8085 microprocessor ramesh gaonkar

MICROPROCESSOR 8085
• Reference Book:
– Ramesh S. Goankar, “Microprocessor Architecture,
Programming and Applications with 8085”, 5th Edition,
Prentice Hall
• Week 1 – Basic Concept and Ideas about Microprocessor.
• Week 2 - Architecture of 8085
• Week 3 - Addressing Modes and Instruction set of 8085
• Week 4 – Interrupts of 8085
• Week 5 onwards – Peripherals.

Basic Concepts of Microprocessors
• Differences between:
– Microcomputer – a computer with a
microprocessor as its CPU. Includes memory, I/O
etc.
– Microprocessor – silicon chip which includes
ALU, register circuits & control circuits
– Microcontroller – silicon chip which includes
microprocessor, memory & I/O in a single
package.

What is a Microprocessor?
• The word comes from the combination micro and
processor.
– Processor means a device that processes whatever. In
this context processor means a device that processes
numbers, specifically binary numbers, 0’s and 1’s.
• To process means to manipulate. It is a general term that
describes all manipulation. Again in this content, it means to
perform certain operations on the numbers that depend on the
microprocessor’s design.

What about micro?
• Micro is a new addition.
– In the late 1960’s, processors were built using discrete
elements.
• These devices performed the required operation, but were too
large and too slow.

– In the early 1970’s the microchip was invented. All of
the components that made up the processor were now
placed on a single piece of silicon. The size became
several thousand times smaller and the speed became
several hundred times faster. The “Micro”Processor
was born.

Was there ever a “mini”processor?
• No.
– It went directly from discrete elements to a
single chip. However, comparing today’s
microprocessors to the ones built in the early
1970’s you find an extreme increase in the
amount of integration.

• So, What is a microprocessor?

Definition of the Microprocessor
The microprocessor is a programmable device
that takes in numbers, performs on them
arithmetic or logical operations according to
the program stored in memory and then
produces other numbers as a result.

Definition (Contd.)
• Lets expand each of the underlined words:
– Programmable device: The microprocessor can perform
different sets of operations on the data it receives depending
on the sequence of instructions supplied in the given
program.
By changing the program, the microprocessor manipulates
the data in different ways.
– Instructions: Each microprocessor is designed to execute a
specific group of operations. This group of operations is
called an instruction set. This instruction set defines what the
microprocessor can and cannot do.

Definition (Contd.)
– Takes in: The data that the microprocessor
manipulates must come from somewhere.
• It comes from what is called “input devices”.
• These are devices that bring data into the system
from the outside world.
• These represent devices such as a keyboard, a
mouse, switches, and the like.

Definition (Contd.)
– Numbers: The microprocessor has a very narrow view on life. It
only understands binary numbers.
A binary digit is called a bit (which comes from binary digit).
The microprocessor recognizes and processes a group of bits
together. This group of bits is called a “word”.
The number of bits in a Microprocessor’s word, is a measure of its
“abilities”.

Definition (Contd.)
– Words, Bytes, etc.
• The earliest microprocessor (the Intel 8088 and Motorola’s
6800) recognized 8-bit words.
– They processed information 8-bits at a time. That’s why they are
called “8-bit processors”. They can handle large numbers, but in
order to process these numbers, they broke them into 8-bit pieces
and processed each group of 8-bits separately.

• Later microprocessors (8086 and 68000) were designed with
16-bit words.
– A group of 8-bits were referred to as a “half-word” or “byte”.
– A group of 4 bits is called a “nibble”.
– Also, 32 bit groups were given the name “long word”.

• Today, all processors manipulate at least 32 bits at a time and
there exists microprocessors that can process 64, 80, 128 bits

Definition (Contd.)
– Arithmetic and Logic Operations:
• Every microprocessor has arithmetic operations such as add
and subtract as part of its instruction set.
– Most microprocessors will have operations such as multiply and
divide.
– Some of the newer ones will have complex operations such as
square root.

• In addition, microprocessors have logic operations as well.
Such as AND, OR, XOR, shift left, shift right, etc.
• Again, the number and types of operations define the
microprocessor’s instruction set and depends on the specific
microprocessor.

Definition (Contd.)
– Stored in memory :
• First, what is memory?
– Memory is the location where information is kept while not in
current use.
– Memory is a collection of storage devices. Usually, each storage
device holds one bit. Also, in most kinds of memory, these
storage devices are grouped into groups of 8. These 8 storage
locations can only be accessed together. So, one can only read or
write in terms of bytes to and form memory.
– Memory is usually measured by the number of bytes it can hold.
It is measured in Kilos, Megas and lately Gigas. A Kilo in
computer language is 210 =1024. So, a KB (KiloByte) is 1024
bytes. Mega is 1024 Kilos and Giga is 1024 Mega.

Definition (Contd.)
– Stored in memory:
• When a program is entered into a computer, it is
stored in memory. Then as the microprocessor starts
to execute the instructions, it brings the instructions
from memory one at a time.
• Memory is also used to hold the data.
– The microprocessor reads (brings in) the data from
memory when it needs it and writes (stores) the results
into memory when it is done.

Definition (Contd.)
– Produces: For the user to see the result of the
execution of the program, the results must be
presented in a human readable form.
• The results must be presented on an output device.
• This can be the monitor, a paper from the printer, a
simple LED or many other forms.

A Microprocessor-based system
From the above description, we can draw the
following block diagram to represent a
microprocessor-based system:
Output

Input

Memory

Inside The Microprocessor
• Internally, the microprocessor is made up of
3 main units.
– The Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)
– The Control Unit.
– An array of registers for holding data while it is
being manipulated.

