The Microcontroller Idea Book - Jan Axelson's Lakeview Research

Introduction
Introduction
This book is a hands-on guide to designing, building, and testing microcontroller-based
devices. Microcontrollers, or single-chip computers, are ideal for projects that require
computer intelligence, but don’t need the overhead of a complete personal computer with
disk drives, keyboard, and full-screen display.
Why the 8052-BASIC?
This book focuses on the 8052-BASIC microcontroller, which is easy to use, full featured,
and inexpensive to work with. The on-chip BASIC-52 programming language enables you
to write, run, and test your programs quickly. With over 100 commands, instructions, and
operators, BASIC-52 is more capable than other microcontroller BASICs. And, as a member
of the 8051 microcontroller family, the 8052-BASIC has a standard, popular architecture.
The ideas and applications presented here are not limited to the 8052-BASIC, however. If
your favorite chip is a different one, you can adapt the circuits and programs to it. The
schematics and program listings in this book include comments and explanations to help
you apply the ideas, whether or not you are using the 8052-BASIC.
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