Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
» Contrast and compare interrupts versus polling
» Explain the purpose of the ISR (interrupt service routine)
» List the 6 interrupts of the 8051
» Explain the purpose of the interrupt vector table
» Enable or disable 8051/52 interrupts
» Program the 8051/52 timers using interrupts
» Describe the external hardware interrupts of the 8051/52
» Contrast edge-triggered with level-triggered interrupts
» Program the 8051 for interrupt-based serial communication
» Define the interrupt priority of the 8051
» Program 8051/52 interrupts in C