Organization of a microprocessorbased system
• Let’s expand the picture a bit.
I/O
Input / Output
ALU

Register
Array

Control

System Bus
Memory
ROM RAM

Memory
• Memory stores information such as instructions
and data in binary format (0 and 1). It provides
this information to the microprocessor whenever
it is needed.
• Usually, there is a memory “sub-system” in a
microprocessor-based system. This sub-system
includes:
– The registers inside the microprocessor
– Read Only Memory (ROM)
• used to store information that does not change.

– Random Access Memory (RAM) (also known as
Read/Write Memory).
• used to store information supplied by the user. Such as
programs and data.

Memory Map and Addresses
• The memory map is a picture representation
of the address range and shows where the
different memory chips are located within
the address range.
0000

0000

Address Range of EPROM Chip

EPROM
3FFF
4400

Address Range

RAM 1

Address Range of 1st RAM Chip
5FFF
6000

RAM 2
RAM 3

Address Range of 2nd RAM Chip
8FFF
9000

Address Range of 4th RAM Chip

RAM 4
F7FF
FFFF

Address Range of 3rd RAM Chip

A3FF
A400

Memory
• To execute a program:
– the user enters its instructions in binary format into the
memory.
– The microprocessor then reads these instructions and
whatever data is needed from memory, executes the
instructions and places the results either in memory or
produces it on an output device.

The three cycle instruction
execution model
• To execute a program, the microprocessor “reads”
each instruction from memory, “interprets” it, then
“executes” it.
• To use the right names for the cycles:
– The microprocessor fetches each instruction,
– decodes it,
– Then executes it.

• This sequence is continued until all instructions
are performed.

Machine Language
• The number of bits that form the “word” of a
microprocessor is fixed for that particular
processor.
– These bits define a maximum number of combinations.
• For example an 8-bit microprocessor can have at most 28 = 256
different combinations.

• However, in most microprocessors, not all of these
combinations are used.
– Certain patterns are chosen and assigned specific
meanings.
– Each of these patterns forms an instruction for the
microprocessor.
– The complete set of patterns makes up the
microprocessor’s machine language.

The 8085 Machine Language
• The 8085 (from Intel) is an 8-bit microprocessor.
– The 8085 uses a total of 246 bit patterns to form its
instruction set.
– These 246 patterns represent only 74 instructions.
• The reason for the difference is that some (actually most)
instructions have multiple different formats.

– Because it is very difficult to enter the bit patterns
correctly, they are usually entered in hexadecimal
instead of binary.
• For example, the combination 0011 1100 which translates into
“increment the number in the register called the accumulator”,
is usually entered as 3C.

Assembly Language
• Entering the instructions using hexadecimal is quite
easier than entering the binary combinations.
– However, it still is difficult to understand what a program
written in hexadecimal does.
– So, each company defines a symbolic code for the
instructions.
– These codes are called “mnemonics”.
– The mnemonic for each instruction is usually a group of
letters that suggest the operation performed.

Assembly Language
• Using the same example from before,
– 00111100 translates to 3C in hexadecimal (OPCODE)
– Its mnemonic is: “INR A”.
– INR stands for “increment register” and A is short for
accumulator.

• Another example is: 1000 0000,
– Which translates to 80 in hexadecimal.
– Its mnemonic is “ADD B”.
– “Add register B to the accumulator and keep the result in the
accumulator”.

Assembly Language
• It is important to remember that a machine
language and its associated assembly language are
completely machine dependent.
– In other words, they are not transferable from one
microprocessor to a different one.

• For example, Motorolla has an 8-bit
microprocessor called the 6800.
– The 8085 machine language is very different from that
of the 6800. So is the assembly language.
– A program written for the 8085 cannot be executed on
the 6800 and vice versa.

“Assembling” The Program
• How does assembly language get translated into
machine language?
– There are two ways:
– 1st there is “hand assembly”.
• The programmer translates each assembly language instruction
into its equivalent hexadecimal code (machine language). Then
the hexadecimal code is entered into memory.

– The other possibility is a program called an
“assembler”, which does the translation automatically.

8085 Microprocessor
Architecture
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8-bit general purpose µp
Capable of addressing 64 k of memory
Has 40 pins
Requires +5 v power supply
Can operate with 3 MHz clock
8085 upward compatible

Pins
Power
Supply: +5 V
Frequency
Generator is
connected to
those pins

Input/Output/
Memory
Read
Write
Multiplexed
Address Data
Bus

Address latch
Enable

Address
Bus

• System Bus – wires connecting memory & I/O to
microprocessor
– Address Bus
• Unidirectional
• Identifying peripheral or memory location

– Data Bus
• Bidirectional
• Transferring data

– Control Bus
• Synchronization signals
• Timing signals
• Control signal

Architecture of Intel 8085 Microprocessor

Intel 8085 Microprocessor
• Microprocessor consists of:
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Control unit: control microprocessor operations.
ALU: performs data processing function.
Registers: provide storage internal to CPU.
Interrupts
Internal data bus

The ALU
• In addition to the arithmetic & logic circuits, the
ALU includes the accumulator, which is part of
every arithmetic & logic operation.
• Also, the ALU includes a temporary register used
for holding data temporarily during the execution
of the operation. This temporary register is not
accessible by the programmer.

