This document provides an overview of 8051 microcontrollers. It discusses that 8051 microcontrollers are 8-bit controllers that can operate at frequencies up to 16MHz. They have two types of internal memory - RAM and ROM (flash). Small RTOS operating systems can run on 8051 microcontrollers. The 8051 has an 8-bit CPU, internal RAM, flash memory, I/O ports, timers/counters, and a UART peripheral. It uses a Harvard architecture with separate memory spaces for program and data.