89S52 countdown timer

I want to build a countdown timer using 89s52 set by 3x4 keypad and display it in LCD, but I don't have idea how to build so that the timer will decrement every 1second.. I already

can anyone help me in to program in C code especially with Keil..
thanks..

LCD and 3X4 key pad interfacing and programming is ready, tested and working ??
If so make a delay routine for one second. if Timer is used, nested loop calling will be needed, even otherwise, time wasting routines will also require nested loops. The delays generated in either case will depend on the crystal frequency used and thus on the machine cycle.

hi,

void Timer0_ISR() interrupt 1
{
TF0 = 0;
if(count>0)
{
count = 1000;
downcounter--;
}
if(downcounter<=0)
{
downcounter=0;
count = 0;
}
TR0 = 1;
// consider timer is for 1 msec
}

regards
Sreekanth

How about the main body? I already built something like this

TMOD=0x01;
EA=0;
TH0=50621/256;TL0=50621%256;
ET0=1;
EX0=1;
IT0=1;
PX0=1;
TF0=0;
EA=1;
//TR0=1;

countvalue=300; //initial count value

int input,hours,minutes,seconds;
col1=col2=col3=1;
out=0;
lcd_cmd(0x38);
lcd_cmd(0x0e);
lcd_cmd(0x01);
delay(100);

count=0;
lcd_cmd(0x01);
lcd("Enter time interval(second):");
lcd_cmd(0xc5);
check=0;
digit[0]=0;
digit[1]=0;
digit[2]=0;
while(check!=10)
{
row1=row2=row3=row4=0;
while(col1==1 && col2==1 && col3==1);
keypad();
}
time=(digit[0]+(digit[1]*10)+(digit[2]*100));
lcd_cmd(0xc4);
lcd_cmd(0x01);
lcd(time);
delay(100);
lcd_cmd(0x01);
lcd("counting down ...");
time--;

is there something wrong??
thanks

I am working on a similar project, but i use 7 seg display for the digits.
I used min2, min1, sec2, sec1 as variables for my timer(mm:ss). First i initialized all the val = 0. I have a funtion for incrementing the val when a button is pressed. If the val are not = 0 the countdown starts.

and the countdown():

I hope it helps you.