C51: PERFORMING A SOFTWARE RESET

Information in this article applies to:

• C51 Version 5.50

QUESTION

How can I force the C compiler to generate a jump to 0000H in order to perform a software reset?

ANSWER

The following line of code will do the trick:

((void (code *)(void)) 0) ();

This generates:

LCALL   0000h

SEE ALSO

• C51: SOFTWARE RESET IN C

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Last Reviewed: Monday, December 02, 2002