8051 Assembly Language Programming

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 introduction

words & statements

(high level)

mnemonics 8086
(lower level)

machine language
binary
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 introduction (cont’d)
assembly language program:
source code, symbolic code, not executable
machine language program:
binary coded instructions, object code, executable
assembler:
translates assembly to machine language
linker: when the object code is not “absolute”
(“relocatable”) linking is required to combine
relocatable modules
segment : unit of code or data memory
module : contains one or more segments (also
partial). An object code has one more more modules
program: merged single module executable in binary
form
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 assembler operation

ASM51 : cross-assembler

source file
object file

listing file

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assembler operation (cont’d)

pass one
(symbol table)

pass two
(object & listing)

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assembler operation (cont’d)

listing

source object
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 assembly language program format
• machine instructions (e.g. ADD, MOV, DIV)
• assembler directives (e.g. ORG, EQU, DB)
• assembler controls (assembler controls)
• comments ( ; comment from here)

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 assembly language program format
assembler controls

• machine instructions (e.g. ADD, MOV, DIV)

• assembler directives (e.g. ORG, EQU, DB)
• assembler controls
• comments ( ; comment from here)

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 assembly language program format
• machine instructions (e.g. ADD, MOV, DIV)
• assembler directives (e.g. ORG, EQU, DB)
• assembler controls (assembler controls)
• comments ( ; comment from here)

optional MUST! optional

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 assembly language program format
• special assembler symbols
used for register specific addressing modes
A, R0 – R7, DPTR, PC, C, AB, $
JNB TI, $
• indirect address
ADD A, @R0
• immediate data
MOV A #0FEH
• data address
MOV A, SBUF ; MOV A, 99H (same)
• bit address
JNB TI, $ ; TI is a predefined symbol
• code address
SJMP THERE

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assembly language program format

generic jumps and calls

forward reference

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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assemble time expression evaluation

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 assembler directives
non-executable mnemonics

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assembler state control directives

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assembler state control directives

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assembler symbol definition directives

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assembler symbol definition directives

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assembler symbol definition directives

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storage initialization / reservation directives

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storage initialization / reservation directives

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storage initialization / reservation directives

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storage initialization / reservation directives

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storage initialization / reservation directives

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program linkage directives

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segment selection directives

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segment selection directives

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assembler controls

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 linker operation

modular programming

Intel’s RL51
(linker/locator)
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macros

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references

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