Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, Computer Engineering Semester 4, Microprocessors Syllabus

Unit - 1 Introduction, Microprocessor Architecture – 1

1.1 A Historical Background

1.2 The MicroprocessorBased Personal Computer Systems.

1.3 The Microprocessor and its Architecture Internal Microprocessor Architecture

1.4 Real Mode Memory Addressing.

Unit - 2 Microprocessor Architecture – 2, Addressing Modes

2.1 Addressing Modes Introduction to Protected Mode Memory Addressing

2.2 Memory Paging

2.3 Flat Mode Memory

2.4 Addressing Modes Data Addressing Modes Program Memory Addressing Modes Stack Memory Addressing Modes

Unit - 3 Programming – 1

3.1 Data Movement Instructions

3.2 Data Transfer Instructions

3.3 Segment Override Prefix

3.4 Assembler Details

3.5 Arithmetic and Logic Instructions Addition Subtraction and Comparison

3.6 Multiplication and Division.

Unit - 4 Programming – 2

4.1 Arithmetic and Logic Instructions continued BCD and ASCII Arithmetic

4.2 Basic Logic Instructions

4.3 Shift and Rotate

4.4 String Comparisons.

4.5 Program Control Instructions The Jump Group

4.6 Controlling the Flow of the Program

4.7 Procedures

4.8 Introduction to Interrupts

4.9 Machine Control and Miscellaneous Instructions.

Unit - 5 Programming – 3

5.1 Combining Assembly Language with CC

5.2 Using Assembly Language with CC for 16Bit DOS Applications and 32Bit Applications

5.3 Modular Programming

5.4 Using the Keyboard and Video Display

5.5 Data Conversions Example Programs

Unit - 6 Hardware Specifications, Memory Interface – 1

6.1 PinOuts and the Pin Functions

6.2 Clock Generator

6.3 Bus Buffering and Latching

6.4 Bus Timings

6.5 Ready and Wait State

6.6 Minimum versus Maximum Mode.

6.7 Memory Interfacing Memory Devices

Unit - 7 Memory Interface – 2, I-O Interface – 1

7.1 Memory Interfacing continued Address Decoding

7.2 8088 Memory Interface

7.3 8086 Memory Interface.

7.4 Basic IO Interface Introduction to IO Interface IO Port Address Decoding.

Unit - 8 I-O Interface – 2, Interrupts, and DMA

8.1 The Programmable Peripheral Interface 82C55

8.2 Programmable Interval Timer 8254.

8.3 Interrupts Basic Interrupt Processing Hardware Interrupts INTR and INTA

8.4 Direct Memory Access Basic DMA Operation and Definition.