• Registers
– General Purpose Registers
• B, C, D, E, H & L (8 bit registers)
• Can be used singly
• Or can be used as 16 bit register pairs
– BC, DE, HL

• H & L can be used as a data pointer (holds memory
address)

– Special Purpose Registers
• Accumulator (8 bit register)
– Store 8 bit data
– Store the result of an operation
– Store 8 bit data during I/O transfer

Accumulator
Flags
B
C
D
E
H
L
Program Counter
Stack Pointer

Address

16

8

Data

• Flag Register
– 8 bit register – shows the status of the microprocessor before/after an
operation
– S (sign flag), Z (zero flag), AC (auxillary carry flag), P (parity flag) &
CY (carry flag)
D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

S

Z

X

AC

X

P

X

CY

– Sign Flag
• Used for indicating the sign of the data in the accumulator
• The sign flag is set if negative (1 – negative)
• The sign flag is reset if positive (0 –positive)

• Zero Flag
– Is set if result obtained after an operation is 0
– Is set following an increment or decrement operation of that register

• Carry Flag

10110011
+ 01001101
--------------1 00000000

– Is set if there is a carry or borrow from arithmetic operation

1011 0101
+ 0110 1100
--------------Carry 1 0010 0001

1011 0101
- 1100 1100
--------------Borrow 1 1110 1001

• Auxillary Carry Flag
– Is set if there is a carry out of bit 3

• Parity Flag
– Is set if parity is even
– Is cleared if parity is odd

The Internal Architecture
• We have already discussed the general purpose
registers, the Accumulator, and the flags.
• The Program Counter (PC)
– This is a register that is used to control the sequencing
of the execution of instructions.
– This register always holds the address of the next
instruction.
– Since it holds an address, it must be 16 bits wide.

The Internal Architecture
• The Stack pointer
– The stack pointer is also a 16-bit register that is
used to point into memory.
– The memory this register points to is a special
area called the stack.
– The stack is an area of memory used to hold
data that will be retreived soon.
– The stack is usually accessed in a Last In First
Out (LIFO) fashion.

Non Programmable Registers
• Instruction Register & Decoder
– Instruction is stored in IR after fetched by processor
– Decoder decodes instruction in IR

Internal Clock generator
– 3.125 MHz internally
– 6.25 MHz externally

The Address and Data Busses
• The address bus has 8 signal lines A8 – A15
which are unidirectional.
• The other 8 address bits are multiplexed (time
shared) with the 8 data bits.
– So, the bits AD0 – AD7 are bi-directional and serve as
A0 – A7 and D0 – D7 at the same time.
• During the execution of the instruction, these lines carry the
address bits during the early part, then during the late parts of
the execution, they carry the 8 data bits.

– In order to separate the address from the data, we can
use a latch to save the value before the function of the
bits changes.

Demultiplexing AD7-AD0
– From the above description, it becomes obvious
that the AD7– AD0 lines are serving a dual purpose
and that they need to be demultiplexed to get all the
information.
– The high order bits of the address remain on the
bus for three clock periods. However, the low order
bits remain for only one clock period and they
would be lost if they are not saved externally. Also,
notice that the low order bits of the address
disappear when they are needed most.
– To make sure we have the entire address for the
full three clock cycles, we will use an external latch
to save the value of AD7– AD0 when it is carrying
the address bits. We use the ALE signal to enable
this latch.

Demultiplexing AD7-AD0
8085
A15-A8

ALE
AD7-AD0

Latch

A7- A0

D7- D0

– Given that ALE operates as a pulse during T1, we will
be able to latch the address. Then when ALE goes low,
the address is saved and the AD7– AD0 lines can be
used for their purpose as the bi-directional data lines.

Demultiplexing the Bus AD7 – AD0
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The high order address is placed on the address bus and hold for 3 clk
periods,
The low order address is lost after the first clk period, this address
needs to be hold however we need to use latch
The address AD7 – AD0 is connected as inputs to the latch 74LS373.
The ALE signal is connected to the enable (G) pin of the latch and the
OC – Output control – of the latch is grounded

The Overall Picture
• Putting all of the concepts together, we get:
A15- A10

Chip Selection
Circuit

8085
CS

A15-A8
ALE
AD7-AD0

WR RD

IO/M

Latch

A9- A0
A7- A0

1K Byte
Memory
Chip

D7- D0
RD

WR

Introduction to 8085 Instructions

The 8085 Instructions
– Since the 8085 is an 8-bit device it can have up to 28
(256) instructions.
• However, the 8085 only uses 246 combinations that represent a
total of 74 instructions.
– Most of the instructions have more than one format.

– These instructions can be grouped into five different
groups:
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Data Transfer Operations
Arithmetic Operations
Logic Operations
Branch Operations
Machine Control Operations

Instruction and Data Formats
• Each instruction has two parts.
– The first part is the task or operation to be
performed.
• This part is called the “opcode” (operation code).

– The second part is the data to be operated on
• Called the “operand”.

Data Transfer Operations
– These operations simply COPY the data from the
source to the destination.
– MOV, MVI, LDA, and STA
– They transfer:
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Data between registers.
Data Byte to a register or memory location.
Data between a memory location and a register.
Data between an IO Device and the accumulator.

– The data in the source is not changed.

The LXI instruction
• The 8085 provides an instruction to place
the 16-bit data into the register pair in one
step.
• LXI Rp, <16-bit address>

(Load eXtended Immediate)

– The instruction LXI B 4000H will place the
16-bit number 4000 into the register pair B, C.
• The upper two digits are placed in the 1st register of
the pair and the lower two digits in the 2nd .

