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8051 Variants
8051 Variants
Pramod Ranade
Introduction
8051 family of micro-controllers is the most popular 8 bit micro-controller family. Original 8051 introduced in 1981 by Intel. 8051 architecture included flexibility to include future enhancements. Today, hundreds of variants of 8051 are available.
Architecture extension:
More than 64K program memory More than 64K data memory New Instructions
Summary:
Wide choice of micro-controllers is available within 8051 family. Developer can select the optimum 8051 variant for own application. Or design and build own 8051 variant. Select 8051 development tools that support all or most variants.