDL Labs)
Hans Schou Alfred Arnold CH Tsai (TCG, Taiwan)
I hope that those of you who know of interesting items for the 8051 will share with everyone by contributing to this list. stuff is turning up thanks to everyone's help. Piles of
If you are a manufacturer and have a web site, ftp site, or BBS available that supports the 8051, please let me know by EMail so that I can add it to this FAQ. products. Also, please feel free to update me on new
1.3)
What newsgroups will this FAQ be posted to?
This FAQ will be posted to the following newsgroups: comp.sys.intel comp.realtime comp.robotics comp.lang.forth sci.electronics These newsgroups often contain discussions, announcements, or
information on the 8051.
Check them out from time to time.
The schedule for posting will be once a month.
I can't promise that
it will be on time, but I hope to post it on the 26th of each month.
You might also want to check out the following newsgroups, since they quite frequently have discussions about the 8051 and other microcontrollers: comp.arch.embedded alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
A bit farther afield, but still of possible interest: comp.lang.misc comp.ai.fuzzy comp.dsp sci.engr.control sci.engr.semiconductors
1.4)
May I post this FAQ to my local BBS?
I am putting no restrictions on the use of this FAQ except - It must be distributed in its entirety with the copyright notice, and no financial gain may be realized from it.
After all, I have spent, and
continue to spend, a lot of time on this.
The only thing that I
intend to gain from it is more information on the 8051, and getting to know my fellow 8051 groupies better.
For this reason I have appended a copyright statement to the end of this FAQ. myself. I feel pretty silly doing this, but I just want to protect The copyright does not limit the use of this list for I hereby give my permission to one and all
noncommercial purposes.
to pass this list around and post it wherever you want - as long as it is not for financial gain.
Thank you.
1.5)
How about FAQs on other microcontrollers?
If anyone wishes to start a FAQ on another microcontroller, please feel free to copy the format of this FAQ - I don't intend on copyrighting the look and feel ;-). With a common format, we will
all benefit when trying to find information on a particular microcontroller.
Other Microcontroller FAQs
Subject:
PIC microcontrollers <no longer posted to newsgroups> http://digiserve.com/takdesign Tom Kellett Email: Tom@takdsign.demon.co.uk
Newsgroups: Web page: Maintainer:
Subject:
68hc11 microcontrollers comp.realtime comp.robotics sci.electronics
Newsgroups:
Archive:
rtfm.mit.edu :
<plus all mirror sites>
/pub/usenet/comp.answers/microcontroller-faq/68hc11 /pub/usenet/sci.answers/microcontroller-faq/68hc11 /pub/usenet/news.answers/microcontroller-faq/68hc11 Maintainer: Robert Boys - Ontario, Canada Email: rboys@best.com Russ Hersch (maintainer emeritus :-)
Subject:
Microcontroller primer and FAQ comp.sys.intel comp.arch.embedded comp.robotics
Newsgroups:
sci.electronics alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt Archive: rtfm.mit.edu : <plus all mirror sites>
/pub/usenet/comp.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer /pub/usenet/sci.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer /pub/usenet/news.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer Maintainer: Russ Hersch Email: russ@shani.net
Additional FAQs of interest
Subject:
I2C protocol sci.electronics alt.hardware.homebuilt comp.robotics comp.protocols.misc.
Newsgroups:
Comments:
The I2C bus is a simple 2 wire serial interface developed by Philips. A number of 8051 variants as
well as several peripherals include I2C support. Maintainer: Vincent Himpe Email: Vincent.Himpe@ping.be
Subject:
Robotics comp.robotics Kevin Dowling (412)268-8830 Email: nivek@ri.cmu.edu Smail: Carnegie Mellon University The Robotics Institute Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Newsgroups: Maintainer:
Subject:
Electronics sci.electronics There are a number of FAQs available in this newsgroup on various subjects. are: Among some of the subjects covered
Newsgroups: Comments:
LCDs, stepper motors, etc.
FAQ subject: Newsgroups: Archive:
Real-time comp.realtime, comp.answers, news.answers
rtfm.mit.edu : pub/usenet/comp.realtime Mark Linimon Lonesome Dove Computing Services Roanoke, Virginia Email: linimon@nominil.lonesome.com.
Maintainer:
Subject:
Motorola 68K microprocessor line
Newsgroups: Comments:
comp.sys.m68k without a doubt, one of the finest FAQs ever written (well, of course Bob paid me to say this ;-)
Archive:
bode.ee.ualberta.ca : pub/motorola/general ftp.luth.se : /pub/misc/motorola/faq file name of archive is m68kfaq?.zip (? is version)
Maintainer:
Robert Boys - Ontario, Canada Email: rboys@best.com
For more detailed information on various 8051 microcontroller parts, see the article posted to comp.robotics and sci.electronics which provides a tabular cross reference of features and pin counts on a wide range of microcontrollers (including the 8051 family). list was compiled and is being maintained by Roger Nelson <rnelson@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu>. This
For more information on various microcontrollers and their features, refer to the Microcontroller primer and FAQ listed above.
2)
ABOUT THE 8051
2.1)
The 8051 microcontroller
The 8051 is an 8 bit microcontroller originally developed by Intel in 1980. It is the world's most popular microcontroller core, made by There were 126
many independent manufacturers (truly multi-sourced). million 8051s (and variants) shipped in 1993!!
A typical 8051 contains: - CPU with boolean processor - 5 or 6 interrupts: 2 are external 2 priority levels - 2 or 3 16-bit timer/counters - programmable full-duplex serial port (baud rate provided by one of the timers) - 32 I/O lines (four 8-bit ports) - RAM - ROM/EPROM in some models
The 8051 architecture is a tad bizarre, but then so are the architectures of most microcontrollers due to their specialization (check out the PIC for creativity - for that matter, take a look at any RISC chip). One vexing problem with the 8051 is its very
non-orthogonal instruction set - especially the restrictions on

accessing the different address spaces.
However, after some time
programming the chip, you can get used to it - maybe even appreciate it.
One strong point of the 8051 is the way it handles interrupts. Vectoring to fixed 8-byte areas is convenient and efficient. Most
interrupt routines are very short (or at least they should be), and generally can fit into the 8-byte area. Of course if your interrupt
routine is longer, you can still jump to the appropriate routine from within the 8 byte interrupt region.
The 8051 instruction set is optimized for the one-bit operations so often desired in real-world, real-time control applications. The This
boolean processor provides direct support for bit manipulation.
leads to more efficient programs that need to deal with binary input and output conditions inherent in digital-control problems. Bit
addressing can be used for test pin monitoring or program control flags.
2.2)
8051 Flavors
The 8051 has the widest range of variants of any embedded controller
on the market.
The smallest device is the Atmel 89c1051, a 20 Pin The fastest parts are from The most powerful chip is
FLASH variant with 2 timers, UART, 20mA. Dallas, with performance close to 10 MIPS!
the Siemens 80C517A, with 32 Bit ALU, 2 UARTS, 2K RAM, PLCC84 package, 8 x 16 Bit PWMs, and other features.
Among the major manufacturers are: AMD Atmel Dallas Intel ISSI Matra OKI Philips Siemens SMC SSI Enhanced 8051 parts (no longer producing 80x51 parts) FLASH and semi-custom parts Battery backed, program download, and fastest variants 8051 through 80c51gb / 80c51sl IS80C51/31 runs up to 40MHz 80c154, low voltage static variants 80c154, mask parts 87c748 thru 89c588 - more variants than anyone else 80c501 through 80c517a, and SIECO cores COM20051 with ARCNET token bus network engine 80x52, 2 x HDLC variant for MODEM use
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
AMD was one of the first manufacturers of enhanced variants including such features as: dual data pointers, slave interface
with arbitration unit, dual port RAM, FIFO buffers, and others.
They are now out of the 8051 business.
Atmel
The smallest current device is the ATMEL 89c1051, a 20 Pin FLASH variant with 2 timers, UART, 20mA. ATMEL was the first with
standard pinout FLASH, and with more program cycles than other custom pinout FLASH. These parts compete with OTP and MASK
product on price, but eliminate inventory problems and the hidden costs of OTP development. This will put real pressure on
"vanilla" micros like PIC and ST6.
Dallas Soft Microcontrollers - DS5000(T), DS5001(T), DS2250(T)
The Dallas Soft Microcontrollers have standard 8051 cores with on-chip non-volatile RAM instead of ROM. This gives the user the
ability to easily alter the system and is perfect for data logging. solutions. products: - on-chip non-volatile RAM These processors are available in both chip and module Among the features included in this family of
- loader in ROM for downloading programs (eliminates the hassle of EPROM erase/program/install cycle) - built in real time clock option - watchdog timer - software security (program and data encryption)
The DS500x is a standard 40 pin DIP package (well, mostly standard, it is really a BOX which is about double the height of a normal chip). The DS225x is a SIP version which is functionally
identical to the DS5000 but usually a bit less expensive.
The nice thing about having the RAM on-chip, is that the I/O ports are unaffected. When the RAM is configured as CODE memory, the The NV-RAM is
DS5000 behaves exactly as a single-chip 8051.
static with a built-in lithium battery, and has no limitations on the number of writes. You can download your code as many times as The DS5000 also includes a
you like without damaging the device.
loader in ROM, which permits you to bootstrap code into the RAM to get underway. The loader and on-chip RAM have an encryption
feature with which you can protect your code from being read back from the device if you wish.
Dallas High-Speed Micros - DS80c320, DS87c520, DS87c530

