As you may recall, in my previous column, I started to consider why the 30-year-old eight-bit 8051 microcontroller remains a valuable player in the embedded systems game. The days, months, and years ...

The new Single-Wire On-chip Rapid Debugging (SWORD™) interface for the R8051XC2™ microcontroller core connects the 8051 to its debugging unit with just one IC debug port. The popular Joint Test Action ...

"The typical microcontroller programmer uses slow serial methods to program and verify these devices, causing a bottleneck in production," said Kelly Hirsch, Chief Technologist at Data I/O.