By:
Masud-ul-Hasan
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8051 has 4
Bus Control Signals
•PSEN (pin 29): (Program Store Enable) enables external program (code) memory. Usually connected to EPROM’s output enable (OE). It pulses low during fetch stage of
an instruction. It remains
high while executing a program from
internal ROM.
•ALE (pin 30): (Address Latch Enable) used for demultiplexing the address and data bus when port 0 is used as the data bus and low-byte of address bus.
•EA (pin 31): (External Access) high to execute programs from internal ROM and low to execute from external memory only.
•RST (pin 9): (RESET) master reset of 8051.
