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Keyboard/Display Controller - Intel 8279

The Intel 8279 controller can simultaneously operate a keyboard and 7-segment LED display. It has an 8-character keyboard FIFO, 16-character display RAM, and programmable scan timing. The controller uses 8 I/O pins for data and features like interrupt requests. It can interface with a CPU for data transfer and has various control registers to configure the keyboard and display modes.

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Keyboard/Display Controller - Intel 8279

The Intel 8279 controller can simultaneously operate a keyboard and 7-segment LED display. It has an 8-character keyboard FIFO, 16-character display RAM, and programmable scan timing. The controller uses 8 I/O pins for data and features like interrupt requests. It can interface with a CPU for data transfer and has various control registers to configure the keyboard and display modes.

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KEYBOARD/DISPLAY

CONTROLLER - INTEL 8279


Features of 8279
The important features of 8279 are,
• Simultaneous keyboard and display operations.
• Scanned keyboard mode.
• Scanned sensor mode.
• 8-character keyboard FIFO.
• 1 6-character display.
• Right or left entry 1 6-byte display RAM.
• Programmable scan timing.
Pin details

• A0: Selects data (0) or control/status (1) for


reads and writes between micro and 8279.

Output that blanks the displays.

• CLK: Used internally for timing. Max is 3 MHz.

• CN/ST: Control/strobe, connected to the control


key on the keyboard.

• Chip select that enables programming,


reading the keyboard, etc.

• DB7-DB0: Consists of bi-directional pins that


connect to data bus on micro.
Pin details
• IRQ: Interrupt request, becomes 1 when a key
is pressed, data is available.
• OUT A3-A0/B3-B0: Outputs that sends data to
the most significant/least significant nibble of
display.

• : Connects to micro's IORC or RD


signal, reads data/status registers.
• RESET: Connects to system RESET.
• RL7-RL0: Return lines are inputs used to sense
key depression in the keyboard matrix.
•Shift: Shift connects to Shift key on keyboard.
• SL3-SL0: Scan line outputs scan both the
keyboard and displays.
Block diagram of 8279
Sections
• Keyboard
• Display
• Scan
• CPU interface
Keyboard section
• The keyboard section consists of eight return lines RL0 - RL7
that can be used to form the columns of a keyboard matrix.
• It has two additional input : shift and control/strobe. The keys
are automatically debounced.
• The two operating modes of keyboard section are 2-key
lockout and N-key rollover.
• In the 2-key lockout mode, if two keys are pressed
simultaneously, only the first key is recognized.
• In the N-key rollover mode simultaneous keys are recognized
and their codes are stored in FIFO.
• The keyboard section also have an 8 x 8 FIFO (First In First
Out) RAM.
• The FIFO can store eight key codes in the scan keyboard
mode. The status of the shift key and control key are also
stored along with key code.
• The 8279 generate an interrupt signal when there is an entry
in FIFO.
Display section
• The display section has eight output lines divided into
two groups A0-A3 and B0-B3.
• The output lines can be used either as a single group of
eight lines or as two groups of four lines, in conjunction
with the scan lines for a multiplexed display.
• The output lines are connected to the anodes through
driver transistor in case of common cathode 7-segment
LEDs.
• The cathodes are connected to scan lines through driver
transistors.
• The display can be blanked by BD (low) line.
• The display section consists of 16 x 8 display RAM. The
CPU can read from or write into any location of the
display RAM.
Scan section
• The scan section has a scan counter and four
scan lines, SL0 to SL3.
• In decoded scan mode, the output of scan lines
will be similar to a 2-to-4 decoder.
• In encoded scan mode, the output of scan lines
will be binary count, and so an external decoder
should be used to convert the binary count to
decoded output.
• The scan lines are common for keyboard and
display.
• The scan lines are used to form the rows of a
matrix keyboard and also connected to digit
drivers of a multiplexed display, to turn ON/OFF.
CPU interface section
• The CPU interface section takes care of data transfer
between 8279 and the processor.
• This section has eight bidirectional data lines DB0 to
DB7 for data transfer between 8279 and CPU.
• It requires two internal address A =0 for selecting data
buffer and A = 1 for selecting control register of8279.
• The control signals WR (low), RD (low), CS (low) and A0
are used for read/write to 8279.
• It has an interrupt request line IRQ, for interrupt driven
data transfer with processor.
• The 8279 require an internal clock frequency of 100 kHz.
This can be obtained by dividing the input clock by an
internal prescaler.
• The RESET signal sets the 8279 in 16-character display
with two -key lockout keyboard modes.
Control Word Description:

First three bits given below select one of 8 control registers


(opcode).

 000DDMMM
Mode set: Opcode 000.
DD sets displays mode.
MMM sets keyboard mode.

DD field selects either:


• 8- or 16-digit display
• Whether new data are entered
to the rightmost or leftmost
display position.
Control Word Description:
MMM field:

MMM

• Encoded Mode: SL outputs are active-high, follow binary


bit pattern 0-7 or 0-15 depending on 8 or 16 digit display.
• Decoded Mode: SL outputs are active-low (only one of
the four outputs will be low at any time).Pattern output:
1110, 1101, 1011, 0111.
I/O Interface
Control Word Description:

• Strobe : An active high pulse on the CN/ST input pin strobes


data from the RL pins into an internal FIFO for reading by micro
later.
• 2-key lockout/N-key rollover: Prevents 2 keys from being
recognized if pressed simultaneously/Accepts all keys pressed
from 1st to last.
Write display format

 100ZAAAA

write display Selects address – to write address of one of the


Display. Z selects auto-increment so subsequent writes go to
subsequent display positions.
Clear Display format
• 1100CCFA
• The clear control word clears the
display, FIFO or both
• Bit F clears FIFO and the display RAM
status, and sets address pointer to 000.
• If CC are 00 or 01, all display RAM
locations become 00000000.
• If CC is 10, --> 00100000,
• if CC is 11, --> 11111111.

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