2. WHAT IS A MICROCONTROLLER?
• All of the components needed for a controller
were built right onto one chip.
• Thus A one chip computer, or microcontroller
was born.
• A microcontroller is a highly integrated chip
which includes, on one chip, all or most of the
parts needed for a controller.
• The microcontroller could be called a "one-
chip solution".
3. Features :
• The Intel 8051 is used in embedded
systems
– 8-bit CPU
– 4k bytes ROM for the program
– 128 BYTES of RAM for variables
– 32 I/O lines ( 4 PORTS WITH 8 EACH )
– 2 timers
– 1 Serial port
– 6 interrupt sources
– Low cost (25-30 Rs per chip)
4. 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
7. • 8051 contains four I/O ports (P0 - P3)
• Each port can be used as input or output
(bi-direction)
Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3
P0(P0.0~P0.7) P1(P1.0~P1.7) P2(P2.0~P2.7) P3(P3.0~P3.7)
8-bit R/W -
8-bit R/W - General
General
General Purpose I/O
Purpose I/O
Purpose I/O Only 8-bit
R/W -
General Or high if not using
Or acts as a Purpose byte of the any of the
multiplexed
I/O address internal
low byte bus for peripherals
address and (timers) or
data bus for
external
external memory external
memory design interrupts.
design
8. 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.
9. SIGNALS - OPERATION
• 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
10. RST - RESET
• RST(pin 9):reset
– input pin and active high
• 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.
11. EA & PSEN
• 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.
– active low.
• PSEN(pin 29):program store enable
– This is an output pin and is connected to the OE
pin of the ROM.
12. ALE
• 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.