Building an 8052 BASIC computer
December 3, 2022Motivation I have a friend. Well, I have more than one, but I have a particularly peculiar friend. Now, according…Building a 7 segment display driver with a custom protocol
August 11, 2022The convenience of modules Sometimes, when on vacation in a Central/Western European country, I visit hobbyist electronics stores. I’m always…Accurate Analog Measurements
May 1, 20228051 woes The 8051 microcontroller, in its stock configuration, does not contain an inbuilt ADC. For modern microcontrollers, this is…8051 Clocking
March 23, 2022The number 12 Most 8051s work with a clock speed from 0-24MHz, though some can go much faster. The 8051 can…8051 IO ports
March 19, 2022When you set a port as 1, you enable its pull-up resistor. It can’t source much current (“enough for 3…