LXI

B 40 00H

B

40

00

C

The Memory “Register”
• Most of the instructions of the 8085 can use a
memory location in place of a register.
– The memory location will become the “memory” register M.
• MOV M B
– copy the data from register B into a memory location.

– Which memory location?

• The memory location is identified by the contents
of the HL register pair.
– The 16-bit contents of the HL register pair are treated
as a 16-bit address and used to identify the memory
location.

Using the Other Register Pairs
– There is also an instruction for moving data from
memory to the accumulator without disturbing the
contents of the H and L register.
• LDAX Rp

(LoaD Accumulator eXtended)

– Copy the 8-bit contents of the memory location identified by the
Rp register pair into the Accumulator.
– This instruction only uses the BC or DE pair.
– It does not accept the HL pair.

Indirect Addressing Mode
• Using data in memory directly (without loading
first into a Microprocessor’s register) is called
Indirect Addressing.
• Indirect addressing uses the data in a register pair
as a 16-bit address to identify the memory location
being accessed.
– The HL register pair is always used in conjunction with
the memory register “M”.
– The BC and DE register pairs can be used to load data
into the Accumultor using indirect addressing.

– Addition (ADD, ADI):
– Any 8-bit number.
– The contents of a register.
– The contents of a memory location.

• Can be added to the contents of the accumulator and the result
is stored in the accumulator.

– Subtraction (SUB, SUI):
– Any 8-bit number
– The contents of a register
– The contents of a memory location

• Can be subtracted from the contents of the accumulator. The
result is stored in the accumulator.

Arithmetic Operations Related to
Memory
• These instructions perform an arithmetic operation
using the contents of a memory location while
they are still in memory.
– ADD

M

• Add the contents of M to the Accumulator

– SUB

M

• Sub the contents of M from the Accumulator

– INR

M / DCR M

• Increment/decrement the contents of the memory location in
place.

– All of these use the contents of the HL register pair to
identify the memory location being used.

– Increment (INR) and Decrement (DCR):
• The 8-bit contents of any memory location or any
register can be directly incremented or decremented
by 1.
• No need to disturb the contents of the accumulator.

Manipulating Addresses
• Now that we have a 16-bit address in a register
pair, how do we manipulate it?
– It is possible to manipulate a 16-bit address stored in a
register pair as one entity using some special
instructions.
• INX Rp
• DCX Rp

(Increment the 16-bit number in the register pair)
(Decrement the 16-bit number in the register pair)

– The register pair is incremented or decremented as one
entity. No need to worry about a carry from the lower
8-bits to the upper. It is taken care of automatically.

Logic Operations
• These instructions perform logic operations on the
contents of the accumulator.
– ANA, ANI, ORA, ORI, XRA and XRI
• Source: Accumulator and
– An 8-bit number
– The contents of a register
– The contents of a memory location

• Destination: Accumulator
ANA R/M
ANI #

AND Accumulator With Reg/Mem
AND Accumulator With an 8-bit number

ORA
ORI

R/M
#

OR Accumulator With Reg/Mem
OR Accumulator With an 8-bit number

XRA
XRI

R/M
#

XOR Accumulator With Reg/Mem
XOR Accumulator With an 8-bit number

Logic Operations
– Complement:
• 1’s complement of the contents of the accumulator.
CMA

No operand

Additional Logic Operations
• Rotate
– Rotate the contents of the accumulator one
position to the left or right.
– RLC
– RAL
– RRC
– RAR

Rotate the accumulator left.
Bit 7 goes to bit 0 AND the Carry flag.
Rotate the accumulator left through the carry.
Bit 7 goes to the carry and carry goes to bit 0.
Rotate the accumulator right.
Bit 0 goes to bit 7 AND the Carry flag.
Rotate the accumulator right through the carry.
Bit 0 goes to the carry and carry goes to bit 7.

RLC vs. RLA
Carry Flag

• RLC
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Accumulator

Carry Flag

• RAL

7

6

5

4

3

2

Accumulator

1

0

Logical Operations
• Compare
• Compare the contents of a register or memory location with the
– CMP

R/M

– CPI

#

Compare the contents of the register
or memory location to the contents of
the accumulator.
Compare the 8-bit number to the

• The compare instruction sets the flags (Z, Cy, and S).
• The compare is done using an internal subtraction that does not
change the contents of the accumulator.
A – (R / M / #)

Branch Operations
• Two types:
– Unconditional branch.
• Go to a new location no matter what.

– Conditional branch.
• Go to a new location if the condition is true.

Unconditional Branch
– JMP

Address

• Jump to the address specified (Go to).

– CALL Address
• Jump to the address specified but treat it as a subroutine.

– RET
• Return from a subroutine.

– The addresses supplied to all branch operations must be
16-bits.

Conditional Branch
– Go to new location if a specified condition is met.
• JZ

Address (Jump on Zero)

– Go to address specified if the Zero flag is set.

• JNZ Address (Jump on NOT Zero)
– Go to address specified if the Zero flag is not set.

• JC

Address (Jump on Carry)

– Go to the address specified if the Carry flag is set.

• JNC Address (Jump on No Carry)
– Go to the address specified if the Carry flag is not set.

• JP

Address (Jump on Plus)

– Go to the address specified if the Sign flag is not set

• JM

Address (Jump on Minus)

– Go to the address specified if the Sign flag is set.

Machine Control
– HLT
• Stop executing the program.

– NOP
• No operation
• Exactly as it says, do nothing.
• Usually used for delay or to replace instructions
during debugging.