Real barn-burners - performance up to 10 MIPS! first to speed up the core.
Dallas was the
Wasted clock and memory cycles have As a result,
been removed using a redesigned processor core.
every 8051 instruction is executed up to 3 times faster than the original for the same crystal speed. 33MHz! Clock speeds from DC to
High performance doesn't just mean speed.
High integration gives
the user 2 full-duplex hardware serial ports, 13 total interrupt sources (6 external), watchdog timer, power management, power-fail reset, and other features.
Intel MCS-51
Introduced in 1980, it has become the industry standard for embedded control. Intel offers a wide variety of 8051 versions Also low
with different configurations of on-board EPROM/ROM.
power, high integration, and specialized parts are also offered.
OKI
OKI makes an 85c154 piggyback - an 8751 but with an EPROM socket on top! Great with an EPROM emulator.
Philips
Philips has more 8051 variants than anyone else. derivatives that they have:
Among the
40MHz, 24 pin skinny DIP, low
voltage, quad flat pack (QFP) versions for saving board space, OTP, I2C bus, and so on.
The c5xx line features high integration, with many built-in features including built-in EMI/RFI suppression.
The c7xx series are very low-end, inexpensive micros.
They are In
offered with less memory (1k, 2k, etc.) and fewer features. fact the 83c750 sells for only $1 in very high OEM volumes.
Siemens sab80c517a
The 80c517a is one of the most powerful 8051 variants available. It features high clock speed (40 MHz), and high integration with
32 Bit ALU, 2 UARTS, 2K RAM, PLCC84 package, 8x16 bit PWMs, and more.
Standard Microsystems Corporation SMC COM20051 The COM20051 is an integrated microcontroller and network interface which features: high performance and low cost based on popular 8051 architecture drop-in replacement for 80C32 PLCC network supports up to 255 nodes powerful network diagnostics maximum 512 byte packets duplicate node ID detection self-configuring network protocol retains all 8051 peripherals including Serial I/O and 2 Timers utilizes ARCNET(R) Token Bus Network Engine requires no special emulators 5 Mbps to 156 Kbps data rate network interface supports RS-485, twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optic interfaces "receive all" mode allows any packet to be received
Silicon Systems Inc. SSI73M2910/2910A
The SSI73M2910 is a high performance microcontroller designed for modem and communications applications. - 8052 Compatible Instruction set. - 34 MHz Operation @ 4.5 - 5.5V - 44 MHz Operation @ 4.75 - 5.5.V (2910A) - 22 MHz Operation @ 3.3 - 5.5.V - HDLC Support Logic (Packetizer, 16 and 32 CRC, zero ID) - 24 pins for user programmable I/O ports - 8 pins programmable chip select logic or I/O for memory mapped peripherals eliminating glue logic - 3 external interrupt sources (programmable polarity) - 16 dedicated latched address pins - Multiplexed latched/address bus - Instruction cycle time identical to 8052 - Buffered oscillator (or OSC/2) output pin - 1.8432 MHz UART clock available - Bank select circuitry to support up to 128K of external program memory - 100-Lead TQFP package available for PCMCIA applications - Also available in 100-Lead QFP package
2.3)
16-bit 8051 parts
A joint project between Intel and Philips Semiconductors has resulted in two new excting products - 16 bit 8051s! Due to a disagreement Intel
between the parties, they each went their separate ways.
developed the MCS-251, which was originally called the ZX (this name can still be found on one of the Intel slide shows). out with the eXtended Architecture (XA) line. Philips came
The Intel MCS-251 is a drop-in replacement for the 8051 (at least, after programming the mode control bits first), and is also binary compatible. The XA is more of a 16 bit micro which also happens to One can argue the merits of which
be source code compatible. approach is better.
Pin compatible parts allow instant performance upgrades for existing designs, and the binary compatibility truly preserves users investment in code and tools. By staying firmly in the 80x51 camp,
Intel allows users transparent access to an enormous horsepower range. To further improve throughput in numerically intensive areas,
users can use INTEGER, LONGINT, and FLOAT libraries written for the MCS-251. The Philips XA is not a drop-in replacement for the 8051.
Binary code compatibility is nice, you can move right up to a more powerful engine without having to bust a gut (We all know the Intel binary compatible success story with their 80x86 microprocessors). But if you're working on a new design, how necessary is binary compatibility? If you're just looking for a souped up '51, Dallas If you need the advanced features, you'll need You'll also have to
already has the 320.
to recompile or rewrite your software anyhow.
drag along some compatibility baggage with you in order to use the 16 bit operations - these are preceded by an escape code (A5H), the only instruction not used in the 8051 instruction set.
With source code compatibility, you have to recompile your code (with a new set of development tools), since the instruction set has been recrafted to allow the biggest bang for the buck. This process isn't
100% transparent, but then again, binary compatibility isn't either.
If you're upgrading an existing design, the 251 is probably your only reasonable choice (although you might also want to consider the Dallas 320). On new designs, you'll have a tough decision to make.
Whichever path you choose to take, the 8051 will never be the same again.
Intel MCS-251
The Intel MCS-251 is 100% binary and pin compatible with the 8051, but with a 5-15 times boost in horsepower. This is achieved by a
six fold gain in bus cycles, and further hardware improvements to avoid wasted bus cycles.
Further performance gains are possible by recoding critical sections to take advantage of the new features: powerful 8/16/32
bit instructions, flexible 8/16/32 registers, 16MB linear address space, 16-bit stack pointer, enhanced BIT manipulations, and improved control instructions. In addition to extra 16/32 bit
instructions, the 251 includes 40 registers with Accumulator and Index functions overlayed as 16x8, 16x16, 10x32.
Should we expect a 351 in the future. a Penti-uC?
How about a 451?
Or maybe
Philips 8051XA
By tossing compatibility out the window, Philips was able to develop a true 16 microcontroller while at the same time preserving the basic 8051 instruction set (source). The benefits
of this break with tradition result in a chip that has dual 16MB address spaces (data and code), multitasking support with task protected memory segments, a separate SFR bus, fast context switching, and optimized code efficiency. Other features include:
hardware divide and multiply (over 100 times faster than an 8051), 32 vectored interrupts, 16 hardware exceptions, and 16 trap instructions.
2.4)
8051 representatives and approximate prices (in USD $)
There are many, many varieties of 8051 out there. small sampling of typical prices on Intel chips.
This is only a
8031 (128 bytes RAM)...................................3.59 80C31 (CMOS version of previous).......................6.95 8051AH (256 bytes RAM).................................6.95 8051AHBASIC (w/Basic interpreter built in)............29.95 8751 (4K EPROM, 128 bytes RAM)........................26.95 87C51 (CMOS version of previous)......................39.95
2.5)
Common and New 80x51 variants
Intel has announced that 8052AH-BASIC has reached its EOL (end of life) and is not any more in production. Resellers may still have some chips in stock. However, both source and object code is available in many ftp-sites (and Intel BBS) and can be loaded into any 8052-compatible internal ROM memory (or external ROM, but then PROG and DMA cannot be used).
At least few years ago, MicroMint Inc. (4 Park St, Vernon, CT 06066, USA) was selling their own 80C52-BASIC at USD 25, speed DC 12 MHz, CMOS.
<Thanks to Eero-Pekka Mand>
Thanks to Jim Granville of Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd. for the following nice summary.
Key: PCA programmable counter array LV low voltage
PWM pulse width modulation CC capture/compare
UPI Universal Peripheral Interface (Philips)
Variant
Pins
Mfg
RAM
CODE XRAM
Notes (LV - low voltage)
--------------------------------------------------------------------MCS251 80C509L 80C517A 80C537A 80537 80517 40 Intel 1K 16K 64Kx 64Kx 32K 64Kx 8K 0 3K 2K 2K 0 0 0 1K 16 Bit 80x51FX! Prelim ALU,PWM,CC,2UART,10bA/D ALU,8PWM,CC,2UART,10bA/D ALU,8PWM,CC,2UART,10bA/D ALU,8PWM,CC,2UART,8bA/D ALU,8PWM,CC,2UART,8bA/D 80C52+Ports+HDLC 515+10bA/D,1K XRAM,BRG,OWD Enhanced 80C552, Sep i2c, RSO 515+10bA/D,1K XRAM,BRG,OWD Timer2CaptComp 6ports 8/10bA/D Timer2 CaptComp 4 ports 8b A/D Timer2 CaptComp 5 ports 8b A/D 8051FA+PCA, 8b A/D, SPI 8051FA+PCA, 8b A/D, SPI 552-i2c+CAN+XRAM 552-i2c+CAN+XRAM 552-i2c+CAN+XRAM
100qf Siemens 256 84 84 84 84 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256
73D2910 100qfp SSI 80C535A 80CE558 80C515A 80535 80515 80C535 80C51GB 87C51GB 80C592 87C592 87C598 68
256 128Kx 64Kx
Siemens 256
80qfp Philips 256 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 80 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Intel Intel 256 256
64Kx 768 32K 64Kx 8K 64Kx 64Kx 8K 1K 0 0 0 0 0
Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256
64Kx 256 16K 32K 256 256
80C552 87C552 80C562 SABC505C SABC504 87C451 80C451 87C453 83CL580 80C320 80C310 87C520 80C51FX 87C51FA 87C51FB 87C51FC 8XC51FB 87C51FXL 80C152JD 80C152 8044 80C575 87C575
68 68 68 44 44 68 68 68
Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Philips 128 Philips 128 Philips 256
64Kx 8K 64Kx
0 0 0
10b A/D, i2c, CaptComp, PWM 10b A/D, i2c, CaptComp, PWM 8b A/D, i2c, CaptComp, PWM 8bA/D,XRAM,OWD,CAN V2B, Xt2 10bA/D,XRAM,OWD,DC Motor PWM 7 Ports, 1 Handshake 7 Ports, 1 Handshake 7 Ports, 1 Handshake LV 8052+ADC+i2c+More INTs,WDOG FAST, 2 DPTR 2 UART VRST Simpler 80C320 e62.5Mhz 16K OTP enhanced 80C320 80C58i+PCA,AsRST 8052+PCA,Enh Serial Automotive 8052+PCA,Enh Serial Automotive 8052+PCA,Enh Serial Automotive 87C51FB with ALE RFI mode 3.3v 80C51FC HDLC/SDLC Serial HDLC Serial RUPI Serial 8052+PCA,AnalogComp,WDOG,RSTLo 8052+PCA,AnalogComp,WDOG,RSTLo
64Kx 256 64Kx 256 4K 64Kx 8K 6K 64Kx 64Kx 16K 64Kx 8K 16K 32K 16K 32K 64Kx 64Kx 64Kx 64Kx 8K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56,64 Philips 256 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 68 48 40 40 40 Dallas Dallas Dallas Intel Intel Intel Intel 256 256 256 256 256 256 256
Philips 256 Intel Intel Intel Intel 256 256 256 192
Philips 256 Philips 256
80C576 87C576 SABC501 SABC502 80C528 87C528 89CE528 87C524 80C550 80CL781 83CL781 80CL782 89S8252 89C55 89C52 87C54 87C58 87C52 80C154 83C154D 83C154 80C654 87C652 87C654
40 40 40 40 40 40 44 40 40 40 40 40
Philips 256 Philips 256 Siemens 256 Siemens 256 Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 128 Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256
8K 8K 64Kx
0 8052+PCA,UPI,A/D,PWM,WDOG,VRSTLo 0 8052+PCA,UPI,A/D,PWM,WDOG,VRSTLo 0 40MHz Enhanced 8052 U/D 8052+XRAM+8DP+WD+BRG+OWD 8052+Wdog, XRAM 8052+Wdog, XRAM Flash 528 16K 87C528 8b A/D WDog LV 8052, More INTs, WDOG LV 8052, More INTs, WDOG LV, faster 781 FLASH, 8K+2KEE, WDOG, SPI FLASH, Fast,LV 87C52+20K FLASH, Fast,LV 87C52 16K 87C52i 32K 87C52i 8052+U/D+OscO+4Li Enhanced 8052 (also OKI) Enhanced 8052 Enhanced 8052 i2c i2c i2c
64Kx 256 64Kx 256 32K 256
32KF 256 16K 4K 64Kx 16K 64Kx 256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40.44 Atmel 40.44 Atmel 40.44 Atmel 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Intel Intel Intel Matra Matra OKI
256 10KFE 256 20KF 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 8KF 16K 32K 8K 64Kx 32K 16K 64Kx 8K 16K
Philips 256 Philips 256 Philips 256
83CE654 DS5000 DS2250 DS5001 80C851 83C852 8052 8752 80C52 88SC54C 80CL410 80CL31 80CL610 83CL411 89C51 8751 87C51 8031 8051 80C31L 87C752 87C749 87C751
44qfp Philips 256 40 Dallas 128 128 128
16K
i2c, low RFI 654 80x51 Secure+NVsupport,BootLdr 5000, in SIMM package Enhanced DS5000, RPC BatSw 8051+256B EEPROM ALU,2K EEPROM SmartCard,Die 8051+Timer2 8051+Timer2 8051+Timer2,Philips,Oki,Matra 8052+PublicKey,prelim LV, More INTs i2c-UART LV, More Ints 80x51 LV, More INTs i2c-UART 80CL31 with 256 RAM, No T2 FLASH,Fast,LV 87C51 Core processor,UART,Tmr0,Tmr1 Core processor,UART,Tmr0,Tmr1 Core processor,UART,Tmr0,Tmr1 Core processor,UART,Tmr0,Tmr1 LV 80x51 87751+ A/D, PWM 87C752 - i2c Small size, bit i2c
32KR 32K 32K 32K
40sim Dallas 80qfp Dallas 40 6 40 40 40 8 40 40 40 40
64Kx 64K 64Kx 6K 64Kx 8K 64Kx 0 0 0 0 0
Philips 128 Philips 256 All Intel 256 256
Siemens 256 Atmel 256
64Kx 512 64Kx 64Kx 64Kx 64Kx 4KF 4K 4K 64Kx 4K 64Kx 2KE 2KE 2KE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philips 128 Philips 128 Philips 256 Philips 256 128 128 128 128 128 128 64 64 64
40.44 Atmel 40 40 40 40 40 28 28 24 All All All All Matra Philips Philips Philips
87C748 87C750 89C2051 89C1051
24 24 20 20
Philips Philips Atmel Atmel
64 64 128 64
2KE 1KE 2KF 1KF
0 0 0 0
87C751 - i2c Small size 20Pin 89C51,+AnaComp+LED 20Pin 2051 -uart,timer1
2.6)
Advantages realized in implementing control applications on this family of microcontrollers
Wildly popular - readily available and widely supported, a full range of free and commercial support products is available
Fast and effective - the architecture correlates closely with the problem being solved (control systems), specialized instructions mean that fewer bytes of code need to be fetched and fewer conditional jumps are processed
Low cost - high level of system integration within one component, only a handful of components needed to create a working system
Wide range -
ONE set of tools covers the greatest horsepower range
of any microcontroller family, other suppliers handle a number of DIFFERENT and INCOMPATIBLE (and often single-sourced) cores to cover the same power range as the 80x51, the 8051 provides a real cost
savings in tools, training, and software support
Compatibility - opcodes and binaries are the SAME for all 80x51 variants (unlike most other microcontroller families)
Multi-sourced - over 12 manufacturers, hundreds of varieties, something for everyone with the security of ready availability
Constant improvements - improvements in silicon/design increase speed and power annually, 16 bit models coming from several manufacturers, low cost skinny DIP models now available
2.7)
Getting started
If you are interested in getting started with the 8051, you will need to concern yourself with getting the appropriate hardware and software to develop your system.
A good start would be to pick up a couple of books on the subject. Two really great books for beginners are "The Microcontroller Idea Book" by Jan Axelson (Lakeview Research) and "Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller" by Sencer Yeralan and Ashutosh
Ahluwalia (Addison Wesley).
Both books contain complete plans for The
microcontroller boards/systems if you plan on rolling your own.
Yeralan/Ahluwalia books also contains a diskette with just about all of the software that you'll need to get started progamming for the 8051 (assembler, simulator, etc). These books also have many circuit
and code examples and are very useful for the beginner (I'm going to need an extra copy of each for reading in the bathroom :-).
Which software you choose is mostly a matter of personal preference, how much time you have to invest, how much money you have to invest, and what you want to accomplish. Serious work can be accomplished
using much of the free software listed in this FAQ, however in most cases technical support is unavailable. Registering shareware, or
buying a mainstream commercial package gives you backup and support and helps you get going much faster.
If you are a hobbyist or student, and would like to program in C, I would recommend looking at the Dunfield Development System. this package and it is a powerful package for only $100. I use
It includes
a full suite of development tools including C compiler, assembler, linker, and much more. A hardware-resident simulator/emulator is Another C compiler package from
available for an additional $50.
Micro Computer Control provides similar capabilities for the same

price.
A wide range of development options exists for all budgets and purposes. One convenient way to start is the Ceibo/Philips DS-750
development system, based on the 80c75x (a scaled down 8051 variant). The "emulator" board programs the chips (so you won't need an EPROM programmer and the debugger has a user interface much like Borland's Turbo Debugger.
The development system that I use is based on the Dallas DS5000. nice thing about the DS5000 is that you can upload your programs directly to the chip (no EPROM needed!). The Dunfield package
The
provides excellent support for this chip, including plans for building a "pseudo-ice". With this setup, all you need to do is
upload your program, and debug (emulate) on the target hardware. This setup is highly recommended.
One other possibility is the 8052AH-BASIC chip.
With a Basic
interpreter built in, you have an interactive development system when attached to your PC. Jan Axelson's book gives complete coverage on
this chip, including plans to build your own system, programming in Basic, and interfacing to various peripherals and devices.
What might be the easiest way to get started, is by buying a complete development package. The AES-51 from American Educational Systems is a good example. This package comes complete with everything you need to get started and do real work. The microcontroller board has just about every peripheral you'll ever need built right in (LCD, keypad, A/D, D/A, I/O, etc) and comes with a built-in monitor and BASIC. Also included is a shelf full of tutorial and reference books and a diskette with the required support software for your PC. For less than $300, you get a complete and professionally designed and packaged educational tool. AES also has two other boards (based on the 68hc11 and 8088) which have the same basic appearance and functionality.
2.8)
Technical Questions and Answers
Q:
Why are ports P0 and P2 unavailable for I/O when using external memory?
A:
The output drivers of ports 0 and 2, and the input buffers of port 0, are used to access external memory. Port 0 outputs the
low byte of the external memory address, time-multiplexed with

