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July 2004
Order Number: 273129-003
8xC251TB/TQ
HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHMOS MICROCONTROLLER
Commercial/Express
Real-time and Programmed Wait State
Bus Operation
Binary-code Compatible with MCS 51
Pin Compatible with 44-pin PLCC and
40-pin PDIP MCS 51 Sockets
Register-based MCS 251 Architecture
— 40-byte Register File
— Registers Accessible as Bytes,
Words, or Double Words
Enriched MCS 51 Instruction Set
— 16-bit and 32-bit Arithmetic and
Logic Instructions
— Compare and Conditional Jump
Instructions
— Expanded Set of Move Instructions
Linear Addressing
256-Kbyte Expanded External
Code/Data Memory Space
ROM Options:
16 Kbytes or without ROM
16-bit Internal Code Fetch
64-Kbyte Extended Stack Space
On-chip Data RAM Options:
512-Byte
8-bit, 2-clock External Code Fetch in
Page Mode
Fast MCS 251 Instruction Pipeline
User-selectable Configurations:
— External Wait States (0-3 wait
states)
— Address Range & Memory Mapping
— Page Mode
— Extended Data Float Timings or
8xC251Sx Compatible AC Timings
32 Programmable I/O Lines
Eight Maskable Interrupt Sources with
Four Programmable Priority Levels
Three Flexible 16-bit Timer/counters
Hardware Watchdog Timer
Programmable Counter Array
— High-speed Output
— Compare/Capture Operation
— Pulse Width Modulator
— Watchdog Timer
Two Programmable Serial I/O Ports
— Framing Error Detection
— Automatic Address Recognition
High-performance CHMOS Technology
Static Standby to 24-MHz Operation
Complete System Development
Support
— Compatible with Existing Tools
— MCS 251 Tools Available: Compiler,
Assembler, Debugger, ICE
Package Options (PDIP and PLCC)