E1322
Microprocessor based Systems II
‘Embedded C Programming
(I/O Configuration)’
Dr. Ahmed El-Awamry
Date: 02.03.2024, Time: 15:00
Objective
▪ Be able to program the 8051 GPIOs in
embedded C.
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Why Program 8051 in C?
▪ Compilers produce hex files that is downloaded
to ROM of microcontroller
▪ The size of hex file is the main concern
▪ C programming is less time consuming, but has
larger hex file size
▪ The reasons for writing programs in C
▪ It is easier and less time consuming to write in C than
Assembly
▪ C is easier to modify and update
▪ You can use code available in function libraries
▪ C code is portable to other microcontroller with little of
no modification
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Data Types
▪ A good understanding of C data types for
8051 can help programmers to create smaller
hex files
▪ Unsigned char
▪ Signed char
▪ Unsigned int
▪ Signed int
▪ Sbit (single bit)
▪ Bit and sfr
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Data Types, Unsigned char
▪ The character data type is the most natural
choice
▪ 8051 is an 8-bit microcontroller
▪ Unsigned char is an 8-bit data type in the range
of 0 – 255 (00 – FFH)
▪ One of the most widely used data types for the 8051
(counters and ASCII characters)
▪ C compilers use the signed char as the default if
we do not put the keyword unsigned
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Data Types, Unsigned char
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Data Types, Unsigned char
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Data Types, Signed char
▪ The signed char is an 8-bit data type
▪ Use the MSB D7 to represent – or +
▪ Give us values from –128 to +127
▪ We should stick with the unsigned char unless
the data needs to be represented as signed
numbers
▪ Temperature
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Data Types, Unsigned and Signed int
▪ The unsigned int is a 16-bit data type
▪ Takes a value in the range of 0 to 65535 (0000 –
FFFFH)
▪ Define 16-bit variables such as memory addresses
▪ Set counter values of more than 256
▪ Since registers and memory accesses are in 8-bit
chunks, the misuse of int variables will result in a larger
hex file
▪ Signed int is a 16-bit data type
▪ Use the MSB D15 to represent – or +
▪ We have 15 bits for the magnitude of the number from
–32768 to +32767
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Data Types, Unsigned and Signed int
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Data Types, Bit and sfr
▪ The bit data type allows access to single bits
of bit-addressable memory spaces 20 – 2FH
▪ To access the byte-size SFR registers, we use
the sfr data type
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Time Delay
▪ There are two ways to create a time delay in
8051 C
▪ Using the 8051 timer
▪ Using a simple for loop
▪ Delay accuracy is affected by the compiler
choice
▪ C compiler converts the C statements and functions
to Assembly language instructions
▪ Different compilers produce different code
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Time Delay
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Time Delay
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Byte Size IO
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Byte Size IO
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Byte Size IO
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Bit-Addressable I/O
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Bit-Addressable I/O
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Bit-Addressable I/O
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Bit-Addressable I/O
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Accessing SFR Addresses 80 - FFH
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Accessing SFR Addresses 80 - FFH
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Using bit Data Type for Bit-addressable RAM
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Bit-wise Operators in C
▪ Logical operators
▪ AND (&&), OR (||), and NOT (!)
▪ Bit-wise operators
▪ AND (&), OR (|), EX-OR (^), Inverter (~), Shift
Right (>>), and Shift Left (<<)
▪ These operators are widely used in software engineering for
embedded systems and control
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Bit-wise Operators in C
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Bit-wise Operators in C
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Bit-wise Operators in C, Packed BCD to ASCII
Packed BCD 2 9
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Bit-wise Operators in C, ASCII to Packed BCD
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Checksum Operation
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RAM Data Space Usage by 8051 C Compiler
▪ The 8051 C compiler allocates RAM locations
▪ Bank 0 – addresses 0 – 7
▪ Individual variables – addresses 08 and beyond
▪ Array elements – addresses right after variables
▪ Array elements need contiguous RAM locations and that
limits the size of the array due to the fact that we have
only 128 bytes of RAM for everything
▪ Stack – addresses right after array elements
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RAM Data Space Usage by 8051 C Compiler
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Code ROM Space Usage by 8051 C Compiler
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Data Serialization
▪ Serializing data is a way of sending a byte of
data one bit at a time through a single pin of
microcontroller
▪ Using the serial port
▪ Transfer data one bit a time and control the
sequence of data and spaces in between them
▪ In many new generations of devices such as LCD, ADC, and
ROM the serial versions are becoming popular since they
take less space on a PCB
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Data Serialization
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Data Serialization
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Data Serialization
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Reg51.h
▪ See the PDF file
Required: Calculator Project in Embedded C
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Appendix
