8051 Programming in C

Why program 8051 in C    Compilers produces hex file that is downloaded to ROM of the Micro-Controller. The size of the hex file is the main concern of the Micro-Controller programmers. The reasons behind it are   Micro-Controllers have limited on-chip ROM.  Code space for the 8051 is limited to 64K bytes.     Assembly language produces a file...

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8051 Family

The detail specifications of the 8051 are given below 8051 MC The 8051 is the original member of the 8051 family. Which is refers to it as MCS-51. Following table shows the main features of the 8051. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

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8051 architecture

History   In 1981, Intel Corporation introduced an 8-bit micro-controller called the 8051. This micro-controller had 128 bytes of RAM, 4K bytes of on-chip ROM, two timers, one serial port, and four ports (each 8-bits wide) all on a single chip. The 8051 is an 8-bit processor, meaning that the CPU can work on only 8 bits of...

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