Java programming on 8051
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Posted by Dean Krick on May 18, 2005, 6:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options I would like to program an 8051 using Java. I know this is a really bad idea, especially since C is so much nicer and widely supported. I want to teach microprocessors to my AP computer science class after the AP test. FYI, the computer science test is in Java now, (not in C++ anymore). Learning another language isn't probable due to time constraints and confusion. Any resources/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Are there other chip sets other than the 8051 which support Java programming? Thanx Dean Krick. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on May 18, 2005, 5:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options if the students understand Java, learning C shouldn't be that hard. CS students at my university are required to do it fast. The intro class is Java, then the structures class uses C within two weeks of starting. All that really changes are I/O and structures/classes. Both of which are different for uCs anyway. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Chris on May 19, 2005, 10:04 am
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Dean Krick wrote: > I would like to program an 8051 using Java. I know this is a really
bad
> idea, especially since C is so much nicer and widely supported. I
want
> to teach microprocessors to my AP computer science class after the AP
> test. FYI, the computer science test is in Java now, (not in C++
support
> anymore). Learning another language isn't probable due to time > constraints and confusion. Any resources/ideas would be greatly > appreciated. Are there other chip sets other than the 8051 which > Java programming? Thanx
> Dean Krick. I'm hearing you say you've got a group of computer science students who don't have a lot of electronics hardware background, and you just want them to have a quick overview of a hardware uC setup using a language they're very familiar with. (Hopefully, without paying an arm and a leg -- this is an academic environment.) One thing that comes to mind for a quick&dirty intro to microcontrollers for the Java over-enhanced is the Javelin Stamp, made by our friends at Parallax. http://www.parallax.com/javelin/index.asp It's a hybrid circuit on an alumina substrate with DIP pins. It's got the same footprint as the BASIC Stamp II, with an SX-type chip on board. I believe the "compiler" software actually tokenizes the text file containing the program, then sends the tokens to the Stamp to run. Their setup will give you the I/O you need, and it uses a subset of the Java language. The biggest downside is that you can't mix higher-level language and assembler, like you can with most microcontrollers or single board computers that are supported by a higher-level language. Parallax is very good at providing data and literature that's suitable for newbies. They've also published a project book for the Javelin Stamp which might be of help. Look on the website for more information. (Disclaimer: I haven't used the Javelin Stamp myself.) Once you've purchased a starter kit, you should be able to etch a programming board and cobble up what's needed for individual students or pairs to have a "programming pod" from what you've got laying around. Although it might be useful in giving students who know Java an intro into microcontrollers, I don't see this becoming a very popular option for uC high-level language compilers. I'd just tell your students to take a flying leap into the C. But obviously, I don't teach. ;-) Good luck Chris | ||||||||||||||||
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