

| • | 8-bit data bus - It can access 8 bits of data in one operation (hence it is an 8-bit microcontroller) |
| • | 16-bit address bus - It can access 216 memory locations - 64 kB each of RAM and ROM |
| • | On-chip RAM - 128 bytes to 256 bytes |
| • | On-chip ROM - 4 kB to 64 kB |
| • | 32 bi-directional input/output lines |
| COMPANY / ORGANIZATION | LICENSE | DESCRIPTION | EMBEDDEDCRAFT LINK | DOWNLOAD |
| SDCC | FREE/GPL |
Small Device C Compiler support 8051, motorola 68HC08 processor. |
FREE 8051 DEVELOPMENT TOOLS | COMPLETE / FULL |
| PROPRIETARY |
KEIL provide development tool for 8051 microcontroller. KEIL famous ide is uVision IDE. KEIL also provide development tools for ARM |
How to work with KEIL Tools |
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PROPRIETARY | IAR provide development tools not only for 8051 but for AVR, ARM, MSP430, ColdFire etc. Visit IAR site for complete detail. |
IAR WORKBENCH PART 1 IAR WORKBENCH PART 2 IAR WORKBENCH PART 3 |
EVALUATION / KICKSTART (4KB FREE LIFE PERIOD) |
| COMPANY / ORGANIZATION | LICENSE | DESCRIPTION | DOWNLOAD |
| FREE/GNU |
Portable open source real time kernel. |
COMPLETE / FULL | |
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RTX51 |
PROPRIETARY |
RTOS kernel, It occupy up to 900 bytes in memory. Royalty free RTX51 is priority based preemptive kernel. |
EVALUATION |
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Salvo |
PROPRIETARY |
Real time kernel for small systems |
EVALUATION |
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KR-51 |
PROPRIETARY | KR-51 is also availabe in lite version for free. RTOS support upto 125 tasks. Free version support upto 8 tasks. This is non preemptive kernel. | EVALUATION |




| • | UART |
| • | Two 16-bit Counter/timers |
| • | Power saving mode |
| • | Two external interrupt |
| • | Frequency 40 Khz |
| COMPANY / ORGANIZATION | MANUFACTURER | DESCRIPTION |
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IMBUENT 8051 DEVELOPMENT BOARD |
The 8051 board incorporates a P89V51RD2xx NXP Microcontroller with 64k of In-System Flash Memory. This board has so many basic Interfaces which helps you for quick and easy development |
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MCBx51 Evaluation Board |
The Keil MCBx51 single-board computer is an evaluation board that supports numerous 8051-compatible and 251-compatible devices. The MCBx51 allows you to investigate the capabilities of the 8051 and 251 and create real working programs with the Keil development tools. |
| DESCRIPTION | LINK | TYPE |
| Free Development Toolchain for 8051 | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| Interrupt Programming for 8051 | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| 8051 Programming: Interfacing LCD in 4 bit mode | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| 8051 Programming: Interfacing via Serial Port | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| Stepper Interfacing with Microcontroller | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| USE OF IAR WORKBENCH PART 1 | CLICK HERE | |
| USE OF IAR WORKBENCH PART 2 | CLICK HERE | |
| USE OF IAR WORKBENCH PART 3 | CLICK HERE | |
| Setup KEIL Development Tools for 8051 | CLICK HERE | HTML |
| Microcontroller Isp Programmer For AT89S51/52 / AVR | CLICK HERE | HTML |




