SM8958A 25MHz MCU

Using Arduino Microcontrollers
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I have recently salvaged a SM8958AC25PP 25MHz 32KB internal flash MCU from and old UPS system. I have a good understanding of the basics of arduino and its coding and was wondering if this chip could be programmed by the arduino IDE. I have both ftdi and Arduino as ISP available if needed.

Also, I found a board, connected to the board the mcu was on. I'm not sure how to use it, but it did connect to a pc for diagnostics and firmware updates. The pic is attached to this post.

So can you please let me know if this chip is a good one to play around with and use, or if its too complex and should be left alone.
Thanks.

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wondering if this chip could be programmed by the arduino IDE.

The short answer is "no." It's an 8051-style CPU, which is not supported by the Arduino IDE...
You can find more my searching the forums for "8051" - they've come up a couple of times.

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Ok Thanks, I thought id ask before i tried to make it work.

I will take a look at the other posts.
Thanks

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Comparing "any" other Microcontroller to a completely another family of microcontrollers is like comparing apples and oranges.

They are both fruits and may taste good but apart from that, they are very different.

// Per.

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(Arduino-like IDEs and libraries are currently available for AVR, MSP430, PIC32, ESP8266, some x86, ARC, and assorted ARM chips. Which is a pretty good and somewhat diverse set. But AFAIK, there hasn't been any effort toward the 8051 architecture. Perhaps largely because there isn't any free C++ compiler for 8051...)

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Comparing "any" other Microcontroller to a completely another family of microcontrollers

Usually, for beginners, the problem is in recognizing that two microcontrollers are from "entirely different families."