the byte being read/written.
Port 2 outputs the high byte of the
external memory address when the address is 16 bits wide. Otherwise, the port 2 pins continue to emit the P2 SFR contents. Therefore, when external memory is being used, ports 0 and 2 are unavailable for their primary use as general I/O lines.
Q:
Is there anything I can do to use these ports for I/O when using external memory?
A1: Not really.
A2: If you really want to make your life miserable, you can try to use P2 for output when it isn't being used for memory access. The contents of the SFR latch for port 2 are not modified during the execution of a Data Memory fetch cycle on the Expanded Bus. If an instruction requiring a cycle on the Expanded Bus is not followed by another instruction requiring a cycle on the Expanded Bus, then the original contents of the port 2 SFR latch will appear during the next machine cycle. That is, when PSEN, RD and
WR are all inactive, you can use port 2 for output (check the timing charts in the data book). of the P2 SFR at that time. The chip will emit the contents
Do you REALLY want to bother with
this though?
A3: By including the external RAM "on-chip", the Dallas DS5000 makes these ports available for I/O. same thing for other 8051 parts. The SLIC E2 from Xicor does the
A4: If you really need the extra I/O ports, there are number of 8051 variants that have additional ports. Philips and Siemens are two
such manufacturers that have these parts in their product lines.
Q:
I'm outputting a 1 to a pin on port 0, but I'm not getting a 1 out. If I use a pin on port 1 instead, it works fine. What am I
doing wrong?
A:
Port 0 has open drain outputs. pullups. What does this mean?
Ports 1, 2, and 3 have internal See the next question and answer.
Q:
Port 0 has open drain outputs.
Ports 1, 2, and 3 have internal
pullups. What does this mean, and why should I care?
A:
When used as outputs, all port pins will drive the state to which the associated SFR latch bit has been set. Except for port 0,
which will only drive low (not high).
When a 0 is written to a But, when a 1 is
bit in port 0, the pin is pulled low (0).
written to a bit in port 0, the pin goes into a high impedance state - or in other words, "disconnected", no value. To be able
to get a 1 as output, you need an external pullup resistor to pull up the port (to 1) when the port is in its high impedence state. Typical values for pullups might be 470 ohm to drive a
LED, and 4.7K or higher to drive logic circuits.
C:
Any port pin may be used as a general purpose input simply by writing a 1 into the associated SFR latch bit. Since ports 1, 2,
and 3 have internal pull-up devices they will pull high and will source current when pulled low. When a port 0 bit is programmed
for input (set to 1) it will go to a high impedance state.
Q:
Why is such an oddball crystal frequency of 11.0592 MHz used so often for 8051 designs.
A1: 11.0592 MHz crystals are often used because it can be divided to give you exact clock rates for most of the common baud rates for the UART, especially for the higher speeds (9600, 19200). Despite the "oddball" value, these crystals are readily available
and commonly used.
A2: When Timer 1 is used as the baud rate generator, the baud rates in Modes 1 and 3 are determined by the Timer 1 overflow rate and the value of SMOD (PCON.7 - double speed baud rates) as follows:
smod 2 Baud rate = -----32 x (Timer 1 overflow rate)
Most typically, the timer is configured in the auto-reload mode (mode 2, high nibble of TMOD = 0100B). rate is given as: In this case, the baud
smod 2 Baud rate = ------32 Oscillator frequency x -------------------12 x (256 - TH1)
Some typical baud rates for an 11.0592 crystal:
Baud rate
SMOD
TH1
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19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300
1 0 0 0 0 0
0FDH 0FDH 0FAH 0F4H 0E8H 0A0H
Another way to look at it, would be to rework the formula to give us the crystal frequency that we need for the desired baud rate:
smod Minimum crystal frequency = Baud rate x 384 / 2
This gives us the minimum crystal frequency possible for the desired baud rate. The frequency can be evenly multiplied to
obtain higher clock speeds.
As an example, the minimum crystal frequency for 19.2K baud is: 3.6864 = 19200 x 384 / 2 (smod is 1 for 19.2K baud)
11.0592 = 3.6864 x 3
To determine the timer reload value needed, the formula can be changed to factor in the multiplier: smod Crystal frequency = Baud rate x (256 - TH1) x 384 / 2
From the example above, the multiplier (3) is used to determine TH1: TH1 = 256 - 3 = 253 = 0FDH
The crystal frequency for 19.2K baud is: 11.0592 = 19200 x (256 - 0FDH) x 384 / 2 (smod is 1 for 19.2K baud)
Other values can also give good results, but 11.0592 is one of the higher speed crystals that allows high baud rates.
A:
Well, you wanta talk about oddball values?
Another good crystal
value is 7.3728 MHz and its multiples. Using counter1 this gives an even 38.4 kbps rate exactly, which is not possible with 11.0952 MHz Xtal. <Thanks to Eero-Pekka Mand>
Q:
How do I decrement the data pointer (DPTR)? DPTR instruction go?
Where did the DEC
A1: You can't decrement DPTR.
Although there is an INC DPTR In fact, there is no other
instruction, there is no DEC DPTR.
way to change the contents of DPTR except for MOV and INC.
A2: You can use the accumulator as an offset if you need to perform "calculations" on the DPTR. MOV MOV MOVC DPTR,#9000 A,#10 A,@A+DPTR As an example: ; load base address into DPTR ; load desired offset ; retrieve desired data
A3: Another method would be to use indirect addressing.
Instructions
such as MOVX A,@Ri can address a 256 byte "page" of external RAM. The value represented by @Ri (@R0 or @R1) is emitted to Port 0, which is the low byte of the external RAM address bus. In
addition, the contents of the P2 register is emitted to Port 2, which is the high byte of the external memory address bus. The
indirect addressing register together with the P2 register, which specifies the "current page number", gives us a 16 bit pointer into the external memory address space.
This technique can make moving data in external memory much faster than reloading DPTR every time. The indirect addressing
register can be manipulated much easier than DPTR which can only be loaded and incremented. Just remember to make sure that P2
contains the proper value for the high byte of the address.
A4: Inside the BASIC interpreter source code, and published in its manual, is a short and efficient subroutine to decrement data pointer, only 6 statements: XCH A,DPL ; JNZ $+4 ; DEC DPH ; DEC A ; XCH A,DPL ; RET Only DPTR is affected, not A or any flags! <Thanks to Eero-Pekka Mand>
Q:
I'm trying to PUSH and POP the accumulator, but my assembler complains about the instruction this? PUSH A. What's wrong with
A:
In instructions that are accumulator specific, A is used to represent the accumulator. However, PUSH and POP have no
accumulator specific forms, only direct addressing forms. Therefore, you need to specify the correct accumulator "address" - ACC. Use the instruction PUSH ACC.
Q:
The 8052 AH-BASIC interpreter seems to work OK when I perform simple interpreted commands. READY > PRINT "HELLO" HELLO However, when I try to enter a [numbered] statement, I get an error: READY > 10 PRINT "HELLO" INVALID LINE NUMBER..!! I get the same error when I try LIST. a variable to, it returns a 0. No matter what value I set For example:
What's my problem?
A1: Faulty memory decoding or addressing is the most common cause for this error message. This happens when RD/WR is affecting two (or
more) active memory chips. So, decode each CS very carefully!
A2: Your address decoding might also indicate that there is more memory than really exists. Go over your circuit design and
inspect your wiring carefully.
Q:
Can I use C for time critical code?
A:
The code produced by many of the excellent compilers today, is remarkably efficient - for both speed and size. Modern compilers
are quite adept at keeping track of register and variable usage. Further optimization techiniques result in code that can be as good or better than hand written assembler. Even for ISRs
(interrupt service routines), C should be acceptable for all but the most time critical routines.
Makes you think twice about breaking your head over assembly code.
Q:
The Intel MCS-51 assembly language defines alternate symbols AR0 ... AR7 for registers R0 ... R7. What is this good for? (Thanks
to Wolfgang Heinz who submitted this Q & A)
A:
Some 8051 instructions do not support all possible addressing modes. For example, the PUSH and POP instructions are only
available with direct addressing. Since the registers R0 ... R7 are mapped into the internal memory, they must also have a DATA (= direct) address. The special assembler symbols AR0 ... AR7
are simply the absolute DATA addresses of registers R0 ... R7.

Although there is no instruction PUSH R5 with true register addressing, you can do it with PUSH AR5 (= direct addressing)!
Q:
Usually the 8051 register banks are switched with the RS0 and RS1 bits in the status register PSW at runtime. But how is it
possible to switch the banks at assembly time with the USING instruction, implemented in so many 8051 assemblers? (Thanks to Wolfgang Heinz who submitted this Q & A)
A:
Not at all! runtime.
This must ALWAYS be done with bits RS0 and RS1 at
The USING instruction switches only the absolute DATA
addresses of the special assembler symbols AR0 ... AR7 according to the selected bank number. With most assemblers that implement
relocatable segments and object modules, the linker is forced to reserve space for the corresponding register bank in the internal memory.
Q:
The Intel 8x151/8x251 won't "drop-in" for an 8051. What gives? (Thanks to Dave Baldwin of The Computer Journal for this one)
A:
You need to use a programmer to set a couple bits to the correct state. This info is hidden away in an app note available from
their fax-back service.
3)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE 8051
3.1)
FTP sites
The following is a list of the various anonymous ftp sites that have 8051 source code and programming languages. that There are many others Usually you
are not listed here that contains bits and pieces.
can find them using Archie and searching for "8051", "AS31", "ASM51", "MCS-51", "MCS51", and stuff like that.
ftp.pppl.gov (formerly lyman.pppl.gov) - this is a great source of 8051 stuff /pub/8051 /pub/incoming - check this out for new untested/unsorted items
ftp.funet.fi (nic.funet.fi) - this is a great one, too /pub/compilers/8051

/pub/microprocs/MCS-51
<mirror of ftp.pppl.gov>
other subdirectories in /pub/microprocs include: 1802, 6805, 6811, 8048, 8096 and many other microprocessors
ftp.intel.com - this ftp site is pretty good now, and getting better all the time! - send comments to: /pub/mcs51 /pub/mcs51/tools - contains various development tools ftp-admin@intel.com
ftp.InetBSystems.us.com - lots of good stuff here! /pub/Philips-MCU/bbs - contains the following directories: .../assemblers - assemblers, disassemblers, and simulators .../basic - Basic utilities and interpreters .../forth - Forth programming tools .../debuggers - monitors and debuggers .../utilities - miscellaneous information and utilities .../examples - code examples .../unsorted - new [unsorted] files .../xa - files on the new XA "16 bit 8051"
/pub/Philips-MCU/archive - email archive
nctuccca.edu.tw - mirror of ftp.intel.com - /vendors/Intel
ftp.zilker.net - /pub/philips - Philips "mini ftp site" set up by Phil Wood of Philips - lots of 8051 code and programming tools from their BBS
ftp.mcc.ac.uk - this is a new 8051 ftp site - soon to be improved
ftp.bsl.unsw.edu.au - new 8051 ftp site - accepting uploads
info@circellar.com - Email (not ftp) - send Email to get information file on services available - all Circuit Cellar INK and BYTE related files available
ftp.ee.ualberta.ca
/pub/cookbook/digital - circuits of all types - prog51.zip is a programmer for the ATMEL 89C51 flash part by Werner Terreblanche
ftp.luth.se /pub/languages/assembler
asterix.inescn.pt - FORTH archive /pub/forth/8051
hpcsos.col.hp.com /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/8051 (mirror of asterix Forth archive) /misc/ns32k/beowulf/a-8051 /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/eForth
ftp.armory.com (Steve Walz) /pub/user/rstevew/8051 /pub/user/rstevew/TB8051 /pub/user/rstevew/incoming
ftp.oak.oakland.edu - has information and software for a wide range of
microprocessors and microcontrollers, you may have to look around a bit
130.123.96.9 giovanni/51forth.zip
ai.uga.edu /pub/hardware - stuff on the Philips 87C750/1/2 microcontrollers - assembler, an update for the software in the DS-750 kit, notebook of some early experiences and code - responses welcome, Michael A. Covington (mcovingt@ai.uga.edu)
ftp.hte.com - HiTech Equipment Corporation's ftp site - information about their products including some sample code, a free 8051 simulator, and various things from around the net that relate to the 8051 family
csd4.csd.uwm.edu - no longer supports 8051, don't even try
3.2)
Web pages
8051 board level products - http://bailey2.unibase.com/local/beck04.html
8051 Microcontrollers - http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/cbt/hwsys/i8051/default.htm
AM Research Web Site - http://www.amresearch.com/ - Forth development systems and boards.
Automation and Process Control (Olaf Pfeiffer) - http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/automation/home.html - http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/automation/FAQ
Archimedes Software - http://www.archimedes.com/devtools
Brian Brown's 8051 web page - http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/cbt/hwsys/i8051/default.htm - contains Brian Brown's 8051 course - lots of other good stuff
Cera/EG3 Electronic Engineers' Toolbox (home page)
- http://www.eg3.com/ebox.htm - http://www.cera2.com/ebox.htm Cera/EG3 MCU/MPU resources - http://www.cera2.com/micro.htm Cera/EG3 Navi-GATOR (embedded development tools and chip-specific) - http://www.cera2.com/gator.htm
Chip Directory and Chip Manufacturers (Jaap van Ganswijk) - http://www.hitex.com/chipdir - http://www.civil.mtu.edu/chipdir - http://www.leg.ufrj.br/chipdir (USA, California) (USA, Michigan) (Brasil)
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir (The Netherlands) - http://bbs.cc.uniud.it/chipdir (Italy)
Chipmaker web page - http://www.scruznet.com/~gcreager/hello5.htm - contains over 200 URLs of chipmakers
Chris Burkey's (KB8ZLI) web page - plans for a cheap (about $10) and simple (4 chips) ROM emulator - ftp://ieee.cas.uc.edu/pub/electronics/software/burkey/
Circuit Cellar Ink - http://www.circellar.com

Dallas Semiconductor - http://www.dalsemi.com
Gernsback Web page (Electronics Now, Popular Electronics) - http://www.gernsback.com - current issue information, recent article related files, FTP site, subscription information
Emulation Technology - http://www.emulation.com
FIG (Forth Interest Group) web site - http://www.forth.org/fig.html - http://www.forth.org/Forth/FAQ
Forth, Inc. - http://www.earthlink.net/~forth - follow the links to chipFORTH, then to 8051
French Forth web site - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mp7 maintained by Marc Petremann:
17, allee de la Noiseraie F - 93160 NOISY LE GRAND Email: 100647.3306@compuserve.com - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bioforth maintained by Gerard SOULA
Gregory Pugh's homepage - http://sleepy.anest.ufl.edu/~glp/8051.html
Hi-Tech Software - http://www.hitech.com.au - demo C compiler available (limits - 1K size, no library source)
Intel MCS(R) 51 Microcontroller Family - http://www.intel.com/embedded/051/index.html - http://www.intel.com/design/usb/ (information on USB)
S. Joel Katz's web page - http://www.panix.com/stimpson/micro.html - information about 8051 and related microcontrollers - not much information yet, but it is increasing rapidly
Ken Tindell's CAN web pag - http://www.nrtt.demon.co.uk/can.html

