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Unit 2_8051 Programming

The document provides an overview of programming for the 8051 microcontroller, detailing assembly language syntax, data types, and the process of assembling and running programs. It also compares programming in assembly language versus C, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each. Additionally, it outlines various data types in C, including their sizes and ranges.

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Unit 2_8051 Programming

The document provides an overview of programming for the 8051 microcontroller, detailing assembly language syntax, data types, and the process of assembling and running programs. It also compares programming in assembly language versus C, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each. Additionally, it outlines various data types in C, including their sizes and ranges.

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8051 Programming

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Assembly Language Programming
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Syntax:
 [label:] Mnemonic [operands] [;comments]
Label: Allows the program to refer to a
line of code by name.
The Mnemonic, operand fields perform the
real work of the program
The comment field begins with ‘;’. Just for
understanding or to remember what
programmer wrote.
Assembling & Running an 8051
Program
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Editor Program
 MS-DOS Editor in windows used to create

source files with extension .asm or .src etc.


Assembler
 Converts the instruction to machine code.
 Produces .obj, .lst files
Linker
 It takes one or more object files and
produces an absolute object file with
extension .abs
Object to Hex Converter
 It takes .abs file and creates .hex file that is

ready to burn into ROM of 8051


8051 Data types
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It has only one data type it is 8-bit.


Define Byte (DB)
 Used to define 8-bit data
 Numbers can be in decimal, hex or ASCII formats
Ex:
data1: DB 28 ;decimal
data2: DB 00110101 B ;Binary
data3: DB 39H ;hexadecimal
data4: DB “2579” ;ASCII number
data5: DB “my name is joe” ;ASCII
characters
8051 Assembler Directives
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ORG (Origin)
 Indicate the beginning of the address

Ex: ORG 510H


ORG $+100H
EQU ( Equate)
 Used to define a constant without occupying memory location
Ex: Count EQU 25
 When that label appears in the program, its constant value is
substituted for the label.
• i.e; MOV R3, #Count ;R3 = 25
END (End)
 Indicates to the assemble that this is the end of the source file.
 Any thing after the end directive will be ignored by the

assembler
8051 Programming in ‘C’
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Advantages
 It is easier and less time consuming
 ‘C’ is easier to modify and update
 You can use code available in function libraries
 ‘C’ code is portable to other microcontrollers with
little modification or no modification
Disadvantages:
 It produces hex file size is much larger than the hex
file that is produced if we program in assembly
‘C’ Data types
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Unsigned Char
 8-bit data type that can takes a value in the range of

0-255 (00-FFH)
Signed Char
 Also 8-bit data type, gives the values in the range of -
128 to +127.
 Default is “Signed”

Ex: unsigned char z;


for (z = 0; z<=255; z++)
P1=z;
‘C’ Data types (Contd..)
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 Unsigned int
 16 – bit data type

 Can takes a value in the range of 0 to 65535 (0000- FFFFH)

 This data byte takes 2 bytes of RAM

 Signed int
 16 – bit data type
 Can takes a value in the range of -32768 to +32767
 Sbit
 Used to define a single bit
 It allows access to the bits of SFR’s which are bit addressable.
 Ex: sbit mybit = P0^0;
 Bit
 This data type allows access to single bit of bit addressable RAM 20
– 2FH.
 Sfr
 Used to access the byte size SFRs
‘C’ Data types (Contd..)
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Data Type Size in bits Data Range/Usage

Unsigned char 8 – bit 0 to 255

(signed) char 8 – bit -128 to +127

Unsigned int 16 – bit 0 to 65535

(signed) int 16 – bit -32768 to +32767

Sbit 1 – bit SFR bit addressable


only
Bit 1 – bit RAM bit
addressable only
Sfr 8 – bit SFRs

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