Operand Types
• There are different ways for specifying the
operand:
– There may not be an operand (implied operand)
• CMA

– The operand may be an 8-bit number (immediate data)
• ADI

4FH

– The operand may be an internal register (register)
• SUB B

– The operand may be a 16-bit address (memory address)
• LDA 4000H

Instruction Size
• Depending on the operand type, the instruction
may have different sizes. It will occupy a different
number of memory bytes.
– Typically, all instructions occupy one byte only.
– The exception is any instruction that contains
immediate data or a memory address.
• Instructions that include immediate data use two bytes.
– One for the opcode and the other for the 8-bit data.

• Instructions that include a memory address occupy three bytes.
– One for the opcode, and the other two for the 16-bit address.

Instruction with Immediate Date
• Operation: Load an 8-bit number into the
accumulator.
– MVI

A, 32

• Operation: MVI A
• Operand: The number 32
• Binary Code:

0011 1110 3E 1st byte.
0011 0010 32 2nd byte.

Instruction with a Memory
Address
• Operation: go to address 2085.
– Instruction: JMP 2085
• Opcode: JMP
• Operand: 2085
• Binary code:

1100 0011 C3
1000 0101 85
0010 0000 20

1st byte.
2nd byte
3rd byte

Addressing Modes
• The microprocessor has different ways of
specifying the data for the instruction. These are
called “addressing modes”.
• The 8085 has four addressing modes:
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Implied
Immediate
Direct
Indirect

CMA
MVI B, 45
LDA 4000
LDAX B

• Load the accumulator with the contents of the memory location
whose address is stored in the register pair BC).

Data Formats
• In an 8-bit microprocessor, data can be
represented in one of four formats:
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ASCII
BCD
Signed Integer
Unsigned Integer.

– It is important to recognize that the microprocessor
deals with 0’s and 1’s.
• It deals with values as strings of bits.
• It is the job of the user to add a meaning to these strings.

Data Formats
• Assume the accumulator contains the following
value: 0100 0001.
– There are four ways of reading this value:
• It is an unsigned integer expressed in binary, the equivalent
decimal number would be 65.
• It is a number expressed in BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)
format. That would make it, 41.
• It is an ASCII representation of a letter. That would make it the
letter A.
• It is a string of 0’s and 1’s where the 0th and the 6th bits are set
to 1 while all other bits are set to 0.

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

Counters
• A loop counter is set up by loading a register with
a certain value
• Then using the DCR (to decrement) and INR (to
increment) the contents of the register are updated.
• A loop is set up with a conditional jump
instruction that loops back or not depending on
whether the count has reached the termination
count.

Counters
• The operation of a loop counter can be
described using the following flowchart.
Initialize

Body of loop

Update the count

No

Is this
Final
Count?
Yes

Sample ALP for implementing a loop
Using DCR instruction
MVI C, 15H
LOOP

DCR C
JNZ LOOP

Using a Register Pair as a Loop
Counter
• Using a single register, one can repeat a loop for a
maximum count of 255 times.
• It is possible to increase this count by using a
register pair for the loop counter instead of the
single register.
– A minor problem arises in how to test for the final
count since DCX and INX do not modify the flags.
– However, if the loop is looking for when the count
becomes zero, we can use a small trick by ORing the
two registers in the pair and then checking the zero flag.

Counter
• The following is an example of a loop set
up with a register pair as the loop counter.
LXI B, 1000H
LOOP DCX B
MOV A, C
ORA B
JNZ LOOP

Delays
• It was shown in Chapter 2 that each instruction
passes through different combinations of Fetch,
Memory Read, and Memory Write cycles.
• Knowing the combinations of cycles, one can
calculate how long such an instruction would
require to complete.
• The table in Appendix F of the book contains a
column with the title B/M/T.
– B for Number of Bytes
– M for Number of Machine Cycles
– T for Number of T-State.

Delays
• Knowing how many T-States an instruction
requires, and keeping in mind that a T-State is one
clock cycle long, we can calculate the time using
the following formula:
Delay = No. of T-States / Frequency
• For example a “MVI” instruction uses 7 T-States.
Therefore, if the Microprocessor is running at 2
MHz, the instruction would require 3.5 µSeconds
to complete.

Delay loops
• We can use a loop to produce a certain
amount of time delay in a program.
• The following is an example of a delay
loop:
MVI C, FFH
LOOP DCR C
JNZ LOOP

7 T-States
4 T-States
10 T-States

• The first instruction initializes the loop counter and is
executed only once requiring only 7 T-States.
• The following two instructions form a loop that
requires 14 T-States to execute and is repeated 255
times until C becomes 0.

Delay Loops (Contd.)
• We need to keep in mind though that in the last
iteration of the loop, the JNZ instruction will fail and
require only 7 T-States rather than the 10.
• Therefore, we must deduct 3 T-States from the total
delay to get an accurate delay calculation.
• To calculate the delay, we use the following formula:
Tdelay = TO + TL
– Tdelay = total delay
– TO = delay outside the loop
– TL = delay of the loop

• TO is the sum of all delays outside the loop.

Delay Loops (Contd.)
• Using these formulas, we can calculate the
time delay for the previous example:
• TO = 7 T-States
– Delay of the MVI instruction

• TL = (14 X 255) - 3 = 3567 T-States
– 14 T-States for the 2 instructions repeated 255 times
(FF16 = 25510) reduced by the 3 T-States for the final
JNZ.

