INTRODUCTION
A member of the Intel family of 8-bit MCS 251 microcontrollers, the 8xC251TB/TQ is binary-code compatible with MCS 51 microcontrollers and pin compatible with 40-pin PDIP and 44-pin PLCC MCS 51 microcontrollers.

■ Real-time and Programmed Wait State Bus Operation
■ Binary-code Compatible with MCS® 51
■ Pin Compatible with 44-pin PLCC and
   40-pin PDIP MCS 51 Sockets
■ Register-based MCS® 251 Architecture
   — 40-byte Register File
   — Registers Accessible as Bytes,
      Words, or Double Words
■ Enriched MCS 51 Instruction Set
   — 16-bit and 32-bit Arithmetic and
      Logic Instructions
   — Compare and Conditional Jump
      Instructions
   — Expanded Set of Move Instructions
■ Linear Addressing
■ 256-Kbyte Expanded External
   Code/Data Memory Space
■ ROM Options: 16 Kbytes or without ROM
■ 16-bit Internal Code Fetch
■ 64-Kbyte Extended Stack Space
■ On-chip Data RAM Options: 512-Byte
■ 8-bit, 2-clock External Code Fetch in Page Mode
■ Fast MCS 251 Instruction Pipeline
■ User-selectable Configurations:
   — External Wait States (0-3 wait states)
   — Address Range & Memory Mapping
   — Page Mode
   — Extended Data Float Timings or
      8xC251Sx Compatible AC Timings
■ 32 Programmable I/O Lines
■ Eight Maskable Interrupt Sources with
   Four Programmable Priority Levels
■ Three Flexible 16-bit Timer/counters
■ Hardware Watchdog Timer
■ Programmable Counter Array
   — High-speed Output
   — Compare/Capture Operation
   — Pulse Width Modulator
   — Watchdog Timer
■ Two Programmable Serial I/O Ports
   — Framing Error Detection
   — Automatic Address Recognition
■ High-performance CHMOS Technology
■ Static Standby to 24-MHz Operation
■ Complete System Development Support
   — Compatible with Existing Tools
   — MCS 251 Tools Available: Compiler,
      Assembler, Debugger, ICE
■ Package Options (PDIP and PLCC)