The 8051 Microcontroller
by Kenneth J. Ayala · Ayala
Covers the Intel 8051 architecture and its assembly instruction set, with worked hardware and software examples. After working through it you can write and debug 8051 assembly programs driving ports, timers, interrupts, and serial communication.
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