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8051 Microcontrollers were popular computer chips used in Intel computers throughout the eighties and nineties. Though technology has advanced beyond their common use, they can still often be found in engineering schools as tools used in introductory microcontroller classes.

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Which microcontroller is used mostly in industry 8051 or pic?

8051 is an old microcontroller design. It has been updated and expanded into a family of microcontrollers manufactured by several companies. PIC is not a microcontroller, but is an extensive family of microcontrollers designed and manufactured by Microchip, Inc. Both are quite popular, and there are many other microcontrollers available.


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What is microcontroller 8051?

The 8051 is a microcontroller. It has the MCS-51 core by Intel and was designed for embedded systems in the 1980's. The name of the CMOS version is 80C51. Today the core is still used in microcontrollers from other companies like Atmel, e.g. AT89C51.


Is any memory integrated with the processor 8051?

ANSWER The Intel 8051 had integrated RAM, ROM, and various I/O functions. This is typical of microcontrollers. I forget the amounts, probably 4 kB of ROM and 64 bytes of RAM? Newer 8051-compatible microcontrollers have a wide variety of memory and integrated I/O options. (Useless information: the 8051 used 12 oscillator cycles per machine instruction cycle, due to the synchronous way it decoded the instructions, fetched the operands, and stored the results. Newer versions get semi-asynchronous and run the same operands in 4, 3, or even 1 cycle.)


What is the voltage of 8051 microcontroller?

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Advantages of at89c51 microcontroller over 8051 microcontroller?

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Difference between 8031 8051 and 8751 microcontrollers?

Answer It is both 8 bit processors in a 40 pin package but it is not pin compatible, it have almost the same functions but it is very difficult to compare the two because it is not the same family.