keil uvision 3 tutorial

The Keil uvision3 8051 Development Tools are designed to solve the complex problems facing embedded software developers.

• When starting a new project, simply select the microcontroller you use from the Device Database and the µVision IDE sets all compiler, assembler, linker, and memory options for you.
• Numerous example programs are included to help you get started with the most popular embedded 8051 devices.
• The Keil µVision Debugger accurately simulates on-chip peripherals (I²C, CAN, UART, SPI, Interrupts, I/O Ports, A/D Converter, D/A Converter, and PWM Modules) of your 8051 device.
• Simulation helps you understand hardware configurations and avoids time wasted on setup problems. Additionally, with simulation, you can write and test applications before target hardware is available.
• When you are ready to begin testing your software application with target hardware, use the MON51, MON390, MONADI, or FlashMON51 Target Monitors, the ISD51 In-System Debugger, or the ULINK USB-JTAG Adapter to download and test program code on your target system, flsh magic is also a very well known for hex loader.

Now here is a step by step process to make an assembly program in the keil development tool for 8051 microcontroller .

KEIL basic's : 1. Open keil from start menu.

                   2. The figure show the basic names of the windows reffred in this tutorial.

keil uvision 3 window

starting new assembly project: 1. select the new uvision project from the poject menu.

2. Name the project like 'toggle'.

3. click the save button.

4. The device window will be displayed

5. select the microcontroller which will you using for me its ..NXP.

6. Double click on NXP.

7. Scroll down and select the p89v51rd2.

8. click ok.

Creating source file: 1. click file menu and select new.

2. A new window will open up in the keil IDE.

3. Write your assembly code into his window as shown.

4. Click the file menu and select save as..

5.name the file with '.asm' extension like (toggle.asm).

6. click the save button.

Adding File to the project: 1. Expand targeet1 in the tree menu.

2. now right click on source group1 and select add files to the source group1.

3. find your .asm file and select that and click on add button.

Testing Program in Debugger: 1. go to the project menu and click on the rebuild all targets.

2.in the buid in menu it should report '0 error', or, '0 warning'.

3. now click on the debug menu and select the start and stop debug session. 

Running the keil debugger: 1. The keil debugger should be running.

2. go to peripheral menu and select the input output port 1.

3. A new window should pop up and this shows the port and their pin.

4. Step through the code by pressing f11.

5. now to exit out go into the debug menu and click start and stop debug button.

now its time o check how it works their is a video tutorial from 2embeddedrobotics to work on keil first time

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