learning to Interface !!!!

[kidiotb]

hi all,
I am a newbie in this world of Embedded ssytems.Completed my learning part of 8051 uC and the only topic that bothers me is this interfacing devices.Can someone guide me where to start to learn this?Any good books for these things?
Actually the lab resources are very limited for me.Is there any simple way so that i can use my PC itself,connect it to some device and test my serial port programs ,etc.Are there any such devices?????Or anyother means to use my PC with some hardware.

Thanks,
Kareja

 

[sshahid47]

hi,
use CreateFile on ur pc and connect to any serial device and start experimenting, msdn has topics for device interfaceing.
buy a small printer and start experimenting by sending commands to it and make it work, good place to start.

 

[Bluechem]

first begin with interfacing your 8051 to serial port, you can use this to debug your programs on 51. after learning RS-232 you can move to parallel and interface your 51 to computer parallel port for faster communications. at the same time you may like to learn more about programming because half of the interface is computer, you can use VB or VC++ whichever suits you better. you also need to learn about driver development for more advende interfacing. the best tool that can help you and really saves your time and prevents many frustrations, is a dual channel osciloscope.
for the material start by going to https://www.beyondlogic.org
good luck

 

[omicron]

For 8051 Interfacing use the site

www.8052.com or www.epanorama.net

Bye