- Source code to drive the Intel 82527 CAN controller is available: just send e-mail to info@nrtt.demon.co.uk, with "Request Intel 82527 drivers" (without the quotes) in the subject line.
Lakeview Research (Jan Axelson) - http://www.lvr.com/ - microcontroller page (resources for 8052-Basic projects): http://www.lvr.com/microc.htm
Mike Miller's 8051 Home Page - http://www.ece.orst.edu/serv/8051/ - pointers to other 8051 pages - contains html copy of this FAQ
Nohau Elektronik AB - http://www.nohau.com/nohau
Packet Radio web page - http://www.tu-bs.de/studenten/akafunk/pr8051 - Contains some schematics and code to do packet radio (AX.25) experiments with different types of MCS51 controllers. Packet radio is used by ham radio amateurs to exchange data. There is
an almost worldwide net of PR stations. - The programs were written by August Gihr and they are only available on the packet radio net or this web page.
Paul's 8051 Tools, Projects and Free Code - http://www.ece.orst.edu/~paul/8051-goodies/goodies-index.html - page contents: AS31 Assembler PAULMON 8051 Family Monitor/Debugger Low-Cost 8051 Development Board Designs 8051 Code Library Atmel 89C2051 in-circuit programmer
Philips - http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/ps/philips17.html
The Polis research project web page - http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/Respep/Research/hsc/abstract.html
Pseudocorp - http://www.teleport.com/~rhowden - New Site - products and pricing
Richard Grant's 8051 Based Vario - http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/RGvario/vario.html

- Hang-Gliding/Paragliding WWW server. The application is an 8751 based variometer (used by pilots to indicate the rate of ascent or descent). It includes schematics and assembly language source.
Silicon Studio's web site - http://sistudio.com - plans for a simple, REALLY simple (2 transistors and 5 resistors), 2051 programmer, called the BlowIT 2051
Standard Microsystems Corporation - http://www.smc.com
Steve Merrifield's 8051 home page - http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/postgrad/steve/8051.html
Systronix web site - http://www.systronix.com
Thomas Wedemeyer's SAB80C535 web page - http://www.zfn.uni-bremen.de/~g16i/ - SAB80C535 based board design - English and German
USB web page - http://www.usb.org/
Xicor's web page - http://www.xicor.com/ - 8051 code - http://www.xicor.com/xicor/menulink/link42.htm - 8051 microperipherals http://www.xicor.com/xicor/menulink/link6.htm
3.3)
Mailing lists
Philips-News@InetBSystems.us.com - Email (not ftp) - send Email with "subscribe" in the subject field to be put on list for newsletter Philips-archive@InetBSystems.us.com - Email (not ftp) - send Email message with the word "help" in the subject line to learn how to access the archive Philips-forum-request@InetBSystems.us.com - Email (not ftp)
- send an Email message with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to participate in the forum, and receive usage instructions and guidelines Philips-Info@InetBSystems.us.com - Email (not ftp)
- send Email message to get information on all of Philips Email services
3.4)
BBSs
The following BBSs have 8051 information:
Blue Earth Research - support for their line of microcontroller boards - (507)387-4007
Circuit Cellar, Inc. - contains code from their magazine articles and from the original Circuit Cellar articles in Byte magazine, also contains many other interesting items - GOOD STUFF HERE! - The BBS is mentioned in the masthead of each issue (on the table of contents page). Excerpts from the BBS appear in Ken
Davidson's ConnecTime column in every issue with a description of how to access the system at the end of every column. - (203)871-1988 - Voice: (203)875-2751
- Fax: (203)872-2204
The Computer Journal - TCJ/DIBs BBS - 8051 code and assembler(s), lots of sample code - Forth section also with Camel51 - 916-722-5799
Dallas Semiconductor - Support for their line of innovative products
Dunfield Development Systems - support for their Micro-C compiler and development tools - includes a lot of nice goodies - CHECK THIS OUT! - (613) 256-6289
Electronics Now - contains code from their magazine articles - (516)293-2283 - 1200/2400, 8N1
Intel American Marketing Applications Support Bulletin Board System - 16 lines, hi-speed modems (14.4K) - Lots of useful info and files (including design examples)! - Full ANSI-BBS with color is recommended, but support for just
about all terminal types is provided - (916)356-3600 (24 hours) Auto config: 1200 thru 14.4K Baud 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop
Hi-Tech Software - +61 7 3300 5235 (Australia)
Iota Systems, Inc. - Support for their line of hardware and software products - 15 application notes which show how to hook up such things as clocks, A/D, D/A, and special chips to the 8051 - (702)831-4732
Jens Holm's electronics BBS: - one of a number of BBSs that are networked over most of the industrial part of Europe - +45-86-510356 (Denmark) - distributes all shareware and freeware software which relates to electronics - system administrator - Jens Holm jholm@bjarke.nrg.dtu.dk or Jens.holm@asgaard.dk
Massilia Underground BBS (Marseille, France) - +33-91794120 - fidonet 2:323/25 - not a commercial BBS - microcontroller related stuff (assemblers, debuggers, boards, etc), some 8051 stuff - everything coming in is tested
Micro Computer Control Corporation - (609)466-4117
Philips Semiconductor - Europe - support for: standard logic, programmable logic, in-car electronics (now open), 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers, I2C software, third party software, discrete semiconductors, cross assemblers (general), RF (planned) - PHIBBS is located in the Netherlands: +31-40-721102 - maximum 21600 baud / V42bis / HST/Vterbo - 24 hours a day available - Help desk: +31-40-722749 (9.00 AM - 16.00 PM CET)
Philips Semiconductor - North America - support for their 8051 variants - contains many good source code items
- partially mirrored on ftp.pppl.gov and nic.funet.fi - (800)451-6644 or (408)991-2406
PseudoCorp - support for their line of simulators and assemblers - (804)873-4838
Realtime Control & Forth Board (RCFB) - Forth and assembly for the 8051 - 300 through 14.4 baud - (303)278-0364 (24 hours)
Systronix Inc. - support for their line of development tools - (801)487-2778
3.5)
Help available!
Listed here are individuals who have expressed interest in helping others with hardware and software problems for 8051 systems.
Does any one else out there think that they can help?
Just let me
know what your areas of specialization are and I'll add your name to the list. Thanks!
Dick Barnett <rbarnett@purdue.edu> voice: 765-494-7497 snail: Richard H. Barnett, PE, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Purdue University 1415 Knoy Hall of Technology West Lafayette, IN 47907-1415 Specializes in 8051 (core processors), 80C552, and 87C751 applications.
Mark Hopkins <mark@omnifest.uwm.edu> Mark is the author of the CAS assembler and of the 8051.ZIP programs. He's now working on JOLT, a code generator with a His areas of specialization include:
C-like syntax.
multitasking, interrupts, basic stuff (like addressing, memory spaces), the 8052 BASIC chip, interfacing the chip with external inputs and outputs
Hans Schou <chlor@schou.dk> Hans is offering his assistance to users of the Standard Microsystems Corp. COM20051. He's not an expert, but he has some
experience with it.
Neville Miles <nevm@scitec.com.au or nmes@ozemail.com.au> Applications and programming the Intel 8051. Atmel parts if you need help with these. He's also using
Steve <paxit@inetnebr.com> Steve has designed hardware and written software for the Atmel AT89C1051, Intel 87C52, and Philips 87C751, and has also built a programmer for the Atmel AT89C1051. He knows both hardware and software.
4)
8051 PRODUCTS
This section includes descriptions and references to free and commercial software for the 8051. FTP sites and BBSs contain many For heavy duty use, you With The
quality packages and code samples for free.
might prefer the many commercial packages that are available. the public domain (or free) stuff, you're usually on your own. commercial packages usually provide extensive documentation and support.
4.1)
Free languages and development tools
The following is a list of the languages and development tools that I could find on the net. Nearly all of them include source code,
however not all are public domain.
Assembler
Program: asem5112.zip Description: 8051 cross assembler for MS-DOS, freeware Author: W.W. Heinz Location: ftp.ix.de : /pub/elrad/023 oak.oakland.edu : /SimTel/msdos/crossasm garbo.uwasa.fi : /pc/assembler
Program: ML-ASM51.ZIP Description: MetaLink's 8051 family macro assembler Location: ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/tcjtools/ml-asm51.zip
Program: A51.ZIP Description: PseudoSam 8051 Cross Assembler

Location:
ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Program: AS31.ZIP Description: Author: Location: C source for an 8051 assembler, and a simple monitor
Ken Stauffer ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs ftp.uu.net oak.oakland.edu : /pub/msdos/crossasm/as31.zip many other locations (use Archie to find)
Program: CUG292WK.ZIP Description: Author: Location: C source for a cross assembler, includes 8051
Alan R. Baldwin oak.oakland.edu : /pub/msdos/crossasm pc.usl.edu : /pub/msdos/systools many other locations (use Archie to find)
Program: Frankenstein Description: Author: Location: C source for a cross assembler, includes 8051
Mark Zenier ftp.njit.edu : /pub/msdos/frankasm/FRANKASM.ZOO
lth.se : /pub/netnews/alt.sources/volume90/dec ftp.uni-kl.de : /pub1/unix/languages/frankenstein.tar.Z many other locations (use Archie to find)
Program:
CAS 8051 assembler Experimental one-pass assembler for the 8051 with C-like syntax. and disassembler. Includes assembler, linker
Description:
Author: Location:
Mark Hopkins ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/assem ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/csd4-archive/assem
Program:
a51 Portable cross assembler (source in C), other processors available
Description:
Author: Location:
William C. Colley, III hpcsos.col.hp.com : /misc/ns32k/beowulf/a-8051
Program:
TASM Table driven cross-assembler for DOS, supports many different microcontrollers and microprocessors
Description:
Author: Location:
Speech Technology Inc. various different places
Program: HASM, HSIM Description: A configurable Makroassembler/Simulator Comment: Only for private, educational, and evaluation use Only available in German Author: Dipl.- Ing. H.P. Hohe Location: ftp.ix.de:pub/elrad/022/hasm18.zip ftp.ix.de:pub/elrad/022/hasm18.txt and mirrors of ftp.ix.de
Program:
as Portable cross assembler for (8051, TMS, PIC, DSP5600, 68hc11).
Description:
Comments:
Original version in German only. Turbo Pascal source available for free. Unix version comes in source form and is compilable in German or English.
Author:
Alfred Arnold
Location: ftp.uni-stuttgart.de : /pub/systems/msdos/programming/as (original version in Turbo Pascal) sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/devel/lang/assemblers/asl-1.41r5.tar.gz (new C version for Unix systems)
Basic
Program:
BASIC52.ZIP (BASIC-52.ZIP) Source files for original BASIC 52 interpreter
Description: Author: Location:
Intel Corporation, Embedded Controller Operations ftp.intel.com : /pub/mcs51 ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Program:
BAS051.ZIP Converts IBM BASIC to 8051 assembly (compiler)
Winefred Washington ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs
Program:
BASIC31.ZIP BASIC-52 interpreter for 8031/8051 in external EPROM
Intel w/ changes by Dan Karmann ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Program:
TB-51.ZIP TinyBASIC for 8031
Description: Author:
JHW (from Intel InSite library) w/ fixes by Tom Schotland
Location:
ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Program:
TB51ML23.ZIP MetaLink ASM compatible tiny BASIC
adapted for MetaLink assembler by Jim Lum ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Forth
Program:
EFORTH51.ZIP eFORTH environment for the 8051
C. H. Ting ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs asterix.inescn.pt : /pub/forth/8051 hpcsos.col.hp.com : /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/eForth
Program:
FORTH51.ZIP (FORTH86.ZIP used as host) FORTH development system for 8051 with PC host
William H. Payne, the author of "Embedded Controller
Forth for the 8051 Family" Location: ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs asterix.inescn.pt : /pub/forth/8051 hpcsos.col.hp.com : /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/8051
Program:
XD8051.ZIP Development environment for use with F-PC Forth
Paulo A.D. Ferreira ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/signetics-bbs
Program:
51FORTH.ZIP Subroutine threaded Forth
Scott Gehmlich hpcsos.col.hp.com : /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/8051 130.123.96.9 : /giovanni/51forth.zip
Program:
FORTH552.ZIP A Non-Standard Forth System for the Signetics 80C552
Alberto Pasquale asterix.inescn.pt : /pub/forth/8051 hpcsos.col.hp.com : /mirrors/.hpib0/forth/8051
Program:
CamelForth/51 ANSI Standard Forth for the 8051 family
Brad Rodriquez email: bj@headwaters.com amateur packet radio: VE3RHJ@VE3IJD.#CON.ON.CAN.NA
Location: ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Camel/
Program:
8051 eForth Public Domain optimized eForth for 8051 and 68HC11, written in native UCASM assemblers.
Description:
Comments:
Most of the documentation is in German. EFTERM terminal emulator.
Supplied with
Author: Location:
W. Schemmer Available for $25 from: Offete Enterprises, 1306 South B Street San Mateo CA 94402 (415)574-8250
Development systems
Program:
8051.zip Many development tools including: debugger, monitor,
Description:
LCD and stepper moter driver, communications, host client, and much more. tools. Author: Location: Mark Hopkins ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/signetics-bbs ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/MCS-51/csd4-archive This is a great collection of
Program:
RISM and IECM51.EXE compatible host system RISM is a reduced instruction set monitor and IECM51.EXE is its compatible host system for a PC
Description:
Comments:
These two programs together constitute a bare-bones method of developing 80C51 system code without an emulator. RISM51X is installed in the target system
and connected to a host PC system through a serial port. The host PC runs the debugger IECM51.EXE. Once the
system has been debugged, RISM can be removed and the target can be run in stand-alone mode. Author: Location: Intel ftp.intel.com : /pub/mcs51/tools
Program:
ApBUILDER 2.0 Development system for the Intel MCS-51(R) family (also for the MCS-96(R) family, 80x186, and 80x386 embedded microcontrollers).
Description:
Comments:
Requires Windows 3.1 APBUILDR.TXT - description in ASCII APBDISK1.EXE - binary self-extracting file for disk 1 APBDISK2.EXE - binary self-extracting file for disk 2
Author: Location:
Intel ftp.intel.com : /pub/mcs51 and /pub/mcs96
Program:
FXDSMAN.EXE 8xC51Fx data sheets and manual in Windows 3.1 hypertext style
Description:
Comments: Author: Location:
binary self-extracting file for one diskette Intel ftp.intel.com : /pub/mcs51/80c51
Program: sim51d Description: Shareware Simulator in German DM 50 to register for full version Author: Location: Werner Hennig-Roleff ftp.pppl.gov : /pub/8051/hannover
Program: PDS51.ZIP or EXE or PDSxxx.ZIP where xxx represents the version number Description: This is the IDE for the Philips PDS51 system. It
contains a simulation engine and can therefore be run in a standalone mode. Great for evaluating the PDS51 product or just as a full environment simulator. Location: Philips North America BBS (800)451-6644, (408)991-2406 http://www.he.net/~adr CompuServe: Software Development Forum, Embedded Systems Section (GO CLMFOR) PC Programming Forum, Tools/Debuggers forum (GO PCPROG)
Program: NoICE Description: PC-hosted debugger (NOT a simulator) for use with a variety of microprocessor targets (Z80/Z180, Z8, 8051, 80(1)96, 6809, 68HC11, 65(C)02, M50740/M38000, TMS370, and H8/300). The debugger consists of a target-specific DOS program, NOICExxx.EXE, and a target-resident monitor program (about 1K code). Comments: Shareware. The distributed version is fully functional.
Registration is $25 in the US, $30 elsewhere. Author: John Hartman <102203.1513@compuserve.com>
Location: any Simtel archive/mirror or CompuServe:

