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07/27/05 12:45
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#98268 - Hmmm
Responding to: ???'s previous message
The first two lines from the article:

"Suppose for a moment that you're an engineer designing a new 8051-based product. Not unexpectedly, the application's code size will greatly exceed the 64KB architectural limit of the 8051's program memory." (my emphasis)

This means only one thing: You are a lousy engineer that has chosen the wrong controller.

While the proposed solution is kind of interesting, from a purely academic point of view, it would require a custom assembler/compiler, as Jan already said.
And more importantly, there is no such thing! The article merely describes a possible solution, but presents it in a way that, at first glance, you'd think it is real.

In my ~15 years of working with the 8051 family, I have yet to exceed 32K code size, let alone 64K. If, in the future, I run into a design that I expect would "... greatly exceed the 64KB architectural limit of the 8051's program memory", I would choose a different type of controller. With ARMs available for less than $10,- the choice would be obvious.


Rob.

List of 11 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
"Expand your 8051 memory"            01/01/70 00:00      
   Nice technique used            01/01/70 00:00      
      tour de force            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not necessarily...            01/01/70 00:00      
   reinventing a square wheel            01/01/70 00:00      
   Re: Expand your 8051 memory            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
   Pranav!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Very nice dream            01/01/70 00:00      
   Seems kind of pointless            01/01/70 00:00      
      Only a mental exercise            01/01/70 00:00      

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