Does an interrupt provide multitasking?
Submitted By: Craig Steiner FAQ Last Modified: 07/10/06
- That depends on your definition of multitasking. The 8052 is only capable of executing one instruction at a time--there are never two things happening at once. Interrupts, however, can provide the illusion of multitasking since once interrupts are configured, they happen automatically in response to certain conditions; you don't need to do anything in your "main" program to check for these conditions.
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