Understand the 8051 Microcontroller: Learn about the architecture and functionality of the 8051 microcontroller, including its I/O ports, timers, and programming. LED Blinking: Program the 8051 to ...

The highly popular ATtiny and ATmega microcontrollers (formerly from Atmel, now from Microchip) are based on the 8-bit AVR microcontroller architecture. Let's consider some of the reasons to learn and ...

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 ...

At the introduction of the 12,000 gate 32bit ARM Cortex M0 recently, an ARM spokesman told EW the M0 was close to the 10,000 gates normally occupied by the 8bit 8051 microcontroller. Inspired by this, ...

8-bit AVR microcontrollers are very popular, especially among hobbyists and makers. Studying the architecture of these devices has many advantages, as discussed in this article, including gaining ...

Sourced from 8051 experts Silesia Devices, the new S80251XC3 Microcontroller Core uses a Harvard architecture with separate instruction and data buses, branch prediction, branch target caches, and ...

"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.