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Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

(OP)
Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

Thanks in advance.

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

Hi, what exactly do you want to do with it. What resources do you allready have?

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

(OP)
I'm a newb to microcontrollers.

I'm looking to get a good grasp of the basics of microcontrollers. I was directed towards the 8051.

What I want to do with it? Not sure hopefully with a good kit and examples as well as some links to sample projects I guess I could do anything.

I'm reading up on the 8051. No resources other than text from the net.

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

Hi, selecting a micro is impossible untill you have an application for it. The 8051 is getting a bit long in the tooth these days but it's still popular mainly because its easy to use and widely available. You can get assemblers and simulators for practicaly nothing all over the web so all you need is a programmer and your in business. Beware of C compilers that are being touted around, the 8051 is totaly useless as a C platform, as are PICs, stick to assembler.

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

I agree with what Cbarn said.  May I suggest you look at the AVR micros from Atmel.  I know of at least a dozen local companies who are converting their 8031/8051 design to the AVR micro.  Reason?  All the things Cbarn said, plus, the price, ease of use, very suitable for use with a C compiler, etc.
A good starter kit is available from Digi-Key for less than $100.  Check out the Atmel website and also www.avrfreaks.net for more information.

Happy Programming,
Lewis

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

I felt I had to defend C on the PIC!  

To me its a handy tool, which used at the right time can be very useful.  In fact in the past I've heard many engineers rave about it.  I would agree that C programs can easily get too large, and the stack gets used up very quickly too.  But its good for writting small apps quickly. Most of our apps have been written in C for whatever micro.

Just had to say my bit.

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

But, the trouble with most PICs is they don't have a hardware stack.  Same problem with the 8051.  The larger Atmel micros do have a hardware stack, which makes the compiler and compiled code more efficient.

RE: Anyone know of a good starter kit for the 8051

(OP)
Thanks for the replies.

Going to go with the stk500 and follow the avrfreaks newb guide and intro to the stk500.

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