The 8051 Microcontroller

by Scott MacKenzie and I. Scott MacKenzie

This text presents the topics required for an introductory course in the 8051 microcontroller. Starting at a rudimentary level coverage evolves to encompass complete, finished design examples using... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0023736607
• ISBN13: 9780023736605
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Good things come in small packages

Prime example of good things always coming in small (but expensive!) packages. In my opinion, this is the first book you buy if you want to learn about the 8051. It's well worth the price as it will always be part of your technical book collection. The author's academic style of presenting frequent "questions and answers" works for me. The book well deserves a five-star rating.

Concise and informative

This book contains almost everything you need to know about the architecture and functionality of the 8051 microcontroller. MacKenzie does a very good job of keeping the book informative, but does not overwhelm the reader with theory or history. He concentrates significantly on the functionality and practicability of the 8051. The 8051 assembly language is included.I was first introduced to this book in Microcontrollers class in college. After using it for the course, I went from a student who was not even aware of the existence of microcontrollers to one who was much more proficient in the design and use of microcontrollers. This book provided an insight into the existence of embedded systems just by introducing the tiny but amazingly versatile microcontroller.If you are studying electronic or computer engineering, you must learn about the 8051. This book can help you learn so much about the functionality and practicality of the tiny workhorse.

very useful

if you are interested in microcontrollers, and want to learn about the most famous microcontroller 8051, you must read this book. you will not need any other books.

An Embedded Book for Starters and Experienced

I found that this book is well organized and presented. It is the best 8051 book I have encountered. I strongly recommend this book if one needs to understand how to program 8051 in the assembly level (and C level too IMHO).

Excelent guide to 8051 assembly programming

This book is concise, well written and has sufficient examples to allow the reader to get up and running very quickly. There is a good mix of hardware and software issues and it provides the reader with a good understanding of the architecture. I was able to complete my final year university project in 8051 assembler (including constructing circuitry) using this book as my primary reference. The only trouble I had was working out how to divide 32 bit numbers in assembler on an 8 bit processor. It would be nice if all processor architectures were as well served by a book which provides a good introduction to the beginner as well as a great reference for the more advanced user. This book covers assembler and not C programming.