Keil MCB517AC, User Manual

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MCB517AC Evaluation Board User’s Guide 1
Chapter 1. Introduction
Thank you for letting Keil Software provide you with the MCB517AC
evaluation board and software for the 8051 microcontroller family. With this kit
you can generate code and then operate it on the MCB517AC evaluation board.
This hands-on process helps you determine hardware and software needs for
current and future product development.
The MCB517AC evaluation board lets you become familiar with the different
operating modes of the SAB 80C517 or 80C517A microcontroller and the SAE
81C90 full CAN controller. Alternatively, you may choose just to play with the
board, make it flash the LEDs, and write “Hello World” out the serial port.
This user’s guide describes the hardware of the MCB517AC evaluation board
and contains the operating instructions for the monitor program (Monitor 51) and
the terminal program (MON51.EXE). Both the Monitor 51 with and without
banking support are installed in the EPROM of the MCB517AC board in
different configurations. These monitor programs let you communicate between
your PC and the MCB517AC evaluation board so that you can download and run
your 8051 programs.
The MCB517AC kit includes the following items:
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MCB517AC Evaluation Board User’s Guide (this manual),
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MCB517AC Evaluation Board,
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9-pin Serial Cable,
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and a 8051 Evaluation Kit which includes a 2K compiler and the MCB517AC
Evaluation Board Software.