AT89C51RB2/RC2
Expanded RAM
(XRAM)
The AT89C51RB2/RC2 provides additional bytes of random access memory (RAM)
space for increased data parameter handling and high-level language usage.
AT89C51RB2/RC2 devices have expanded RAM in external data space; maximum size
and location are described in Table 18.
Table 18. Expanded RAM
Address
Part Number
XRAM Size
Start
End
AT89C51RB2/RC2
1024
00h
3FFh
The AT89C51RB2/RC2 has internal data memory that is mapped into four separate
segments.
The four segments are:
1. The Lower 128 Bytes of RAM (addresses 00h to 7Fh) are directly and indirectly
addressable.
2. The Upper 128 Bytes of RAM (addresses 80h to FFh) are indirectly addressable
only.
3. The Special Function Registers, SFRs, (addresses 80h to FFh) are directly
addressable only.
4. The expanded RAM Bytes are indirectly accessed by MOVX instructions, and
with the EXTRAM bit cleared in the AUXR register (see Table 18).
The lower 128 Bytes can be accessed by either direct or indirect addressing. The Upper
128 Bytes can be accessed by indirect addressing only. The Upper 128 Bytes occupy
the same address space as the SFR. That means they have the same address, but are
physically separate from SFR space.
Figure 8. Internal and External Data Memory Address
0FFh or 3FFh
0FFh
0FFh
0FFFFh
Upper
128 Bytes
Internal
Special
Function
External
Data
Memory
Register
RAM
Direct Accesses
Indirect Accesses
80h
7Fh
80h
XRAM
Lower
128 Bytes
Internal
RAM
Direct or Indirect
Accesses
00FFh up to 03FFh
0000
00
00
When an instruction accesses an internal location above address 7Fh, the CPU knows
whether the access is to the upper 128 Bytes of data RAM or to SFR space by the
addressing mode used in the instruction.
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Instructions that use direct addressing access SFR space. For example:
MOV 0A0H, # data, accesses the SFR at location 0A0h (which is P2).
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