Handout to Microprocessing and Interface
Handout to Microprocessing and Interface
Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division
In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time table) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No : CS/EEE/ECE/INSTR F241
Course Title : Microprocessors Programming and Interfacing
Instructor-in-Charge : Prof. Meetha V Shenoy
Instructor(s) : Prof. Vinay Chamola
Tutorial Instructors : Prof. GSS Chalapathi, Prof. Satyendra Kumar Mourya, Prof. Neeraj
Mishra, Prof. Tejasvi Alladi, Naga Siva Sai Reddy, Balamurugan,
Anubhav Elhence, Jyoti Pandey
1. Course Description: Programmers model of processor, processor architecture; Instruction set, modular
assembly programming using subroutines, macros etc.; Timing diagrams; Concept of interrupts: hardware &
software interrupts, Interrupt handling techniques, Interrupt controllers; Types of Memory & memory
interfacing; Programmable Peripheral devices and I/O Interfacing; DMA controller and its interfacing: Design
of processor based system. This course will have laboratory component.
2. Scope and Objective of the Course:This course is a basic introduction to processor ISA, Assembly
programming, Computer & Embedded Architecture. Intel 80x86 is used as a platform through the course.
8086 - 80486 Programmers model of processor, processor architecture; Instruction set, modular assembly
programming using subroutines, macros etc.; Timing diagrams; Concept of interrupts: hardware & software
interrupts, Interrupt handling techniques, Interrupt controllers. Types of Memory & memory interfacing.
Programmable Peripheral devices and I/O Interfacing, DMA controller and its interfacing. Design of
processor based system.
3. Text Books: Barry B Brey, The Intel Microprocessors.Pearson, Eight Ed. 2009.
4. Reference Books:Douglas V Hall, Microprocessor and Interfacing, TMH, Second Edition.
5. Course Plan:
Module Lecture Lecture Session Reference Learning outcomes
No. Session (Text book)
1 1 Compute Architecture, Memory & I/O Chapter 1 Learn: Introduction to
organization, CISC/RISC processors Microprocessor and
Microcomputers
1 2-3 Programmer's Model Chapter 2 Learn: 8086
Microprocessor & its
architecture
1 4-6 Addressing Modes Chapter 3 Learn:Assembly
Programming
1 7-14 Instruction Set & ALP Chapter 4-6, 8 Learn:Assembly
Programming
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2 15-17 Pin Out, Modes of operation, Clocking, Buses Chapter 9 Learn:8086/8088 Hardware
Specifications
2 18-20 Memory Devices, Address Decoding- Memory Chapter -10 Learn:Memory Interface
Interface 8086- 80386, Protected Memory and Protected memory
2 21 Basic I/O interfacing (I/O mapped I/O and Chapter 11.1, Learn:I/O Interfacing
Memory mapped I/O) I/O port address 11.2
decoding, Protected Mode
2 21-24 8255 Chapter 11.3 Learn:Programmable
Peripheral Devices
3 25-26 Types of interrupts, Vector tables, Priority Chapter 12.1, Learn:Interrupts
Schemes 12.2,
3 27-28 8259 Chapter 12.4 Learn:Interrupt Controller
3 29-30 8253/8254 Chapter 11.4 Learn:Programmable Timer
3 31-32 ADC, DAC Chapter 11.6 Learn:Converters
3 33-34 DMA controller 8237 Chapter -13 Learn:DMA controller
3 35-36 Processor-based system design Chapter 15 Learn:System Design
3 37-38 Advanced Processors Chapter 16 Learn-80186-80486
6. Evaluation Scheme:
Instructor-in-charge
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