Hi Mark,

If you get a copy of the Keil evaluation CDROM, it contains a 255 page book "The Final Word on the 8051" covering programming the 8051 in C. It appears to be pretty thorough, especially for the price (free).

Have you programmed in C before? Most C books (K&R included) aren't the best way to get started. K&R should be used as a reference, not a how-to.

Also keep in mind most C books, make that most programming books, are geared around a PC or other computer with an operating system to do stuff for you, whereas in an embedded environment it's all up to you. "Hello World" gets more complicated when you have to write printf() too!

If you've already been programming in asm then at least you've got a good jump with a knowledge of the 8051 hardware and instruction set.

There are a lot of C tutorials available on the web. You can search here and on Google and find something that might be of use.

Good luck!


Dennis