GO SDFORUM, library section 12, embedded systems GO IBMFF, do keyword search for "NoICE" or The Circuit Cellar BBS at 860-871-1988
Program: sim552vq.zip Description: Comments: 8051/80C552 simulator (Freeware)
Program is capable of reading .HEX and .S19 records, or saving memory to a file. data. It supports both code and
Written in Turbo Pascal for XT and upwards.
Author: Location:
Brian Brown cscnt.cit.ac.nz : /pub/intel/sim552v1.zip
Program: HASM, HSIM Description: A configurable Makroassembler/Simulator Comments: Only available in German Author: Dipl.- Ing. H.P. Hohe Copyright: Only private , Education and evalutation use Location: ftp.ix.de:pub/elrad/022/hasm18.zip ftp.ix.de:pub/elrad/022/hasm18.txt and mirrors of ftp.ix.de
Program: Emily52
Description: Comments: Author:
simulator
Shareware. Dunfield Development Systems
Location: any Simtel archive/mirror
Program: BlowIT Description: Comments: Author: Atmel 2051 programer
Freeware Silicon Studio
Location: http://sistudio.com/
Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
Program:
TERSE - Signature-Scheduled dataflow operating system (RTOS) developed for embedded single-processor and distributed microcontroller systems. Easy to use,
Description:
very compact, and encourages totally deterministic and safe performance. - The first implementation is for the 8051 family, and occupies from 260 to 450 bytes, the latter offering network support. - public domain
Comments:
Also available is a new type of "terse-Case" development methodology, particularly suited to embedded distributed systems.
Author: Barry Kauler Department of C & C Engineering Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Drive Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia. Email: b.kauler@cowan.edu.au Location: WWW - ftp://scorpion.cowan.edu.au/pub/terse/
4.2)
Free C compilers
There is finally a free C compiler for the 8051.
The Retargetable
Concurrent Small C (RCSC) compiler is featured in an article in the August 1997 Dr. Dobbs. RCSC is downloadable from Dr. Dobb's at: http://www.ddj.com ftp://ftp.mv.com/pub/
Several commercial C compilers have evaluation versions available. These are not too useful (even for hobbyist projects) since they usually don't include libraries. However, they do afford the user
the chance to inspect the quality of the code generated.
In most cases, it makes more sense to invest a bit, and get something serious. Also, by buying a commercial package, you have the
advantage of having the documentation, and being able to get technical support. As Hershel Roberson says about the Dunfield
package, "It is certainly worth the money. It is probably 3/4 as good as compilers that cost 10 times as much!"
There are three low-cost C compilers currently available for 8051 development:
Dunfield Development Systems
I've been using the Dunfield Development System, and its really quite nice. I've also heard many good things about it from others. For
$100 you get a near ANSI-C compiler, run-time library with source, assembler, ROM debugger, integrated development environment, monitor with source, utilities, and other extras. for only $50 is also available separately. A high quality simulator The simulator has an
option allowing you to interface to your target by using an on-chip monitor. Although not freeware, the low price, the features, all of
the extra goodies, and the good reviews make this a package worth looking at. Also, if you're interested in working on more than one This
family of microcontroller, Dunfield supports a wide range.

means only needing to learn one system, instead of many.
Dunfield Development Systems P.O. Box 31044, Nepean, Ontario Canada (613)256-5820 Fax: (613)256-5821 K2B 8S8
BBS: (613)256-6289 Web: http://www.dunfield.com info@dunfield.com
Email: General information:
Sales inquiries/Administration: sales@dunfield.com Technical inquiries/Support tech@dunfield.com
Micro Computer Control Corporation
Another low priced ($100) C compiler comes from Micro Computer Control. This package was unavailable for review, but according to Cross compilers running under DOS are This package
the manufacturer, it features:
available for the 8051 and the Z8 (including Super-8).
includes a C compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, and extensive printed documentation. A simulator/source code debugger is available The simulator is completely configurable,
for an additional $79.95.
so much so that you don't even need the target hardware to test with. You can configure all I/O and other features of your target chip or environment.
Micro Computer Control Corporation PO Box 275, 17 Model Ave., Hopewell, NJ (609)466-1751 Fax: (609)466-4116 08525
BBS: (609)466-4117
Email: 73062.3336@compuserve.com
SPJ Systems
C-31 is a new cross compiler from SPJ Systems.
The full package
which costs $150 (USD) includes a C compiler (ANSI compatible subset), assembler, source linker, and simulator (source code debugger). Compiler features include: support for floating point
numbers, extensive collection of library routines, support for using Special Function Registers (SFR), assembly language interface, peripheral keyword (allows specifying an address of a standard peripheral).
The simulator allows source level debugging.
A few memory mapped
hardware peripherals are simulated including an LCD display, 8279 keyboard processor, and an 8255 parallel port. (SPJ also has a plain
simulator available as a separate product for assembly/machine code debugging.)
A working demo of the compiler package, which includes the library

