Hi,
I have recently inherited a project that was originally done using an 8051. A few years ago the hardware was changed to use an 80C251SB but development continued using the C51 compiler.
There is no external data memory in the device. Is it possible to use the 80C251SB's larger internal data memory with the C51 compiler? We have uVision3 with C51 compiler version 8.09.
My bosses want to add PID and serial communication to the device (serial hardware is there but has never been used) and it looks like I've only got about 20 bytes left to work with.
There is e.g. the P89V51Rx2 which will give you 750 C51 accessible extra bytes of RAM, or be greedy and go for the P89C668 which will give you 8k C51 accessible extra bytes of RAM. Both of these are available in PLCC and are 6 clockers that can double your processing speed with the same crystal, if you change the crystal, you can go to 20MHz @ 6 clocks or 33MHz @ 12 clocks.
Erik
the Keil device database
http://www.keil.com/dd/search_parm.asp
Thank you everyone for your suggestions!
I need to talk with my bosses now. The C251 compiler is still an option, as are the replacement chips. I've had feedback from my direct boss (stick with C51, replace the microcontroller) but she won't be making the decision.