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C51: Are 32-bit SFRs Supported?


Information in this article applies to:

  • C51 Version 5.50a

QUESTION

I'm using a custom 8051 that has a floating-point coprocessor. I need to access 32-bit numbers stored in the SFR space of the 8051. Does the C51 compiler do this?

ANSWER

There is no support in the C51 compiler for 32-bit objects stored in the SFR space of the 8051. There is support for 8-bit objects (use SFR) and 16-bit objects (use SFR16).

To access a 32-bit object, you will have to use either 4 SFR accesses or 2 SFR16 accesses as shown below:

sfr OBJ_BYTE_1 = 0xF1;
sfr OBJ_BYTE_2 = 0xF2;
sfr OBJ_BYTE_3 = 0xF3;
sfr OBJ_BYTE_4 = 0xF4;

void write_obj (unsigned long value)
{
OBJ_BYTE_1 = value & 0xFF;
OBJ_BYTE_2 = (value >> 8) & 0xFF;
OBJ_BYTE_3 = (value >> 16) & 0xFF;
OBJ_BYTE_4 = (value >> 24) & 0xFF;
}

or

sfr16 OBJ_WORD_1 = 0xF1;
sfr16 OBJ_WORD_2 = 0xF3;

void write_obj (unsigned long value)
{
OBJ_WORD_1 = value & 0xFFFF;
OBJ_WORD_2 = (value >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
}

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Last Reviewed: Thursday, February 25, 2021


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