newman@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bill Newman) (01/24/91)
I am thinking of using an 8051-family microcontroller to handle motors
and sensors for a simple robot. I'm prepared to write simple programs
in 8051 assembler, but I don't have an assembler. I'd like pointers
to C source (or Atari executable :-) for an 8051 assembler, preferably
free or cheap ($30 shareware would be fine).
Even the most rudimentary assembler would probably
be adequate: I don't tend to use macros or linkers much for the type
of program I have in mind. If I decide to make the robot do anything
complicated, I can add another processor (68008, dual port RAM, and
a big static RAM should be only 3 chips or so..) and program in C.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Bill Newman
newman@theory.tn.cornell.edu
PS: If I don't find a suitable assembler I may write my own. As noted above,
it would be unlikely to implement macros, and I have never written a linker
before and don't plan to start now. If anyone would be interested in
having a copy of C source for such a primitive 8051 assembler, let me know.
PPS: I thought of posting this to comp.sys.intel, but I couldn't
get rn to post an article to a group which didn't
already have some articles in it. I hope (considering the recent discussions
of 8051's for control here) that this newsgroup is an appropriate substitute.