The 8051

Microcontroller
 8051 Basic Component
❑4K bytes internal ROM
❑128 bytes internal RAM
❑Four 8-bit I/O ports (P0 - P3).
❑Two 16-bit timers/counters
❑One serial interface

CPU RAM ROM

A single chip
I/O Serial
Timer COM Microcontroller
Port
Port

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 Block Diagram
External Interrupts

Interrupt 4k 128 bytes Timer 1

Control ROM RAM Timer 2

CPU

OSC Bus
4 I/O Ports Serial
Control

P0 P2 P1 P3 TXD RXD
Addr/Data
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 Other 8051 featurs
❑ only 1 On chip oscillator (external crystal)
❑ 6 interrupt sources (2 external , 3 internal, Reset)
❑ 64K external code (program) memory(only read)PSEN
❑ 64K external data memory(can be read and write) by
RD,WR
❑ Code memory is selectable by EA (internal or external)
❑ We may have External memory as data and code

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 Embedded System
(8051 Application)

❑ What is Embedded System?

❖An embedded system is closely
integrated with the main system
❖It may not interact directly with
the environment
❖For example – A microcomputer
in a car ignition control
❖ An embedded product uses a microprocessor or microcontroller to do one task only
❖ There is only one application software that is typically burned into ROM

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 Examples of Embedded Systems

❑Keyboard
❑Printer
❑video game player
❑MP3 music players
❑Embedded memories to keep configuration
information
❑Mobile phone units
❑Domestic (home) appliances
❑Data switches
❑Automotive controls

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 Three criteria in Choosing a
Microcontroller
❑ meeting the computing needs of the task
efficiently and cost effectively
❖ speed, the amount of ROM and RAM, the number of I/O
ports and timers, size, packaging, power consumption
❖ easy to upgrade
❖ cost per unit
❑ availability of software development tools
❖ assemblers, debuggers, C compilers, emulator, simulator,
technical support
❑ wide availability and reliable sources of the
microcontrollers

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 Comparison of the 8051 Family Members
❑ ROM type
❖ 8031 no ROM
❖ 80xx mask ROM
❖ 87xx EPROM
❖ 89xx Flash EEPROM
❑ 89xx
❖ 8951
❖ 8952
❖ 8953
❖ 8955
❖ 898252
❖ 891051
❖ 892051
❑ Example (AT89C51,AT89LV51,AT89S51)
❖ AT= ATMEL(Manufacture)
❖ C = CMOS technology
❖ LV= Low Power(3.0v)

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 Comparison of the 8051 Family
Members
89XX ROM RAM Timer Int IO pin Other
Source
8951 4k 128 2 6 32 -

8952 8k 256 3 8 32 -

8953 12k 256 3 9 32 WD

8955 20k 256 3 8 32 WD

898252 8k 256 3 9 32 ISP

891051 1k 64 1 3 16 AC

892051 2k 128 2 6 16 AC

WD: Watch Dog Timer

AC: Analog Comparator
ISP: In System Programable

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 8051 Internal Block Diagram

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 8051
Schematic
Pin out

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 8051 P1.0 1 40 Vcc

Foot Print
P1.1 2 39 P0.0(AD0)
P1.2 3 38 P0.1(AD1)
P1.3 4 37 P0.2(AD2)
P1.4 5 36 P0.3(AD3)
P1.5 6 35 P0.4(AD4)
P1.6 7 34 P0.5(AD5)
P1.7 8 33 P0.6(AD6)
RST 9
8051 32 P0.7(AD7)
(RXD)P3.0 10 (8031) 31 EA/VPP
(TXD)P3.1 11 30 ALE/PROG
(INT0)P3.2 12
(8751) 29 PSEN
(INT1)P3.3 13 (8951) 28 P2.7(A15)
(T0)P3.4 14 27 P2.6(A14)
(T1)P3.5 15 26 P2.5(A13)
(WR)P3.6 16 25 P2.4(A12)
(RD)P3.7 17 24 P2.3(A11)
XTAL2 18 23 P2.2(A10)
XTAL1 19 22 P2.1(A9)
GND 20 21 P2.0(A8)

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 IMPORTANT PINS (IO Ports)

❑ One of the most useful features of the 8051 is that it

contains four I/O ports (P0 - P3)

❑ Port 0 （pins 32-39）：P0（P0.0～P0.7）

❖ 8-bit R/W - General Purpose I/O
❖ Or acts as a multiplexed low byte address and data bus for external
memory design