Counter
• The following is an example of a delay loop
set up with a register pair as the loop
counter.
LXI B, 1000H
LOOP DCX B
MOV A, C
ORA B
JNZ LOOP

10 T-States
6 T-States
4 T-States
4 T-States
10 T-States

Counter
• Using the same formula from before, we can
calculate:
• TO = 10 T-States
–

The delay for the LXI instruction

• TL = (24 X 4096) - 3 = 98301 T- States
–

24 T-States for the 4 instructions in the loop repeated
4096 times (100016 = 409610) reduced by the 3 TStates for the JNZ in the last iteration.

Nested Loops

Initialize loop 2
Body of loop 2

• Nested loops can be
easily setup in
Assembly language by
using two registers for
the two loop counters
and updating the right
register in the right
loop.
– In the figure, the body of
loop2 can be before or
after loop1.

Initialize loop 1
Body of loop 1
Update the count1

No

Is this
Final
Count?

Yes
Update the count 2

No

Is this
Final
Count?
Yes

Nested Loops for Delay
• Instead (or in conjunction with) Register Pairs, a
nested loop structure can be used to increase the
total delay produced.
MVI B, 10H
LOOP2 MVI C, FFH
LOOP1 DCR C
JNZ LOOP1
DCR B
JNZ LOOP2

7 T-States
7 T-States
4 T-States
10 T-States
4 T-States
10 T-States

Delay Calculation of Nested
Loops
• The calculation remains the same except
that it the formula must be applied
recursively to each loop.
– Start with the inner loop, then plug that delay in
the calculation of the outer loop.
• Delay of inner loop
– TO1 = 7 T-States
• MVI C, FFH instruction

– TL1 = (255 X 14) - 3 = 3567 T-States
• 14 T-States for the DCR C and JNZ instructions repeated 255

Delay Calculation of Nested
Loops
• Delay of outer loop
– TO2 = 7 T-States
• MVI B, 10H instruction

– TL1 = (16 X (14 + 3574)) - 3 = 57405 T-States
• 14 T-States for the DCR B and JNZ instructions and 3574
T-States for loop1 repeated 16 times (1016 = 1610) minus 3 for the
final JNZ.

– TDelay = 7 + 57405 = 57412 T-States

• Total Delay
– TDelay = 57412 X 0.5 µSec = 28.706 mSec

Increasing the delay
• The delay can be further increased by using
register pairs for each of the loop counters
in the nested loops setup.
• It can also be increased by adding dummy
instructions (like NOP) in the body of the
loop.

Timing Diagram
Representation of Various Control signals generated during
Execution of an Instruction.
Following Buses and Control Signals must be shown in a
Timing Diagram:
•Higher Order Address Bus.
•Lower Address/Data bus
•ALE
•RD
•WR
•IO/M

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV A,B

Corresponding Coding:
A000h

78

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV A,B

A000h

78

OFC

8085

Memory

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

T1

MOV A,B

T2

T3

T4

A0h

A15- A8 (Higher Order Address bus)

A000h

00h

78h

78
ALE
RD

WR

OFC

8085

Memory

IO/M

Op-code fetch Cycle

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MVI A,45h

A000h

3E

A001h

45

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MVI A,45h

A000h

OFC

3E

MEMR

A001h

45
8085

Memory

Timing Diagram
T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

A0h

T7

A0h

00h

3Eh

01h

45h

DA7-DA0 (Lower order address/data Bus)

Instruction:
A000h MVI A,45h

ALE

A000h

3E

A001h

RD

45
WR

IO/M

Op-Code Fetch Cycle

Memory Read Cycle

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

LXI A,FO45h

A000h

21

A001h

45

A002h

F0

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

LXI A,FO45h


OFC

A000h

MEMR

21

A001h

45

A002h

F0

MEMR

8085

Memory

Timing Diagram

T1

T2

T3

Memory Read Cycle

Memory Read Cycle

Op-Code Fetch Cycle

T4

T5

A0h

T6

T7

T8

T9

A0h

T10

A0h

00h

21h


ALE
RD

WR

IO/M

01h

45h

02h

F0h

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV A,M

A000h

7E

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV A,M
OFC

A000h

MEMR

7E
8085

Memory

Timing Diagram
T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

A0h

T7

Content Of Reg H

00h

Instruction:

7Eh

L Reg

Content Of M


A000h MOV A,M
A000h

7E

ALE
RD

WR

IO/M

Op-Code Fetch Cycle

Memory Read Cycle

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV M,A

A000h

77

Timing Diagram
Instruction:
A000h

MOV M,A
OFC

A000h

MEMW

77
8085

Memory

Timing Diagram
T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

A0h

T7

Content Of Reg H

00h

Instruction:

7Eh

L Reg

Content of Reg A


A000h MOV M,A
A000h

77

ALE
RD

WR

IO/M

Op-Code Fetch Cycle

Memory Write Cycle

Chapter 9
Stack and Subroutines

The Stack
• The stack is an area of memory identified by the
programmer for temporary storage of information.
• The stack is a LIFO structure.
– Last In First Out.

• The stack normally grows backwards into
memory.
– In other words, the programmer
defines the bottom of the stack
and the stack grows up into
reducing address range.

The Stack
grows
backwards
into memory

Memory

Bottom
of the
Stack

The Stack
• Given that the stack grows backwards into
memory, it is customary to place the bottom of the
stack at the end of memory to keep it as far away
from user programs as possible.
• In the 8085, the stack is defined by setting the SP
(Stack Pointer) register.
LXI SP, FFFFH

• This sets the Stack Pointer to location FFFFH (end
of memory for the 8085).

Saving Information on the Stack
• Information is saved on the stack by PUSHing it
on.
– It is retrieved from the stack by POPing it off.

