For those of you out there who are interested in learning new things, but don't have the funds or interest in taking classes at a college for a degree, here's a great one for you: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has quite a list of classes that you can take for free, over the internet. See: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

I glanced at a class on algorithms, listed under the electrical engineering/computer science category. Included were the class syllabus, the prof's lecture notes, class assignments and exams. Buy the referenced text book, and you're on your way.

This might be a way to help figure out how to get your 8052 to do what you want it to do.

Dennis