Good illustrations and tables.
There are a few good illustrations and tables, however this book lacks the Machine Code and Hex Code needed to make these projects universally compatible. The code is exclusively written for the Keil C51 compiler which costs over $1000.00!!! He gives names of alternate compilers which could possibly be made to work with the projects in the book but fails to give the needed information to do that.
I am not a beginner to the C programming language and found it just about impossible to try and make some other compiler do the job. First of all, you will need the #include <AT892051.h> file. Either you have to make one, or find one, and even if you are able to find one, you will probably need to modify it in order to make it work with your compiler. Your compiler needs to compile without errors and produce a HEX file. Good luck to you with that!
I tried to contact the Author and found that there is no Web Site or Email address listed, so there is no way of getting any additional information. He obviously knows his subject matter but fails to realize that maybe we don't. That's why I bought the book! Why write a book like this and hide from your readers??
An Excellent Book
The book is about using the C compiler to program microcontrollers, the 8051 series. I found the book to be extremely useful during my undergraduate studies and my final year project.
You can get a free Keil C compiler from the site www.keil.com or from the site: www.hitex.co.uk
The book explains working tested projects and not just the theory. Well done the author.
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