Introduction

In this tutorial, I am going to discuss how to create a C project intended for 8051 family of microcontrollers. I am going to use the free evaluation toolkit for 8051 from Raisonance. This tutorial aims to discuss the basics of creating project using the toolkit from Raisonance. However, the reader is advised to read the documentation of the said toolkit for more advanced usage and configuration.

What is the Free Evaluation 8051 Software Toolset of Raisonance?

The Free Evaluation 8051 Software Toolset of Raisonance is a free development tool provided by Raisonance that enables developers to compile and debug applications using 8051 microcontrollers. This toolset includes the following:

For more info about this toolset, you may visit this. You may also download the toolset (look for RKit-Eval51) here.

Creating a Project using the Free Evaluation 8051 Software Toolset

1. The first thing that you need to do is to download and install the Free Evaluation 8051 Software Toolset of Raisonance. Installation should be easy and straight forward. After you have installed the application, you are now ready to create your first target application using the software toolset. In this tutorial, our target device would be AT89C2051 of Atmel.

2. Next, start the RIDE6 IDE. You may go to Start->Programs->Raisonance Kit 6.1 and click the Ride IDE icon.

3. The Ride integrated development environment should start. Once the IDE has started, you should see something like this:

4. Locate the menu bar and point your mouse to the Project menu. Under the Project menu, click New…

5. A Project dialog box will appear. Type your desired project name under the Application Name box. Locate where you want to save your project under the Directory field. The Target Family must be 80C51. Under Type of application field, choose Application. Click Next.

6. The Target dialog box will appear. Under the Device tab, choose AT89C2051. Click Finish.