PT-51
An 8051-based development board for introducing students to microprocessor architecture
PT-51 is built around the Microchip AT89C5131A and is the board students meet in the microprocessors lab. It is also the board WEL shipped to students' homes when the course ran online through the pandemic.
Product developers: Maheshwar Mangat, Geetanjali Shinde
Used in: EE 337: Microprocessor Lab
Features
- AT89C5131A microcontroller IC with an 8051 core, 6 clocks per instruction
- Three 16-bit timer/counters: T0, T1 and T2
- 256 bytes of scratchpad RAM
- 16/32 KB on-chip flash EEPROM, in-system programming over USB
- Full-duplex enhanced UART (EUART)
- Programmable counter array with 16-bit counter, high-speed compare/capture, PWM and watchdog timer
- Keyboard interrupt interface on port P1 (8 bits)
- 34 I/O pins, TWI (two-wire interface) at 400 kbit/s, SPI interface in master or slave mode
- 24 MHz clock, power supply 2.7 V to 5.5 V
- 4 DIP switches and 4 LEDs for simple I/O programs, plus a slot for an LCD
Need this board for a project?
Development boards and the modules that go with them can be borrowed from WEL for a set period. Course kits are issued through the teaching lab staff.