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"Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller", Sencer Yeralan/Ashutosh
Ahluwalia, 1993, 0-201-63365-5, U$34.38
%A   Sencer Yeralan
%A   Ashutosh Ahluwalia
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1993
%G   0-201-63365-5
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
%O   U$34.38 800-822-6339 617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273
%P   328
%T   "Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller"
 
Computers *have* taken over the world:  it's just that most of them are
invisible.  Cars, stereos and pop machines are now "run" by imbedded
controllers.  These are complete computer systems--with CPU, memory,
input/output, and even some program space--on a single chip.
 
This book describes the family of microcontrollers based on the Intel 8051.  It
includes an overview of the major chips in that group, as well as assembly
language commands.  (A reference table would have been helpful.)  Three
chapters cover general assembly language programming, and software and hardware
interfacing experiments.
 
The book contains a disk with the source code for the examples in the book, a
cross assembler, and a chip simulator that runs under MS-DOS.  That's good,
because the instructions in chapter seven on how to build an 8051-based system
are quite terse.  Although details down to the level of a bill of materials are
included, you will definitely want to be familiar with digital electronics
projects before taking this on.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKPI8051.RVW   950602

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