sources and permits the compilation of small programs, is available from their web site. This is a new package with a few rough edges,
but it easy to use, has a decent price, and has good potential. Check out the demo on their web site and see for yourselves.
SPJ Systems 114, Chitrashala Bldg. 562, Sadashiv Peth Pune, India Phone: 91-212-451607 Fax: 91-212-480285
4.3)
Commercially available products
Many firms (large and small) offer a variety of 8051 microcontroller variants, programming languages, support packages, and development systems.
No endorsement is implied by inclusion in this list. anyone I left out;
I apologize to If
It's only because I didn't know about you.
you want to be included in this list, just drop me a line - please.
Any corrections and additions appreciated.
C compilers ($$$ - high, $$ - medium, $ - low priced) - 2500 A.D. - Archimedes Software $$$ & $$
same as Keil Electronics C Archimedes is introducing StartRight, a low cost 8051 C compiler for $700 - Avocet Systems $$
repackaging of the Hi-Tech Software C compiler - BSO/Tasking $$
- Crossware Products - Dunfield Development Systems $
Complete C compiler development system for MS-DOS includes: compiler, run-time library with source, assembler, ROM debugger, integrated development environment, monitor with source, utilities, and other extras low price: $100
good reputation and good support works well with the Dallas DS5000/DS2250 - Franklin Software $$ ? (new prices)
now marketing their own C compiler includes: PC-Lint and an IDE - IAR Systems
IAR tool kit comes with a C-Cross compiler, assembler, Xlink linker, Xlib librarian, C-SPY simulator, editor, make utility and a real-time kernel formerly licensed for distribution in the US and Canada under the Archimedes brand name - Hi-Tech Software $$
assembler, C compiler, linker, library, serial port debugger, and Windows style integrated development environment ANSI C and IEEE 32 float compatable with some very useful extensions $900US - Intermetrics Microsystems Software, Inc. Whitesmith's compiler, assembler, and C source level debugger - Keil Electronics $$$
compiler, assembler, debugger, real-time kernel, ROM monitor, libraries for special 8051's to set SFR, embedded I/O devices, A/D, etc. - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd SYS51C - ANSI C Cross Compiler - Micro Computer Control $
Developer's kit includes "C"-like compiler, assembler,
linker, librarian, extensive printed documentation low cost ($99.95) - Okapi Systems - Production Languages Corporation DOS- and Windows- based compilers Integrated development environment includes ANSI C compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, debugger - Signum Systems - SPJ Systems $
low cost ($150.00)
Basic interpreters/compilers - Binary Technology, Inc. - Iota Systems, Inc. Basic-752 interpreter (simulator also available) Basic-52 Plus interpreter - MDL Labs BASIKIT--Integrated Programming Environment for BASIC-52, and for MDL-BASIC-I, MDL-BASIC-P, and MDL-BASIC-D. BASIKIT includes a full-screen editor and permits writing programs with labels rather than line numbers. MDL-BASIC-I and MDL-BASIC-P are supersets of the original BASIC-52, for the Intel 8052 and the Philips PCB83C552. MDL-BASIC-D is a BASIC for the Dallas 87C530 which accesses
all the features of the chip, including both serial ports, the Watchdog, and the power-saving features. The BASIC will address up to 512K of memory and will collect data into that memory via serial port interrupts. It runs faster at 25 MHz than compiled code on the 8052. - Micro Future Basic-52 development system - Systronix Inc. (Basic compiler)
Pascal - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd PASCAL51 - Advanced Turbo PASCAL compliant cross compiler - Scientific Engineering Labs
Modula-2 - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd Mod51 - optimizing Modula-2 Compiler, smallest program is 14 bytes, ideal for both very tight/fast projects and very large ones with multiple modules, produces smaller/tighter code than C, has extensive libraries and working examples - Vail Silicon Tools, Inc.
PL/M
- BSO/Tasking
Board level products - Ackerman Computers Sciences (ACS) - AM Research complete FORTH based system with PC based host system - Binary Technology, Inc. - Blue Earth Research - Blue Ridge Micros (8031 and 8052-BASIC based boards) - CG Microsystems MCU system based on the DS80C320 piles of features including 2 ISA slots about $90 for the basic system - Circuit Cellar Inc. - DataCraft International - Dunfield Development Systems - EE Systems - Forth, Inc. - HiTech Equipment Corp. - Iota Systems, Inc. (line of development packages, boards, peripherals, and components) - J & M Microtek, Inc. - L.S. Electronic Systems Design - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd
- New Micros 8051 based NMIY0031 SBC $39 + shipping you includes: SBC with 8051 (Siemens SAB8051, can be substituted), 8K RAM, EPROM with a burnt-in monitor which supports downloading hex files into the RAM and executing them the board can accept 3 memory chips (each one up to 32K), one of which is for program, one for data and the third can be configured as wanted it has a 4x5 matrix keyboard interface, LCD interface, RS232 and support for RS422/485 (need to add the chips) prototyping area of about 3.5 x 2 inches on floppy you get: User manual for the board in Word
and plain text formats with many programming examples in all supplied languages (about 150 pages), A51 assembler, Small C compiler, hex file for the MCS-52 Basic interpreter EPROM with MCS-52 manual, hex file for MAX-FORTH interpreter EPROM with documentation, hex file for the supplied monitor and documentation, and a terminal program - Parallax, Inc. - Prologic Designs
- Rigel Corporation - Software Science nice boards with prototyping area - Suncoast Technologies - URDA, Inc.
Assemblers - 2500 A.D. - Archimedes Software same as Keil Electronics Archimedes is introducing StartRight, a low cost 8051 assembler for $200 - BSO/Tasking - Crossware Products - Custom Computer Consultants - Cybernetics Microsystems - Dunfield Development Systems Supports both Intel and Motorola style syntax - Emulation Technology, Inc. - Intel Corporation - Keil Electronics - Lear Com Company - Metalink - Micro Computer Control
- Microtek Research - Nohau Corporation - Okapi Systems - Onset Computer Corporation (8051 Assember for MAC) - Parallax, Inc. - PseudoCorp - Raven Computer Systems - Signum Systems - Speech Technology Inc. TASM (table driven cross assembler supports many different microcontrollers and microprocessors) - Universal Cross Assemblers CROSS32 supports 40-50 different processors
Forth - AM Research Development system, features kernel of less than 700 bytes - Forth, Inc. A cross-development product for the 8051 family which includes a board and extensive documentation. - Forth Systeme - MPE: MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd. A cross-development system for the 8051 family
extensive documentation interactive single chip development, multitasking, bank switching for more than 64k code - Offete Enterprises 8051 eForth (C. H. Ting -- $25.00). "A small ROM based
Forth system ... Source code is in MASM IBM 5.25 disk with 8051 eForth Implementation Note."
ROM Monitor-based Debuggers - ChipTools (ChipView-51 looks like turbo debugger) - Dunfield Development Systems Can be used with DS5000 for single-chip in-circuit emulation
Simulators - 2500 A.D. - Avocet Systems - ChipTools on a 33 MHz 486 matches the speed of a 12 MHz 8051 - Crossware (simulator running under Windows) - Cybernetic Micro Systems - Dunfield Development Systems Low cost $50.00 500,000+ instructions/second on 486/33
Can interface to target system for physical I/O Includes PC hosted "on chip" debugger with identical user interface - HiTech Equipment Corp. - Hitex - Iota Systems, Inc. - J & M Microtek, Inc. - Keil Electronics - Lear Com Company - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd - Micro Computer Control Corporation Simulator/source code debugger ($79.95) - Microtek Research - Production Languages Corp. - PseudoCorp
Emulators ($$$ - high, $$ - medium, $ - low priced) <Thanks to Alistair George for this bit of important advice... Potential customers of emulators should check to make sure that the emulator supports the required external hardware (ports, interrupts, etc) before they buy - its probably the most important spec, but one easily missed. Some emulators only offer very minimal support, which sometimes hardly makes it worthwhile to
bother.> - Advanced Micro Solutions $$ $
- Advanced Microcomputer Systems, Inc. - Applied Digital Research Ltd. - American Automation - Applied Microsystems $$$ $$ $$ $$
- ChipTools (front end for Nohau's emulator) - Cybernetic Micro Systems $
- Dunfield Development Systems $ plans for pseudo-ice using Dallas DS5000/DS2250 used together with their resident monitor and host debugger - Emulation Technology, Inc. $$ OpenEmulator in-circuit emulators adaptable for over a hundred microcontrollers/microprocessors - HBI Limited $ $$$
- Hewlett-Packard
- HiTech Equipment Corp. - Hitex $$ $$
- Huntsville Microsystems - Intel Corporation - Kontron Electronics $$$ $$$
- Lauterbach Datentechnik GmbH 8051 In-Circuit Emulators based on a universal highperformance emulation system called TRACE32.
- Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd full line covering everything from the Atmel flash to the Siemens powerhouse 80c517a - MetaLink Corporation - Nohau Corporation - Orion Instruments - Philips $$ $ DS-750 pseudo-ICE developed by Philips and CEIBO real-time emulation and simulator debug mode source-level debugging for C, PL/M, and assembler programs 8xC75x parts low cost - only $100 from Philips ($250 from CEIBO) DOS and Windows versions available PDS51 board level In-Circuit Emulation system no stolen resources Daughter boards support wide range of Philips derivatives approximately $US1000 to $US1200 depending on daughter board - Signum Systems - Sophia Systems - Zax Corporation - Zitek Corporation $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $
Real-time - Byte-BOS Integrated Systems small, prioritized, preemptive real-time kernel - Embedded System Products (formerly A.T. Barrett and Associates) ROMable embedded-system kernel: source provided. Provides
programming interface identical on all target platforms. Basic, advanced, and extended library packages available. - Intellimap Engineering DCE51 real time operating system - JMI Software Systems, Inc. small, prioritized, preemptive real-time kernel - StarCom CRTX, embedded real-time micro kernel primarily intended for embedded 8-bit applications using 8051, 68HC11, 80188 etc. Simple, low cost, and includes ANSI C source for portability. - U S Software SuperTask! - multitasking executive
Trainers - Advanced Educational Systems (AES) complete learning system (board, LCD, keypad, A/D, D/A, etc) - Sun Equipment Corp. trainers
Miscellaneous - Creative Applications Engineering, Inc CheepTools (integrated environment) - Dallas Semiconductor evaluation/development kit for their DS5000 (very nice) - Data Sync Engineering (disassembler) - Datarescue IDA - an interactive, multi-os disassembler supporting: OS/2, Win95, Win NT, Win, NLMs and more. Unlike other disassemblers, IDA works with you, allowing you to modify the disassembled code "on the fly". It supports many processors, various input file formats, and can produce various output files etc. IDA has a built-in C-like
language and sports a TVision user interface. - Educational Laboratories development courses: 8051 Microcontroller Based Computer Design Programming 8051 Based Computers each course $19.95, both $29.95 - Electronic Product Design, Inc. development system (integrated package with assembler, project manager, text editor, programmer)
- Exor Inc. (ladder logic compiler) - Feger + Co. offers a series of German language 8051 related books they call `MC-Tools' describing the processors and/or projects for PC-addin boards: MC-Tools 1 - 80c535 project for DM 119; includes 260 page book, an empty PCB, and a diskette with assembler, debugger, PC-Oscilloscope MC-Tools 4 - same as above but based on 80c537 MC-Tools 3 - Die 8051-Microcontroller Familie vom 8051 zum 80C517A; text book on the 8051 and Siemens derivatives, 360 pages. MC-Tools 5 - handbook on the 80C517 and 80C517A, 360 pages - Iota Systems, Inc. integrated environment system - Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd PIC to 8051 conversion program - Parallax, Inc. programmers - Philips 87C51 programmers LCPx5x - 24 and 28 pin DIL and 68 pin PLCC Philips parts - 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 451, 453, 552 LCPx5x40 - 40 pin DIL or 44 pin PLCC Philips parts
Range further expanded by adaptors Low cost, board level - Quantasm Corp. ASMFLOW - produces flowchart and tree diagrams from source code, register usage analysis, Xref, timing info - TCG EPROM emulator Atmel 2051 programmer - U S Software USNET - TCP/IP networking suite USFiles - file system GOFAST - floating point library - Xicor SLIC2E microperipherals - wires up directly to an 8051 and needs no glue logic, contains: - 8K x 8 EEPROM in individual 4K segments - 2 8-BIT I/O ports - 16 8-BIT RAM registers - Integrated Interrupt Controller Module - Internal programmable address decoding - code loaded at the factory allowing users to download programs into EEPROM Development Support package includes a DATA BOOK, a
SAMPLE of the CHIP (PDIP or PLCC, your choice) and PC compatible software for downloading and testing your programs. $15 Development system includes a populated board. $180
2500 A.D.
109 Brookdale Ave., Box 480, Buena Vista, CO (719)395-8683
81211
Ackerman Computer Sciences (ACS) 4276 Lago Way, Sarasota, FL (813)377-5775 34241
Fax: (813)378-4226
Advanced Educational Systems (AES) 1407 North Batavia Street, Orange, CA (800)730-3232 (714)744-0981 92677
Fax: (714)744-2693
Advanced Micro Devices 901 Thompson Place, PO Box 3453 Sunnyvale, CA (408)732-2400 94088-3000
Advanced Microcomputer Systems, Inc. 1321 NW 65th Place, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
(305)975-9515
Fax: (305)975-9698
Advanced Micro Solutions 1033 S Imperial Dr., Hartland, WI 53029 (414)367-3577
American Automation 2651 Dow Avenue, Tustin, CA (714)731-1661 92680
AM Research
4600 Hidden Oaks Lane, Loomis, CA (800)949-8051 (916)652-7472
95650
Fax: (916)6642
BBS: (916)652-7117 Email: support@amresearch.com http://www.amresearch.com
Applied Digital Research Ltd. P.O. Box 6480, Wellesley St, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND +64 9 480-8827 Email: rossmcm@adr.co.nz Compuserve: 100351,716 WWW: http://www.he.net/~adr/
Applied Microsystems 5020 148th Ave. N.E., PO Box 97002 Redmond, WA 98073-9702
Archimedes Software 2159 Union St., San Francisco, CA (415)567-4010 WWW: http://www.archimedes.com/devtools 94123
Ashling Microsystems Ltd Ireland Plessey Technological Park Limerick, Ireland +353 61 334466 United Kingdom Butler House 19-23 Market Street Maidenhead, Berkshire, +0628 773070 UK Fax: +353 61 334477
Fax: 0628 773009
Atmel
2125 O'Nel Drive, San Jose, CA (800)365-3375 (408)441-0311
95131 Fax: (408)436-4300
Avocet Systems
120 Union St., Rockport, ME
04856
(800)448-8500
(207)236-9055
Fax: (207)236-6713
Binary Technology, Inc. PO Box 541, Carlisle, MA (508)369-9556 01741
Fax: (508)369-9549
Blue Earth Research 165 W. Lind Ct., Mankato, MN (507)387-4001 56001-0400
Fax: (507)387-4008
BBS: (507)387-4007
Blue Ridge Micros 2505 Plymouth Rd., Johnson City, TN (615)335-6696 Fax: (615)929-3164 37601
BSO/Tasking International 333 Elm Street, Dedham, MA (800)458-8276 Europe (617)320-9400 02026-4530 Fax: (617)320-9212
Tasking Software BV P O Box 899, 3800 AW Amersfoort, Netherlands +31 33 558584 Fax: +31 33 550033
Business Data Computers
P.O. Box 1549, Chester, CA
96020
Byte-BOS Integrated Systems P.O. Box 3067, Del Mar, CA 92014 (800)788-7288 (619)755-8836
CG Microsystems http://home.earthlink.net/~cgmicro/
ChipTools Inc
(905)274-6244
Fax: (905)891-2715
Email: chiptool@hookup.net Web: http://www.chiptools.com/
Circuit Cellar Inc. 4 Park St., Vernon, CT (203)875-2751 06066
Fax: (203)872-2204
Creative Applications Engineering, Inc Ed Carryer (415)494-2363 BBS: (415)494-8463
Crossware Products St John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 4WS, UK
+44 1223 421263
Fax: +44 1223 421006
Email: sales@crossware.com Web: http://www.crossware.com
Custom Computer Consultants 1807 Huron River Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Cybernetic Micro Systems Box 3000, San Gregorio, CA (415)726-3000 94074
Dallas Semiconductor 4401 S. Beltwood Parkway, Dallas, TX (214)450-0448 International: Orders: Fax: (214)450-3715 (214)450-5351 75244-3292
(800)336-6933
Email: micro.support@dalsemi.com Web: www.dalsemi.com
DataCraft International 2828 Ione Dr., San Jose, CA (800)873-3709 (408)259-4866 95132
Data Sync Engineering 40 Trinity St., Newton, NJ 07860 (201)383-1355 Fax: (201)383-9382
Email: sales@datasynceng.com Web: http://www.datasynceng.com
DataRescue sprl 110 route du Condroz, 4121 Neupre Web: http://www.datarescue.com Belgium
Dunfield Development Systems P.O. Box 31044, Nepean, Ontario Canada (613)256-5820 Fax: (613)256-5821 K2B 8S8
BBS: (613)256-6289 Web: http://www.dunfield.com info@dunfield.com
Email: General information:
Sales inquiries/Administration: sales@dunfield.com Technical inquiries/Support Old Email address: tech@dunfield.com
ddunfield@bix.com
EE Systems
50935 Hill Dr., Elkhart, IN (219)296-1754
46514
Fax: (219)522-4271
Electronic Product Design, Inc.

6963 Bluebelle Way, Springfield, OR (503)741-0778
97478
Embedded System Products (formerly A.T. Barrett and Associates) 11501 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX (800)525-4302 (713)728-9688 77035-2900 Fax: (713)728-1049
Emulation Technology, Inc. 2344 Walsh Avenue, Bldg. F, Santa Clara, CA (408)982-0660 Fax: (408)982-0664 95051
Email: et@pmail.emulation.com WWW: http://www.emulation.com FTP: ftp.emulation.com
Exor Inc. 4740T Interstate Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45246 (513)874-4665 Fax: (513)874-3684
Feger + Co., Hardware + Software Verlags OHG Marienstrasse 1, D-83301 Traunreut, Germany
Forth, Inc.
1-800-55FORTH http://www.earthlink.net/~forth
Forth Systeme
P.O. Box 1103, Breisach, Germany 7767-551
Franklin Software (408)296-8051
HBI Limited 6F, 1 Fleming Road, Hong Kong 852-891-3673 Fax: 852-834-9748
Hewlett-Packard 1501 Page Mill Rd., Palo Alto, CA
94304
HiTech Equipment Corp. 9400 Activity Rd., San Diego, CA (619)566-1892 Fax: (619)530-1458 ftp: ftp.hte.com 92126
Email: info@hte.com
Hi-Tech Software PO Box 103, Alderly QLD 4051, Australia (+61-7) 300 5011 Fax: (+61-7) 300 5246
BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 Email: hitech@hitech.com.au WWW: http://www.hitech.com.au/

Hitex North America HiTOOLS Inc., 2055 Gateway Place, Suite 400 San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 451 3986 Fax: (408) 441 9486 info@hitex.com
http://www.hitex.com Germany
Greschbachstr 12, 76229 Karlsruhe 0721/9628-0 Fax: 0721/9628-149
info@hitex.ti.ba-karlsruhe.de http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/BA/firmen/hitex United Kingdom Sir William Lyons Road, Science Park Coventry CV4 7EX +0203 692066 Fax: +0203 692131
Huntsville Microsystems 4040 S. Memorial Parkway, PO Box 12415 Huntsville, AL 35802
IAR Systems Software North America One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1770 San Fransisco, CA 94111 (415)765-5500 Sweden IAR Systems AB USA
Fax: (415)765-5503
Box 23051 S-750 23 Uppsala, Sweden +46 18 16 7800 Germany IAR Systems GmbH Brucknerstrasse 27 D-81677 Munchen, Germany +49 89 470 6022 United Kingdom IAR Systems Ltd 9 Spice Court Plantation Wharf, York Rd London SWII 3UE, England +44 71 924 3334 Fax: +44 71 924 5341 Fax: +49 89 470 9565 Fax: +46 18 16 7838
Intel Corporation 3065 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051
Technical Help: (800)628-8686 (USA/Canada only) 5 am to 5 pm PST Email: james_sampson@ccm.hf.intel.com Faxback support: (800)628-2283 (USA/Canada) touch tone phones only Will only FAX to USA/Canada locations English or Japanese support is available BBS: (916)356-3600 24 Hr.
Auto config: 1200 thru 14.4K Baud