❑ Port 1 （pins 1-8） ：P1（P1.0～P1.7）

❖ Only 8-bit R/W - General Purpose I/O

❑ Port 2 （pins 21-28）：P2（P2.0～P2.7）

❖ 8-bit R/W - General Purpose I/O
❖ Or high byte of the address bus for external memory design

❑ Port 3 （pins 10-17）：P3（P3.0～P3.7）

❖ General Purpose I/O
❖ if not using any of the internal peripherals (timers) or external
interrupts.
❑ Each port can be used as input or output (bi-direction)

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 Port 3 Alternate Functions

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 8051 Port 3 Bit Latches and I/O Buffers

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 Hardware Structure of I/O Pin

Read latch Vcc

TB2
Load(L1)

Internal CPU D Q P1.X

bus P1.X pin

Write to latch Clk Q M1

TB1
Read pin

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 Hardware Structure of I/O Pin
❑ Each pin of I/O ports
❖Internally connected to CPU bus
❖A D latch store the value of this pin
➢Write to latch＝1：write data into the D latch
❖2 Tri-state buffer：
➢TB1: controlled by “Read pin”
Read pin＝1：really read the data present at the
pin
➢TB2: controlled by “Read latch”
Read latch＝1：read value from internal latch
❖A transistor M1 gate
➢Gate=0: open
➢Gate=1: close
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 Writing “1” to Output Pin P1.X

Read latch Vcc

TB2
Load(L1) 2. output pin is
1. write a 1 to the pin Vcc
D Q
1 P1.X
Internal CPU
bus P1.X pin
0 output 1
Write to latch Clk Q M1

TB1
Read pin

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 Writing “0” to Output Pin P1.X

Read latch Vcc

TB2
Load(L1) 2. output pin is
1. write a 0 to the pin ground
D Q
0 P1.X
Internal CPU
bus P1.X pin
1 output 0
Write to latch Clk Q M1

TB1
Read pin

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 Reading “High” at Input Pin

Read latch Vcc 2. MOV A,P1

TB2 external pin=High
1. write a 1 to the pin MOV Load(L1)
P1,#0FFH

1 1 P1.X pin
Internal CPU bus D Q
P1.X
0 M1
Write to latch Clk Q

TB1
Read pin
3. Read pin=1 Read latch=0
Write to latch=1

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 Reading “Low” at Input Pin

Read latch Vcc 2. MOV A,P1

TB2
1. write a 1 to the pin Load(L1) external pin=Low
MOV P1,#0FFH
1 0 P1.X pin
Internal CPU bus D Q
P1.X
0 M1
Write to latch Clk Q

TB1
Read pin
3. Read pin=1 Read latch=0
Write to latch=1
8051 IC

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 Port 0 with Pull-Up Resistors

Vcc
10 K

P0.0

Port
DS5000 P0.1
P0.2
8751 P0.3
8951 P0.4 0
P0.5
P0.6
P0.7

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 IMPORTANT PINS

❑PSEN (out): Program Store Enable, the read

signal for external program memory (active low).
❑ ALE (out): Address Latch Enable, to latch
address outputs at Port0 and Port2
❑ EA (in): External Access Enable, active low to
access external program memory locations 0 to 4K
❑ RXD,TXD: UART pins for serial I/O on Port 3
❑ XTAL1 & XTAL2: Crystal inputs for internal
oscillator.

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 Pins of 8051

❑ Vcc（pin 40）：
❖Vcc provides supply voltage to the chip.
❖The voltage source is +5V.
❑ GND（pin 20）：ground
❑ XTAL1 and XTAL2（pins 19,18）：
❖These 2 pins provide external clock.
❖Way 1：using a quartz crystal oscillator
❖Way 2：using a TTL oscillator
❖Example 4-1 shows the relationship
between XTAL and the machine cycle.

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 XTAL Connection to 8051

❑Using a quartz crystal oscillator

❑We can observe the frequency on the XTAL2 pin.
C2
XTAL2
30pF

C1
XTAL1
30pF

GND

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 XTAL Connection to an External Clock Source

❑Using a TTL oscillator

❑XTAL2 is unconnected.

N XTAL2
C

EXTERNAL
OSCILLATOR
SIGNAL XTAL1

GND

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 Machine cycle
❑ Find the machine cycle for
❑ (a) XTAL = 11.0592 MHz
❑ (b) XTAL = 16 MHz.

