This paper describes the design and implementation of a version of the 8051 microcontroller, one of the most commercially used microcontrollers in FPGA with reconfigurable instruction set.

As you may recall, in my previous column, I started to consider why the 30-year-old eight-bit 8051 microcontroller remains a valuable player in the embedded systems game. The days, months, and years ...

Editor's Note: View the Fundamentals of Microcontrollers to catch up on the architectural differences, selection, set up and programming of today's micros. To work through the thicket of choices, it's ...

Microcontroller units (MCUs) are single-chip computers optimized for performing embedded computing tasks like controlling a coffee machine or a medical device, an industrial robot, or an electric ...

[Marius Taciuc’s] latest endeavor, the B4 Thinker, offers a captivating glimpse into microcontroller architecture through a modular approach. This proof-of-concept project is meticulously documented, ...

Even after ARM cortex based microcontrollers have taken the microcontroller market in a big way, the Intel designed 8051 microcontrollers still are used in large numbers. Except for the 8051, Intel ...

Characteristics and contrasts with microprocessors. Hints on selecting and deploying microcontrollers. What might be on the horizon for microcontrollers, especially the competition between Von Neumann ...

The V2 ColdFire core is available now for licensing through IPextreme Inc., semiconductor intellectual property (IP) licensing specialists. Specifically, IPextreme plans to market, sell and support ...

US-based e2v aerospace and defense is offering a qualified family of re-engineered 8-bit 80C51 microcontrollers. Manufactured on a mainstream CMOS process, and compliant to Defense Logistics Agency ...

Editor's Note: Take the Fundamentals of Microcontrollers course to get up to speed quickly on the architectural variations, selection and programming of today's microcontrollers. For a system designer ...