Intellimap Engineering 1140 Morrison Dr., Suite 222 Ottawa Ontario Canada K2H 8S9 (613)829-3196 Fax: (613)820-1773
Intermetrics Microsystems Software, Inc. 733 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA (617)661-0072 02138
Fax: (617)868-2843
Iota Systems, Inc. 924 Incline Way, Suite N / POB 8987 Incline Village, NV (702)831-6302 89452-8987
Fax: (702)831-4629
Integrated Silicom Solution 2231 Lawson Lane, Santa Clara, CA (800)379-4774 Fax: (408)588-0806 95054
J & M Microtek, Inc. 83 Seaman Rd., W Orange, NJ (201)325-1892 07052
Fax: (201)736-4567
JMI Software Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 481, 904 Sheble Lane, Spring House, PA 19477 (215)628-0840 Fax: (215)628-0353
KC Automation GmbH (support for Sysoft products) Alfredo Knecht CH-6991 Neggio, Switzerland Fax: ++41-91591149 Email: akne@tinet.ch
Keil Elektronik GmbH Europe Bretonischer Ring 15 D-85630 Grasbrunn b. Muenchen, Germany 49 89 / 46 50 57 North America Keil Software 16990 Dallas Parkway, Suit 120, Dallas, TX (800)348-8051 (sales and tech support) (214)735-8052 Fax: (214)735-8055 75248 Fax: 49 89 / 46 81 62
CompuServe: 71715,1604 BBS: (214)713-9883 Web: http://www.keil.com/ FTP: ftp://ftp.keil.com/
Kontron Electronics
D-8057 Eching/Munich Oskar von Miller Str. 1, Germany (0 81 65) 77-0
Lakeview Research (Jan Axelson) 2209 Winnebago St., Madison, WI (608)241-5824 Email: jaxelson@lvr.com WWW: http://www.lvr.com/ 53704
Lauterbach Datentechnik GmbH Europe Fichtenstr. 27, D-85649 Hofolding, Germany ++49 (0)8104 8943 31 Compuserve: 100272,507 Email: sales@lauterbach.com WWW: http://www.lauterbach.com USA Lauterbach Inc. 945 Concord Street, Framingham,MA 01701 (508)620-4521 Fax: (508)620-4522 Fax: ++49 (0)8104 8943 49
Lear Com Company 2440 Kipling St. Suite 206, Lakewood, CO (303)232-2226 Fax: (303)232-8721 80215
Logical Systems Corporation (Disassembler, Simulator) Micro Dialects, Inc. POB 30014, Cincinnati, OH (513)271-9100 45230
Logisoft
Box 61929, Sunnyvale CA (408)773-8465
94086
Fax: (408)773-8466
L.S. Electronic Systems Design 2280 Camilla Rd., Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5A 2J8 Fax: (905)277-0047
(905)277-4893
Lumino B.V Web: http://www.lumino.nl/lumino/
Mandeno Granville Electronics, Ltd 128 Grange Rd., Auckland 3, New Zealand +64 9 6300 558 Fax: +64 9 6301 720
Matra Semiconductor 2840-100 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA (408)986-9000

95051
MDL Labs 1073 Limberlost Court, Tel/Fax: 614-431-2675 Email: arl@infinet.com Columbus, OH 43235
MetaLink Corporation North America 325 E. Elliot Road, Chandler, AZ (800)638-2423 Fax: Europe (602)926-0797 85255
(602)926-1198
MetaLink Europe GmbH Westring 2, 8011<85614> Kirchseeon-Eglharting, Germany (08091)2046 Fax: (08091)2386
Micro Computer Control Corporation PO Box 275, 17 Model Ave., Hopewell, NJ (609)466-1751 Fax: (609)466-4116 08525
BBS: (609)466-4117 Email: 73062.3336@compuserve.com
Micro Future
40944 Cascado Place, Fremont, CA (510)657-0264 Fax: (510)657-5441
94539
BBS: (510)657-5442
MicroMint
4 Park St., Vernon, CT (203)875-2751
06066
Fax: (203)872-2204
Microtek International, Inc. North America Microtek International, Inc. 3300 N.W. 211th Terrace, Hillsboro, OR (503)645-7333 Europe Fax: (503)629-8460 97124
Microtek Electronics Europe GmbH Starnberger Strasse 22, 82131 Gauting bei Munchen Germany +49(89)893139-30 Fax: +49(89)893139-50
MPE: MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd. 133 Hill Lane, Shirley, Southampton SO1 5AF U.K. +44 1703 631441 Fax: +44 1703 339691
Email: mpe@mpeltd.demon.co.uk sales@mpeltd.demon.co.uk 70730.3576@compuserve.com
New Micros of Dallas Texas
Nohau Corporation
51 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA (408)866-1820
95008
(408)378-2912 (24 hr. information center) Fax: (408)378-7869 Email: nohau@shell.portal.com WWW: http://www.nohau.com/nohau
Offete Enterprises, Inc. 1306 South B Street, San Mateo, CA (415) 574-8250 94402
Okapi Systems
(206)258-1163
Onset Computer Corporation 199 Main St., P.O. Bos 1030
North Falmouth, MA 02556-1030 (508)563-9000 Fax: (508)563-9477
Orion Instruments, Inc. 1376 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA (408)747-0440 Fax: (408)747-0688 94089
Email: info@oritools.com http://www.oritools.com
Orion Instruments 180 Independence Drive, Menlo Park, CA (800)729-7700 Fax: (415)327-9881 94025
Parallax, Inc.
6200 Desimone Lane, #69A, Citrus Heights, CA (916)721-8217
95621
Philips Microcontroller Product Group 811 East Arques Ave. / POB 3409 Sunnvale, CA 94088-3409
Technical documentation: Sunnyvale, CA - (800)447-1500 Fax: (408)991-3773
Eindhoven, Netherlands - Fax: 31-40-724825 Technical questions: Sunnyvale, CA - (408)991-3518
Production Languages Corporation P.O. Box 109, Weatherford, TX (800)525-6289 (817)599-8365 76086 Fax: (817)599-5098
Prologic Designs PO Box 19026, Baltimore, MD (410)661-5950 21204
Fax: (410)661-5950
PseudoCorp
2597 Potter St., Eugene, OR 97405 (541)683-9173 Fax: (541)683-9186
Email: rhowden@teleport.com Web: http://www.teleport.com/~rhowden
Quantasm Corporation 19672 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA (800)765-8086 95014 (408)244-6826 Fax: (408)244-7268
Raven Computer Systems PO Box 12116, St. Paul, MN (612)636-0365 55112
Rigel Corporation P.O. Box 90040, Gainesville, FL 32607
Scientific Engineering Labs 255 Beacon St., Suite 3D, Somerville, MA (617)625-0288 02143
Siemens Components, Inc.
Integrated Circuit Division, 10950 N. Tantau Ave. Cupertino, CA (800)777-4363 95014 Fax: (708)296-4805
Signetics Corporation (see Philips Microcontroller Product Group)
Signum Systems
Mountain View, CA Thousand Oaks, CA
(415)903-2220 (805)371-4608
Software Science 3570 Roundbottom Rd., Cincinnati, OH (513)561-2060 Fax: (513)271-3181 45244
Email: pbarnes@iglou.com
Sophia Systems
NS Bldg. 2-4-1, Nishishinjuku, Shinuku-ku Tokyo 160, Japan 03-348-7000
Speech Technology Inc., Software Division 837 Front Street South, Issaquah, WA (206)392-8150 98027
SPJ Systems
114, Chitrashala Bldg. 562, Sadashiv Peth
Pune, India 91-212-451607 Fax: 91-212-480285
Standard Microsystems Corporation 80 Arkay Dr., (516)435-6000 Hauppage, NY 11788
Fax: (516)231-6004
WWW: http://www.smc.com Email: techsupport@smc.com
StarCom
WWW: http://www.n2.net/starcom
Sun Equipment Corporation Lodestar Electronics Corp. 616 Hawick Rd., Raleigh, NC (800)870-1955 (919)881-2141 27615 Fax: (919)870-5720
Suncoast Technologies P.O. Box 5835, Spring Hill FL 34606 Voice/FAX (352)596-7599 Email: suncoast@earthlink.net WWW: http://home.earthlink.net/~suncoast/
Sysoft SA
(closed as of 1989 - see KC Automation GmbH)
Systronix Inc.
555 S. 300 E., Salt Lake City, UT (801)534-1017 Fax: (801)534-1019
84111
BBS: (801)487-2778
TCG 11 Ally22 Ln21 Pei-Ta Rd. Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan, R.O.C. (886)3-532-7372 Fax: 886-3-531-7162
Email:ch.bbs@csie.nctu.edu.tw http://www.yp.at-taiwan.com/~com00121 http://www.hth.com
URDA, Inc.
(800)338-0517
(412)683-8732
US Software
14215 N.W. Science Park Drive, Portland, OR (800)356-7097 (503)641-8446
97229
Fax: (503)644-2413
Product information available by ftp ftp.netcom.com : pub/ussw
Universal Cross Assemblers Canada

(506)849-8952
Fax: (506)847-0681
Vail Silicon Tools, Inc. Box 165, Pompano Beach FL (305)491-7443 33069
Fax: (305)974-8531
Xicor 1511 Buckeye Dr., Milpitas, CA (408)432-8888 Fax: (408)432-0640
Email: info@smtpgat.xicor.com http//www.xicor.com BBS: (800)258-8864
Zax Corporation 2572 White Road, Irving, CA 92714 (800)421-0982 (714)474-1170
Zitek Corporation 1651 East Edinger Ave., Santa Ana, Ca (714)541-2931 92705
5)
8051 DOCUMENTATION
5.1) Periodicals that cover the 8051
Various magazines and journals (journals seems to be THE popular name for magazines these days) provide articles from time to time on the 8051 family of microcontrollers:
The Computer Applications Journal (Circuit Cellar Ink) - programming and construction articles - POB 7694, Riverton, NJ - FAX: (203)872-2204 - Voice orders: (609)786-0409 - Email orders: ken.davidson@circellar.com - BBS: (203)871-1988 WWW: http://www.circellar.com - $21.95, $31.95 surface Canada and Mexico, $49.95 air all other countries 08077-8784
Computer Design - industry announcements and trends - One Technology Park Drive, P.O. Box 990, Westford, MA - (508)692-0700 01886
The Computer Journal - programming and construction articles, specializing in 8-bit and older computers (Z80-CP/M, TRS-80, Xerox, microcontrollers, etc) - programming and construction articles, specializing in old computers (S-100, CP/M, TRS-80, Xerox, Adam, etc) - P.O. Box 3900, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-3900 - (800)424-8825 or (916) 722-4970 - BBS: (916) 722-5799 - Web: http://www.psyber.com/~tcj - Email: tcj@psyber.com Dave Baldwin: dibald@netcom.com Bill Kibler: kibler@psyber.com - USENET newsgroup alt.tcj FAX: (916) 722-7480
Dr. Dobbs Journal - programming articles, concepts, and designs - 411 Borel Ave., San Mateo, CA - (415)358-9500 94402
EDN - Cahners Publishing Company 8773 South Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, CO 80126-2329
- annual microprocessor and DSP editions - http://www.ednmag.com/
Electronic Engineering Times - industry announcements and trends - FREE to qualified engineers and managers involved in engineering decisions - Fulfillment Dept., PO Box 9055, Jericho, NY - FAX: (516)733-6960 11753-8955
Electronics Now - construction articles - Box 55115, Boulder, CO - $19.97 one year 80321-5115
Elektor Electronics - programming and construction articles - World Wide Subscription Service Ltd Unit 4, Gibbs Reed Farm, Pashley Road Ticehurst TN5 7HE, England - 27 UK pounds or - Old Colony Sound Lab, P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH 03458 - Tel. (603)924-6371, 924-6526
- Fax: (603)924-9467 - $57 USA and Canada per year
Embedded Systems Programming - programming and systems design articles - Miller Freeman Publications - 500 Howard St., San Francisco, CA - Miller Freeman: (415)905-2200 - Embedded Systems Programming phone: (800)829-5537 94105
Forth Dimensions - monthly magazine on Forth - Forth Interest Group, P.O. Box 2154, Oakland, California 94621 - (510)893-6784 Fax: (510)535-1295
- Email: johnhall@aol.com - Forth Interest Group home page: http://taygeta.oc.nps.navy.mil/fig_home.html
Inquisitor Magazine - If you're the type that watched Gilligan's Island for its socio-political insights, then you'll love a new 'zine that just crossed my desk - Inquisitor Magazine. It's general
philosophy seems to be ... well, it seems to be ... uh, yeah!
Technical in nature, bizarre, tongue in cheek, eclectic, electric, did I mention bizarre(?), and lots of fun. looking at if you like the out of the ordinary. Worth
The moving
force behind this magazine is Daniel Drennan, who seems to have suffered from an overdose of radiation from his computer monitor ;-). - Dan is offering issue 1 of Inquisitor for free except for postage ($1.00 in the United States; $2.00 for Canada and overseas surface mail; and $3.00 for overseas airmail). This
issue contains plans, schematics, and troubleshooting tips for putting together a 8052-based microcontroller. If you're
thinking of putting together an 8051 system, you might want to check this out. - Planetarium Station, P.O.Box 132, New York, NY - (212)595-8370 - Email: inquisitor@echonyc.com - $16 per year (4 issues) 10024-0132
Microcomputer Journal - programming and construction articles - Midnight Engineering, 1700 Washington Av., Rocky Ford, CO 81067 - (719)254-4558 Fax: (719)254-4517
Midnight Engineering
- 1700 Washington Ave., Rocky Road, CO (719)254-4558 Fax: (719)254-4517
81067
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5.2)
Books on the 8051
5.2.1)
List of books
I don't have information on all of these, only that they exist.
would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide a short synopsis and the complete book name if you are familiar with any of these titles.
The 8051 Family of Microcontrollers

- Richard H. Barnett - Prentice-Hall, 1995 - ISBN 0-02-306281-9
8051 Interfacing and Applications - Applied Logic Engineering - 13008 93rd Place North, Maple Grove, MN - (612)494-3704 55369
The 8051 Microcontroller - I. Scott MacKenzie - Prentice Hall - 2nd edition, 1995 - ISBN 0-02-373660-7 - includes schematics for a single-board computer, assembly-language source code for a monitor program, and interfaces to a keypad, LEDs, and loudspeaker
The 8051 Microcontroller - James W. Stewart - Regents/Prentice-Hall, 1993 - $27.50, 273 pages - includes many interfacing examples (switches, solenoids,
relays, shaft encoders, displays, motors, and A/D converters) and a chapter on top-down design method
The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming and Applications - Kenneth J. Ayala - 241 pages, soft cover - 5.25" diskette with assembler and simulator - ISBN 0-314-77278-2, Dewey 004.165-dc20 - West Publishing Company - P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul, MN - (800)328-9352 - see review in next section 55164
Assembly Language Programming (for the MCS-51 family) - F. A. Lyn - L. S. Electronic Systems Design
Basic-52 Programmer's Guide - Systronix, Inc. (they also sell a Basic compiler)
Beginner's Guide - Suncoast Technologies
C and the 8051

