Product Description

Well known in this discipline to be the most concise yet adequate treatment of the subject matter, it provides just enough detail in a direct exposition of the 8051 microcontroller’s internal hardware components. This book provides an introduction to microcontrollers, a hardware summary, and an instruction set summary. It covers timer operation, serial port operation, interrupt operation, assembly language programming, 8051 C programming, program structure and design, and tools and techniques for program development. For microprocessor programmers, electronic engineering specialist, computer scientists, or electrical engineers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #952609 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 560 pages

From the Publisher
This comprehensive text presents all of the topics required for an introductory course in the 8051 microcontroller. Starting at a rudimentary level --What is a microprocessor? What is a microcontroller? -- coverage evolves to encompass complete, finished design examples using such software tools as the assembler (ASM51), the linker (RL51), and the object-to-hex conversion utility (OH). Additionally, a simple single-board, 10-chip computer project is provided. This hands-on project is easy-to-build, and develops into a working prototype 8051 computer that can be used in the classroom or lab to demonstrate principles.

From the Back Cover
Key Benefit: This comprehensive book presents all of the topics required for an introductory course in the 8051 microcontroller. Key Topics: Starting at a rudimentary level -- What is a microprocessor? What is a microcontroller? -- coverage evolves to encompass complete, finished design examples using such software tools as the assembler (ASM51), the linker (RL51), and the object-to-hex conversion utility (OH).

Customer Reviews

Excelent guide to 8051 assembly programming
This book is concise, well written and has sufficient examples to allow the reader to get up and running very quickly. There is a good mix of hardware and software issues and it provides the reader with a good understanding of the architecture. I was able to complete my final year university project in 8051 assembler (including constructing circuitry) using this book as my primary reference. The only trouble I had was working out how to divide 32 bit numbers in assembler on an 8 bit processor. It would be nice if all processor architectures were as well served by a book which provides a good introduction to the beginner as well as a great reference for the more advanced user. This book covers assembler and not C programming.

Good things come in small packages
Prime example of good things always coming in small (but expensive!) packages. In my opinion, this is the first book you buy if you want to learn about the 8051. It's well worth the price as it will always be part of your technical book collection. The author's academic style of presenting frequent "questions and answers" works for me. The book well deserves a five-star rating.

Small, but packed with information
It might be under 400 pages, but this book has a lot of information in it. It's basically one concise data book about the 8051, with questions at the end of each chapter that make it useful as a textbook. It also has several useful appendices, including a listing of the assembly commands and an appendix that shows the binary for each command, as well as the number of machine cycles it takes to execute.

I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who's not familiar with assembly and the architecture of a processor, because the book assumes you know assembly language in one form or another, and it doesn't spend a lot of time on the architecture of the 8051.