• The 8085 provides two instructions: PUSH and
POP for storing information on the stack and
retrieving it back.
– Both PUSH and POP work with register pairs ONLY.

The PUSH Instruction
• PUSH B
– Decrement SP
– Copy the contents of register B to the memory
location pointed to by SP
– Decrement BSP C
F3
12
– Copy the contents of register C to the memory
location pointed to by SP F3
FFFB
FFFC
FFFD
FFFE
FFFF

12

SP

The POP Instruction
• POP D
– Copy the contents of the memory location
pointed to by the SP to register E
– Increment SP
– Copy the contents of the memory location
D
E
F3
12
pointed to by the SP to register D
– Increment SP
F3
SP
FFFB
FFFC
FFFD
FFFE
FFFF

12

Operation of the Stack
• During pushing, the stack operates in a
“decrement then store” style.
– The stack pointer is decremented first, then the
information is placed on the stack.

• During poping, the stack operates in a “use then
increment” style.
– The information is retrieved from the top of the the
stack and then the pointer is incremented.

• The SP pointer always points to “the top of the
stack”.

LIFO
• The order of PUSHs and POPs must be opposite
of each other in order to retrieve information back
into its original location.
PUSH B
PUSH D
...
POP D
POP B

The PSW Register Pair
• The 8085 recognizes one additional register pair
called the PSW (Program Status Word).
– This register pair is made up of the Accumulator and
the Flags registers.

• It is possible to push the PSW onto the stack, do
whatever operations are needed, then POP it off of
the stack.
– The result is that the contents of the Accumulator and
the status of the Flags are returned to what they were
before the operations were executed.

Subroutines
• A subroutine is a group of instructions that will be
used repeatedly in different locations of the
program.
– Rather than repeat the same instructions several times,
they can be grouped into a subroutine that is called
from the different locations.

• In Assembly language, a subroutine can exist
anywhere in the code.
– However, it is customary to place subroutines
separately from the main program.

Subroutines
• The 8085 has two instructions for dealing
with subroutines.
– The CALL instruction is used to redirect
program execution to the subroutine.
– The RTE insutruction is used to return the
execution to the calling routine.

The CALL Instruction
• CALL 4000H
– Push the address of the instruction
immediately following the CALL onto the
stack
2000
CALL 4000
2003
– Load the program PC 2 0 0 3with the 16-bit
counter
address supplied with the CALL instruction.
FFFB
FFFC
FFFD
FFFE
FFFF

03
20

SP

The RTE Instruction
• RTE
– Retrieve the return address from the top of
the stack
– Load the program counter with the return
address.
2003
PC
4014
4015

...
RTE

FFFB
FFFC
FFFD
FFFE
FFFF

03
20

SP

Cautions
• The CALL instruction places the return address at
the two memory locations immediately before
where the Stack Pointer is pointing.
– You must set the SP correctly BEFORE using the
CALL instruction.

• The RTE instruction takes the contents of the two
memory locations at the top of the stack and uses
these as the return address.
– Do not modify the stack pointer in a subroutine. You
will loose the return address.

Passing Data to a Subroutine
• In Assembly Language data is passed to a
subroutine through registers.
– The data is stored in one of the registers by the calling
program and the subroutine uses the value from the
register.

• The other possibility is to use agreed upon
memory locations.
– The calling program stores the data in the memory
location and the subroutine retrieves the data from the
location and uses it.

Call by Reference and Call by
Value
• If the subroutine performs operations on the
contents of the registers, then these modifications
will be transferred back to the calling program
upon returning from a subroutine.
– Call by reference

• If this is not desired, the subroutine should PUSH
all the registers it needs on the stack on entry and
POP them on return.
– The original values are restored before execution
returns to the calling program.

Cautions with PUSH and POP
• PUSH and POP should be used in opposite order.
• There has to be as many POP’s as there are
PUSH’s.
– If not, the RET statement will pick up the wrong
information from the top of the stack and the program
will fail.

• It is not advisable to place PUSH or POP inside a
loop.

Conditional CALL and RTE
Instructions
• The 8085 supports conditional CALL and
conditional RTE instructions.
– The same conditions used with conditional JUMP
instructions can be used.
–
–
–
–
–

CC, call subroutine if Carry flag is set.
CNC, call subroutine if Carry flag is not set
RC, return from subroutine if Carry flag is set
RNC, return from subroutine if Carry flag is not set
Etc.

A Proper Subroutine
• According to Software Engineering practices, a
proper subroutine:
– Is only entered with a CALL and exited with an RTE
– Has a single entry point
• Do not use a CALL statement to jump into different points of
the same subroutine.

– Has a single exit point
• There should be one return statement from any subroutine.

• Following these rules, there should not be any
confusion with PUSH and POP usage.

The Design and Operation of Memory
Memory in a microprocessor system is where
information (data and instructions) is kept. It can be
classified into two main types:



Main memory (RAM and ROM)
Storage memory (Disks , CD ROMs, etc.)

The simple view of RAM is that it is made up of registers that
are made up of flip-flops (or memory elements).


The number of flip-flops in a “memory register” determines the size of
the memory word.

ROM on the other hand uses diodes instead of the flip-flops
to permanently hold the information.

1

Accessing Information in Memory
For the microprocessor to access (Read or
Write) information in memory (RAM or ROM), it
needs to do the following:
Select the right memory chip (using part of the
address bus).
Identify the memory location (using the rest of the
address bus).
Access the data (using the data bus).
2

Tri-State Buffers
An important circuit element that is used
extensively in memory.
This buffer is a logic circuit that has three states:
Logic 0, logic1, and high impedance.
When this circuit is in high impedance mode it looks
as if it is disconnected from the output completely.

