The 8051
	These notes will not tell you absolutely everything about the 8051 microcontroller. However, we hope they will provide you with a good introduction to this very popular controller. They should help you to start writing simple assembly language programs that you can test on the EdSim51 Simulator.
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	Introduction
	The HEX Sequence
	The CPU
	A Basic Instruction Set
	The 8051 - complete instruction set
	Hardware Memory Organisation Special Function Registers - SFRs on single sheet Instruction Set Summary Conditional Jumps and Time Delays Subroutines and the Stack 16-bit Addition and Division The Program Status Word Rotate Instructions Parallel Input/Output Timers Serial Port Interrupts
	Peripheral Interfacing
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