Download or read book C and the 8051: Hardware, modular programming, and multitasking written by Thomas W. Schultz and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1998 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, everything from cell phones to microwaves to CD players all contain microcontrollers, or miniature computers, which need to be programmed to perform specific tasks. Designing such systems requires an understanding of both microprocessor electronics and programming languages. This book is written for the industrial electronics engineer who needs to use or switch to the Intel 8051 family of microcontrollers and implement it using a C programming language.