Features of the 8051 (MCS 51) family 


The key features of 8051 microcontroller are: 


 8 bit CPU with Boolean processing capabilities. 

 4K bytes on-chip *program memory. 

 128 bytes on-chip data memory. 

 64 Kbytes each program and external data address space. 

 32 bidirectional I/O lines organized as four 8-bit I/O ports. 

 serial port – Full duplex UART. 

 2 16-bit timers/counters.

 Two-level prioritized interrupt structure. 

 Direct byte and bit addressability. 

 Four register banks. 

 Binary or decimal arithmetic support. 

 Hardware multiply and divide operations. 

 12 clock cycles per machine cycle




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