❑ Solution:

❑ (a) 11.0592 MHz / 12 = 921.6 kHz;

❑ machine cycle = 1 / 921.6 kHz = 1.085 s
❑ (b) 16 MHz / 12 = 1.333 MHz;
❑ machine cycle = 1 / 1.333 MHz = 0.75 s

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 Pins of 8051

❑ RST（pin 9）：reset
❖ input pin and active high（normally low）.
➢The high pulse must be high at least 2
machine cycles.
❖ power-on reset.
➢Upon applying a high pulse to RST, the
microcontroller will reset and all values in
registers will be lost.
➢Reset values of some 8051 registers
❖ power-on reset circuit

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 Power-On RESET

Vcc

31
EA/VPP
X1
10 uF 30 pF

X2
RST
9
8.2 K

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 RESET Value of Some 8051 Registers:

Register Reset Value

PC 0000
ACC 0000
B 0000
PSW 0000
SP 0007
DPTR 0000

RAM are all zero

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 Pins of 8051

❑ /EA（pin 31）：external access

❖ There is no on-chip ROM in 8031 and 8032 .
❖ The /EA pin is connected to GND to indicate the code is
stored externally.
❖ /PSEN ＆ ALE are used for external ROM.
❖ For 8051, /EA pin is connected to Vcc.
❖ “/” means active low.
❑ /PSEN（pin 29）：program store enable
❖ This is an output pin and is connected to the OE pin of the
ROM.
❖ See Chapter 14.

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 Pins of 8051

❑ ALE（pin 30）：address latch enable

❖It is an output pin and is active high.
❖8051 port 0 provides both address and data.
❖The ALE pin is used for de-multiplexing the
address and data by connecting to the G pin of
the 74LS373 latch.

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 Address Multiplexing
for External Memory

Figure 2-7
Multiplexing
the address
(low-byte)
and data
bus

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 Address Multiplexing
for External Memory

Figure 2-8
Accessing
external
code
memory

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 Accessing External
Data Memory

Figure
2-11
Interface
to 1K
RAM

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 Timing for MOVX instruction

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 External code memory
WR
RD
PSEN OE
ALE 74LS373 CS
G
P0.0 A0
D
P0.7 A7

D0
D7
EA
P2.0 A8
P2.7 A15

8051 ROM
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 External data memory
WR WR
RD RD
PSEN
ALE 74LS373 CS
G
P0.0 A0
D
P0.7 A7

D0
D7
EA
P2.0 A8
P2.7 A15

8051 RAM
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 Overlapping External Code
and Data Spaces

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 Overlapping External Code
and Data Spaces
WR WR
RD
PSEN RD
ALE 74LS373 CS
G
P0.0 A0
D
P0.7 A7

D0
D7
EA
P2.0 A8
P2.7 A15

8051 RAM
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 Overlapping External Code
and Data Spaces
❑Allows the RAM to be
❖ written as data memory, and
❖ read as data memory as well as code memory.

❑This allows a program to be

❖downloaded from outside into the RAM as data, and

❖ executed from RAM as code.

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 On-Chip Memory
Internal RAM

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 Registers
1F

Bank 3 Four Register Banks

18
17
Each bank has R0-R7
Selectable by psw.2,3
Bank 2
10
0F

Bank 1
08
07 R7
06 R6
05 R5
04 R4
03 R3 Bank 0
02 R2
01 R1
00 R0

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 Bit Addressable Memory
2F 7F 78 20h – 2Fh (16 locations X
2E
8-bits = 128 bits)
2D
2C
Bit addressing:
2B
2A
mov C, 1Ah
29 or
28 mov C, 23h.2
27
26
25
1A
24
10
23
0F 08
22
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
21
20

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 Special Function Registers

❑DATA registers

❑CONTROL registers
❖Timers
❖Serial ports
❖Interrupt system Addresses 80h – FFh
❖Analog to Digital converter
❖Digital to Analog converter Direct Addressing used
❖Etc. to access SPRs

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 Bit Addressable RAM

Figure 2-6
Summary
of the 8051
on-chip
data
memory
(RAM)

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 Bit Addressable RAM

Figure 2-6
Summary
of the 8051
on-chip
data
memory
(Special
Function
Registers)

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 Register Banks

❑ Active bank selected by PSW [RS1,RS0] bit

❑ Permits fast “context switching” in interrupt
service routines (ISR).

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 8051 CPU Registers
❑A (Accumulator)
❑B
❑PSW (Program Status Word)
❑SP (Stack Pointer)
❑PC (Program Counter)
❑DPTR (Data Pointer)

Used in assembler
instructions

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 Registers

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 Registers

B
R0
DPTR DPH DPL
R1

R2 PC PC
R3

R4 Some 8051 16-bit Register

R5

R6

R7

Some 8-bit Registers

of the 8051

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