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Insiders' Guide: Embedded 8051 Microcontroller

Introduction & Executive Summary
Ah, the 8051! The architecture that is so old and yet so new, for embedded systems designs. Both hobbyists and practical embedded designers agree: the 8051 is a microprocessor architecture that will never die. This Insiders' Guide is a quick, practical "tutorial" to the 8051 that leverages the Web to identify the major players in the ecosystem as well as the best websites to visit, coolest products (both free and paid), best sources of freeware or open source, the major companies involved, etc. In addition, we have survey results from the eg3.com audience as to how real designers use the 8051 today. Finally, we have "editors' choice" products - recommendations from eg3.com as to evaluation kits, software, and just generally cool stuff available for purchase on the Web that can help you get your 8051-based design up and running quickly and cheaply

Who this Guide is For
Although many students and academics surf the Internet, this tutorial is primarily not for them. eg3.com as a resource caters to commercial developers developing products for commercial and/or government/military applications. Consequently, if you are a practical embedded systems designer, programmer, or OEM manager, this guide is for you. In business, time is money, and this guide identifies those free websites, companies, and/or products that can help you educate yourself and get your embedded design to market quicker, better, and cheaper! We welcome students and hobbyists, but our target reader is a practical engineer or programmer developing a commercial product that uses the 8051.

The guide is meant to work in tandem with the eg3.com website and our coverage of the 8051 , including our free e-clips news alert coverage by keyword. Comments? Suggestions? If you know of cool 8051 websites, please submit them, here ! If you have comments, you can email us here . Feel free to call me as well.

Thank you,

    Jason McDonald

Jason McDonald
Senior Editor, eg3.com
Tel. +1-510-713-2150 x 208

Contents:

• Introduction: Tutorials, Overviews, Learning - Getting Started with the 8051
• The 8051 ecosystem - Companies, Technologies, Web Resources
  • 8051 Chip Companies
  • 8051 Tools Companies
  • 8051-based Single Board Computers (SBCs)
  • 8051 "Intellectual Property"
  • 8051 Recommended Open Source, Freeware, Projects, etc.
• 8051 Survey - Community Picks for Top Websites, Best Products, How 8051 Designs Get Done
• 8051 Interviews - Interviews with Leading 8051 Vendors
• 8051 Innovations: News and New Developments with the 8051
• Search Tips: Using the Web (Google) as well as Online Learning, Print, and Trade Shows to Research / Learn about the 8051
• Appendices:
  • Editors' Shortlist: Best Websites for the 8051
  • Editors' Shortlist: 8051 "Innovator" Companies
  • Editors' Shortlist: Recommended Books - New and Classics
  • Editors' Shortlist: Recommended Products:
    Raisonance - RKit Lite 8051 Software Toolset
    Topview ICE B - In Circuit Emulator for Atmel 8051 Microcontrollers
    Signum 8051 In-Circuit Emulators
    AT89 series from mikroElektronika
    MC Pros - Atmel AVR & AT89S51/52 Tutorial Kit
    HI-TECH C PRO for the Silicon Labs 8051 MCU Family ANSI C Compiler
    Maxim DS89C450-K00 Evaluation Kit
    8051 Development Suite with In-Circuit Debugger
    

About eg3.com

eg3.com identifies the best of the web for embedded, DSP, board-level (AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, PC/104...), FPGA, Chip Design (EDA), RTOS/realtime, and open source for embedded. We browse, research, and organize the best of the web keyword-by-keyword. we distribute e-clips each week to 43,000 registered subscribers, and we publish a series of insiders' guides on key topics. The result? less noise, and higher quality information for you. Best of all it's free! Find out more at http://www.eg3.com/ . Questions? Comments? Contact us at info@eg3.com or Tel. +1-510-713-2150.

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