8051 Pin Diagram & Description
Pin Description:
| Pin | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | Vcc | Active High Input. Power Supply. Usually +5V. |
| 32 – 39 | P0.0 – P0.7 | Bi-directional IO port. Bit/Byte addressable. |
| AD0 – AD7 | Data bus and lower order address bus for external memory interfacing. | |
| 31 | EA | Active Low Input. External Access input is used to enable or disable external memory interfacing. |
| Vpp | Programming Voltage | |
| 30 | ALE | Active High Output. Address Latch Enable is used to de-multiplex address and data signal of port 0. |
| PROG | Program pulse input during EPROM/ROM programming. | |
| 29 | PSEN | Active Low Input. Program Store Enable is used to read signal from external program memory. |
| 21 - 28 | P2.0 – P2.7 | Bi-directional IO port. Bit/Byte addressable. |
| A8 – A15 | Address bus for external memory interfacing. | |
| 20 | Vss | Power Supply Ground. 0V. |
| 18 – 19 | XTAL | Inputs for on-chip oscillator and clock generator circuit. |
| 17 | P3.7 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| RD | Active Low Output. External memory Read control signal. | |
| 16 | P3.6 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| WR | Active Low Output. External memory Write control signal. | |
| 15 | P3.5 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| T1 | External input to Timer 1. | |
| 14 | P3.4 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| T0 | External input to Timer 0. | |
| 13 | P3.3 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| INT1 | Input. External interrupt source. | |
| 12 | P3.2 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| INT0 | Input. External interrupt source. | |
| 11 | P3.1 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| TxD | Output. Transmits serial data. | |
| 10 | P3.0 | Bi-directional IO pin. |
| RxD | Input. Received serial data. | |
| 9 | Reset | Reset Input. |
| 1 – 8 | P1.0 – P1.7 | Bi-directional IO port. Bit/Byte addressable. |
Related topics:
8051 History | 8051 Features | 8051 Architecture | 8051 Memory Types | 8051 Memory Map
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