c programming of microcontrollers

also info about any book on the subject( available in india) vud b of great help

There are many good webpages, but the 8051 instruction set is very nice for embedded system tasks, see for example my field report with my first 8051 based development board and LabView virtual instrument development:

If you know already some assemblers, like 68k or Intel x86, you can learn

Also,

No 8051's but some great microcontrollers.

Widely considered to be the most C-hostile environment:

For the 8051, refer to the documentation for the specific complier you'll be using to learn the 8051-specific syntax.

For general C knowledge, you can't beat the free publication from Stanford University, "Essential C":

Good luck!

Tom

The chip-specific functions, e.g. serial ports and timers, will have library functions whose details are totally nonstandard between compiler vendors. If you need to change compilers, which happens fairly often, it's the library that will cause you the pain--so try to minimize the number of places you'll need to change, e.g. by wrapping the library call in a function or a function-like macro.

Several years ago I had to change from Microchip's C17 compiler to HiTech C due to extreme bugginess. Not fun, but worth it in the end.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

Google for 'sdcc' (free 8051 C compiler).

Not to mention that bank switching is evil. >:->

Cheers! Rich