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From: m892994@hpc.citri.EDU.AU (Steven McLean)
Subject: Re: 8031/8051 Microcontroller Info
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 93 01:47:47 GMT
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In article <CD4t98.qr@newcastle.ac.uk>, David.Glennie@newcastle.ac.uk (David Glennie) writes:
|> There have been some postings on this subject recently which have been very
|> useful and I am grateful for the leads to lyman.pppl.gov and csd4.csd.uwm.edu
|> However, I still have some questions which I hope someone out there can
|> answer.
|> 
|> 1. I have retrieved the PPT_A.ZIP & PPT_B.ZIP files from lyman.pppl.gov
|> but do not know how to read the unzipped versions which are in Windows
|> Powerpoint format. What is this format? I have tried emailing
|> jsm@pheonix.princeton.edu (as mentioned in the documentation files) about
|> this but my mail just bounces back! 
|> 
|> 2. There is lots of information about BASIC, Forth and Assembly software
|> tools for the 8051 but does anyone know of P.D. or commercial C compilers
|> for the 8051? 
Perhaps post an article to the comp.sys.intel news group for ftp sites.
|> 
|> 3. Can anyone recommend any texts describing the hardware features of the
|> 8051 (registers, i/o interface etc)? I have seen mentioned the I2C bus in
|> connection with the 8051. Where can I get more info about this? Is it a
|> serial bus, how does it interface to the 8051, is it pronounced I squared C?
|> 
Check out the library for a data book.  They have all the info on the chips.
Philips produce one.  IC20 data book from memory??  That has circuit diagrams,
assembly code instruction info etc...  All the tech specs.  But any data book
on the 8051 family will suffice.
|> I apologise if there is a FAQ which deals with these questions - please
|> point me to it - I have searched and found nothing!
|> 
|> Thanks in advance for any help - Dave.
|> -- 
|> !=========================================================================!
|> ! Dave Glennie   email: david.glennie@ncl.ac.uk   tel:  ++ 44 91 2227820  !
|> ! University of Newcastle, UK                     fax:  ++ 44 91 2228600  !
|> !=========================================================================!
Steve...