- Thomas W. Schultz - Prentice Hall - ISBN 0-13-753815-4
Data book / Handbook / Users' Guide - Advanced Micro Devices - Dallas (User's guide for the DS5000) - Intel - Philips - Siemens
Embedded Controller Forth for the 8051 Family - Academic Press (I think) - William H. Payne - uses a Forth development system available on the Internet (see above in the Forth software section)
Embedded Systems Programming in C and Assembler - John Forrest Brown - Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994 - 304 pages, $49.95 - ISBN 0-442-01817-7 - covers Motorola and Intel processors
- includes diskette with code from the book - book review in Dr. Dobb's Journal, November 1994, page 121
Experimenter's guide - Rigel Corporation
Flow Design for Embedded Systems - Barry Kauler - R&D Books / Miller Freeman (USA), 1997 distributed in Europe by McGraw-Hill - ISBN 0-87930-469-3 - http://www.rdbooks.com/ - bundled with a sophisticated graphical diagrammer and CASE tool, K-Flow diagrammer, that runs on Windows 3.1 or 95 - source code for the TERSE RTOS is supplied
Introduction to Microcontroller Design, Based on the 8051 family of Processors - Business Data Computers - P.O. Box 1549, Chester, CA 96020
The Microcontroller Idea Book - Jan Axelson (of Microcomputer Journal fame) - features the 8052-BASIC microcontroller
- hands-on guide with complete plans (schematics, design theory, program listings, construction details, etc) - explains how to use sensors, relays, displays, clock/calendars, keypads, wireless links, and more - 1994, 273 pages, $31.95 + shipping - Lakeview Research, 2209 Winnebago St., Madison, WI (608)241-5824 - contact the author at jaxelson@lvr.com - WWW: http://www.lvr.com/ - Lakeview Research's microcontroller page (resources for 8052-Basic projects): http://www.lvr.com/microc.htm 53704
Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller - Sencer Yeralan and Ashutosh Ahluwalia - wealth of information, including: 8051 architecture, programming basics and techniques, on-chip features, building your own 8051 system, and interfacing to various peripherals - hardware experiments contains plans and code for: scanning a
keypad, stepper motor control, a frequency generator, measuring light and temperature intensity (analog to digital), digital to analog conversion, DC motor speed regulation, interfacing to intelligent Liquid Crystal Displays, and implementing a multi-drop RS-485 network
- accompanying diskette has an 8051 simulator and all source code for the projects in the book - must have book for the hobbyist or professional - $34.38, 352 pages, paperback, ISBN 0-201-63365-5 - Addison-Wesley
5.2.2)
Book reviews
My review of the book: Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller by Sencer Yeralan and Ashutosh Ahluwalia
Addison-Wesley has just released a GREAT new book, "Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller" by Sencer Yeralan and Ashutosh Ahluwalia. I had actually reviewed the manuscript some This book
time back, and the book has now finally been released.
contains a wealth of information - it answers a lot of Frequently Asked Questions that often appear in comp.robotics, sci.electronics, and comp.arch.embedded.
Among the some of the basic subjects covered include: 8051 architecture, programming basics and techniques, on-chip features, building your own 8051 system, and interfacing to various
peripherals. code for:
A section on hardware experiments contains plans and
scanning a keypad, stepper motor control, a frequency
generator, measuring light and temperature intensity (analog to digital), digital to analog conversion, DC motor speed regulation, interfacing to intelligent Liquid Crystal Displays, and implementing a multi-drop RS-485 network.
The book comes with a diskette containing an 8051 simulator and all source code for the projects in the book. book for the hobbyist or professional. pages, paperback, ISBN 0-201-63365-5. bookstore and get one now. This is a must have
Available for $34.38, 352 Run, don't walk, to your
I mean it, this is a great book.
My review of the book: The Microcontroller Idea Book by Jan Axelson
This book is loosely based on a series of articles Jan wrote for ComputerCraft magazine (now the Microcomputer Journal). If you
are at all familiar with her work, you already realize that you're wasting your time by reading this review and you might as well just order your copy now.
This is an excellent book for hobbyists and tinkerers, as it includes complete circuit schematics and parts lists, design theory, example program listings, construction and debugging tips, and vendor listings. The example circuits and programs are based
on the 8052-BASIC chip (a favorite with hobbyists due to its ease of use), and there is a lot of material on programming in BASIC52. The book is [very] useful even if you use a standard 8051 part. Lots of different interfacing ideas including: sensors, motors, LEDs, LCDs, wireless links, and a LOT more.
Chapter titles:
microcontroller basics, inside the 8052-
BASIC, powering up, saving programs, programming, inputs and outputs, switches and keypads, displays, using sensors to detect and measure, clocks and calendars, control circuits, wireless links, calling assembly-language routines, running BASIC-52 from external memory, related products
If you are just starting out with microcontrollers, and don't have a clue where to start or what to control, this book is just what you need. As the title of the book says, it's an idea book.
The Microcontroller Idea Book Jan Axelson

1994, 273 pages, $31.95 + shipping Lakeview Research, 2209 Winnebago St., Madison, WI (608)241-5824 Email: jaxelson@lvr.com Web: http://www.lvr.com/ 53704
My review of the book: The 8051 Family of Microcontrollers by Richard H. Barnett
This book VERY thoroughly discusses the design and implementation of controllers using the 8051. Dick says his book is "lots of What
meat, very little filler", but he's a bit off the mark here. he means to say is this book is many large chunks of meat, no
vegetables, and no potatoes - we are NOT talking Hamburger Helper here gang. The introduction alone contains circuits for 3 Many hardware
controllers (one 8085 design used as a comparison). and softare examples are included.
Everywhere you turn in this
book, you'll find circuit diagrams and sample code, including complete designs for three different microcontroller projects in the last chapter. Clear and in-depth coverage of interfacing and
peripheral use leaves very little to the imagination.
This is a good book for both students and professionals who are trying to figure out how to start designing there own microcontroller. many examples. Experienced hobbyists will also appreciate the Novices might be a bit overwhelmed by this book.
The 8051 Family of Microcontrollers Richard H. Barnett Prentice-Hall, 1995 ISBN 0-02-306281-9
For more info contact the author - rbarnett@purdue.edu
Richard Kendrick's review of the book: 8051 Interfacing and Applications from Applied Logic Engineering
IN BRIEF
An excellent collection of interfacing circuits and well commented source code in assembly. This is not a book for beginners as it
assumes the user is very familiar with the architecture of the 8051 and its registers. A disk of assembly source code listings
is included.
CHAPTERS
1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9
- 8051 Interfacing and Applications - Introduction - Main System Core - Simple Methods of User Input - Interfacing a 16 digit keypad to the 8031 - Centronics Parallel Input Port - Centronics Parallel Output Port - Interfacing to the built-in Serial Port - Interfacing to a Dual Channel UART - Interfacing to an LCD
1.10 - Bank Selection of Memory - Appendix A: List of Vendors - Appendix B: Connection to an External Computer 0.1 RS-232 Serial Connection 0.2 Centronics Interface Cabling
COMMENTS
This spiral bound book is thin (74 pages) but manages to cover a
lot of information.
All of the sub-chapters have excellent code
listings with full comments, partial schematic diagrams, and an occasional timing diagram. The chapter on using the serial port A table of timer
is based on the MAX232 chip becoming so popular.
reload values is provided to get standard baud rates but the book only mentions the required clock frequency of 11.0592 mHz in the first chapter. It also doesn't explain why a seemingly The dual UART channel
non-standard crystal frequency was chosen. features the 2681 chip.
The LCD chapter gives a small but
adequate explaination of the Hitachi controller chip usage on LCD displays and a tiny fragment of data on display characteristics of LCDs. The bank selection of memory is useful showing code and
schematic using five 62256 chips for 160K bytes of read/write memory.
Richard Kendrick's review of the book: Microprocessor/Controller Design by Wayne P. Lichti of Business Data Computers
A lame little book better bypassed.
As an introductory text, This book is a
Kenneth Ayala's book is the winner hands down.
poor rehash of the same information in Intel's or AMD's data book. There is one code listing in the book and does little more than
tell the reader that the 8051 family of processors exist.
This book is 134 pages of wasted time.
The schematics were Many of
printed on a dot matrix printer and poorly reproduced.
the sections are just a table or a paragraph with two or three sentences. information. Use Ayala's book, you'll learn a lot more useful
John Little's review of the book: The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming and Applications by Kenneth J. Ayala
IN BRIEF
A good book for those who are already moderately familiar with assembly language programming and wish to learn more about 8051 specifics. Has many example listings, all of which are very well
documented in terms of comments and explanations in the text. NOT a book for absolute beginners OR hardware hackers looking for circuits and applications.
CHAPTERS
1 - Microprocessors and Microcontrollers. 2 - The 8051 Architecture. 3 - Moving Data. 4 - Logical Operations. 5 - Arithmetic Operations. 6 - Jump and Call Opcodes. 7 - An 8051 Microcontroller Design. 8 - Applications. 9 - Serial Data Communication. A - 8051 Operational Code Mnemonics. B - How to Use the Assembler. C - how to Use the Simulator. D - The 8255 Programmable I/O Port. E - Control Registers.
COMMENTS
In his preface to the book, Mr Ayala states that that it is intended for "... a diverse audience. It is meant for use primarily by those who work in the area of electronic design and assembly language programming of small, dedicated computers".
Later, he goes on to refer the reader to the manufacturer's data books for more information on hardware issues. This sets the tone for the whole book, which is very much software orientated.
Anyone buying the book expecting to find reams of circuit diagrams and details on how to build their own 8051 driven, automated car assembly plant will be disappointed. In fact, most of the circuits and applications shown are very much conceptual, with generic, black-box outlines for most of the components. The single exception to this is a fairly complete system (8031, EPROM & RAM, jumper selectable memory sizes) in the chapter on microcontroller design. Even then, there's no I/O shown (the txd/rxd are
unconnected).
Having said that, Mr Ayala does do a fairly thorough job of working through the peculiarities of the 8051, with detailed coverage of memory organisation, bit/byte level operations, timers, interrupts and, at the end of the book, a complete chapter on 8051 communication modes. Each area has relevant assembly language listings, along with a detailed explanation of the workings of the code.
Each section also has highlighted "comment" passages which point
out common pitfalls and reinforce critical points. Each chapter ends with a summary of the important points covered and a series of ten to twenty pertinent problems for the reader to solve. For the most part, the answers to the problems can be found in the text. In later chapters though, the reader is asked to elaborate
on various programming themes and to write assembly language programs of their own to perform various tasks. The problems range from the bland "Name twenty items which have a built in microcontroller" (Chapter 1), to the more esoteric "Compose a 40-value lookup table that will generate a sawtooth wave using a D/A converter" (Chapter 8).
It should be noted that the book is not aimed at the complete novice. For instance, although assembly language listings are used throughout, it is not until Appendix B that the reader finds out what the assembler actually does and how the listings relate to machine code. Even then, the complete neophyte will be left with a rather empty feeling, as there are pages and pages of code, the schematic for a (more or less) complete system and instructions on how to use the assembler, but no information at all on how the object code should be utilised (other than with the included simulator - see below). If you don't already know how to blow an EPROM, you're in trouble.
The diskette which accompanies the book contains the PseudoSam assembler (which is used throughout) and an 8051 simulator. Both being intended for use on a PC (it's a measure of how fast the computer industry is evolving that a 5.25 inch diskette seems a little archaic just three years after the publication date of the book). The PseudoSam assembler ran fine on my system and I was
able to assemble several of the examples from the book and successfully run them on a small, home-brew 8031 system. I was totally unable to get the simulator to run. However, as it failed on several different systems I'm prepared to believe that my particular copy of the diskette was at fault.
SUMMARY
All in all, a recommended book for those who have previous assembly language experience and wish to get to know details relating to the 8051 microcontroller. While the internal architecture of the chip is covered in detail, external hardware and peripheral interfacing is not. Only the basic 8051/31 is
covered, with little mention of the other variants available. There are extensive listings in the text, covering routines for handling keyboards and displays, as well as timing loops and
communications. A large, clear typeface ensures that all of the listings are completely legible. The layout and presentation of the book is excellent, with a consistent, unambiguous style used throughout.
Tim McDonough's review of the book: C and the 8051: Programming for Multitasking by Thomas W. Schultz
Schultz's book provides a brief overview of the 8051 architecture but is primarily a discussion of multi-tasking software in an 8051 environment. He presents quite a few code examples. The examples
and the accompanying text show comparisons of how to accomplish things in assembler, PLM, and C. The C examples presented are
based on Version 3 of the Franklin compiler but should be easily understandable by anyone already familiar with C.
Later chapters in the book deal with more advanced topics. Chapters are devoted to Real-Time Ideas, Timing and Scheduling, Communications and Synchronization, Interrupts, Priority, and Context, and Distributed Systems. The Real-Time Ideas chapter
briefly discusses six Real Time Operating System (RTOS) kernels offered by several vendors. Later in the book some examples are
given to simple applications with and without using a RTOS.
All in all, a useful addition to my technical library.
It is one
of the few 8051 books that goes beyond the basics and would be particularly of interest to those contemplating their first non-trivial 8051 design.
My review of the book: Basic-52 Programming by Bruce Boyes, Will Bagley, and Scott Kendall of Systronix, Inc.
A must have book for Basic-52 programmers.
The book starts out
with an introduction to BASIC-52 programming, program editing, and techniques. About a hundred of the book's 160 pages are a
detailed and quite useful reference of the commands and statements. Six appendixes covering advanced topics round out A quick index to commands, operators,
this most useful volume.
and instructions printed on the back cover of the book is a nice finishing touch. price. For only $20.00, it's a bargain at twice the
Well, let's not get carried away, but if you're
programming in Basic-52, this book is indispensible.
5.3)
Miscellaneous documentation on the 8051
Advanced Micro Devices - application notes
Intel Corporation - application notes
L.S. Electronic Systems Design - application notes (source code on diskette and schematics)
Philips Semiconductors (Signetics) - application notes
Software Science - application notes
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