The Output is Low

The Output is High

High Impedance

3

The Tri-State Buffer
This circuit has two inputs and one output.
The first input behaves like the normal input for the
circuit.
The second input is an “enable”.




If it is set high, the output follows the proper circuit
behavior.
If it is set low, the output looks like a wire connected to
nothing.

Input

Output

Enable

OR

Input

Output

Enable

4

The Basic Memory Element

The basic memory element is similar to a D
latch.
This latch has an input where the data comes in.
It has an enable input and an output on which
data comes out.
Data Input

D

Data Output
Q

Enable
EN

5

However, this is not safe.
Data is always present on the input and the output is
always set to the contents of the latch.
To avoid this, tri-state buffers are added at the input
and output of the latch.
Data Input

D

WR

Data Output
Q
RD

Enable
EN

6

The WR signal controls the input buffer.
The bar over WR means that this is an active low
signal.
So, if WR is 0 the input data reaches the latch input.
If WR is 1 the input of the latch looks like a wire
connected to nothing.

The RD signal controls the output in a similar
manner.
7

A Memory “Register”
If we take four of these latches and connect
them together, we would have a 4-bit memory
register
I0

I1

I2

I3

WR

D

D
Q

D
Q

EN

D
Q

EN

Q

EN

EN

EN
RD

O0

O1

O2

O3

8

A group of memory registers
D0

D1

o

o

WR

D

Q

D

D

EN

D

Q

D

D

EN

Q

D

D

Q

D

Q

D

D

Q

EN

Q

D

EN

Q

Q

EN

EN

EN

o

Q

EN

EN

Q

o

D

EN

EN

D

Q

EN

Q

D3

o

D

EN

Expanding on this
scheme to add more
memory registers we get
the diagram to the right.

D2

Q

EN

Q

D

EN

Q

EN

o

o

D1

D2

o

RD

D0

9

D3

Externally Initiated Operations
External devices can initiate (start) one of the 4
following operations:
Reset


All operations are stopped and the program counter is reset to 0000.

Interrupt




The microprocessor’s operations are interrupted and the
microprocessor executes what is called a “service routine”.
This routine “handles” the interrupt, (perform the necessary
operations). Then the microprocessor returns to its previous
operations and continues.

10

A group of Memory Registers
If we represent each memory location (Register) as
a block we get the following
I0

I1

I2

WR

Input Buffers

EN0

Memory Reg. 0

EN1

Memory Reg. 1

EN2

Memory Reg. 2

EN3

Memory Reg. 3

RD

I3

Output Buffers

O0

O1

O2

O3
11

The Design of a Memory Chip
Using the RD and WR controls we can determine the
direction of flow either into or out of memory. Then
using the appropriate Enable input we enable an
individual memory register.
What we have just designed is a memory with 4
locations and each location has 4 elements (bits). This
memory would be called 4 X 4 [Number of location X
number of bits per location].
12

The Enable Inputs
How do we produce these enable line?
Since we can never have more than one of these
enables active at the same time, we can have them
encoded to reduce the number of lines coming into
the chip.
These encoded lines are the address lines for
memory.

13

So, the previous diagram would now look like the
following:
I
I
I
I
0

WR

A1
A0

1

2

3

Input Buffers

A
d
d
r
e
s
s

D
e
c
o
d
e
r

Memory Reg. 0
Memory Reg. 1
Memory Reg. 2
Memory Reg. 3
Output Buffers

RD
O0

O1

O2

O3
14


WR

Since we have tri-state buffers on both the inputs
and outputs of the flip flops, we can actually use
one set of pins only.
Input Buffers

A D
The chip Memory Reg.now look likeDthis:
would 0
d e

D0

0

A1
A0

RD

d
r
e
s
s

c
o
d
e
r

Memory Reg. 1

D1

A1

D1

Memory Reg. 2

D2

A0

D2

Memory Reg. 3

D3

D3

Output Buffers

RD

WR

15

The steps of writing into Memory
What happens when the programmer issues the
STA instruction?

The microprocessor would turn on the WR control
(WR = 0) and turn off the RD control (RD = 1).
The address is applied to the address decoder which
generates a single Enable signal to turn on only
one of the memory registers.
The data is then applied on the data lines and it is
stored into the enabled register.
16

Dimensions of Memory
Memory is usually measured by two numbers: its length
and its width (Length X Width).



The length is the total number of locations.
The width is the number of bits in each location.

The length (total number of locations) is a function of the
number of address lines.
# of memory locations = 2( # of address lines)



So, a memory chip with 10 address lines would have

210 = 1024 locations (1K)



Looking at it from the other side, a memory chip with 4K locations
would need

Log2 4096=12 address lines

17

The 8085 and Memory
The 8085 has 16 address lines. That means it can
address
216 = 64K memory locations.
Then it will need 1 memory chip with 64 k locations, or 2
chips with 32 K in each, or 4 with 16 K each or 16 of the 4 K
chips, etc.

how would we use these address lines to control the
multiple chips?
18

Chip Select
Usually, each memory chip has a CS (Chip Select)
input. The chip will only work if an active signal is
applied on that input.
To allow the use of multiple chips in the make up of
memory, we need to use a number of the address lines
for the purpose of “chip selection”.
These address lines are decoded to generate the 2n
necessary CS inputs for the memory chips to be used.
19

Chip Selection Example
Assume that we need to build a memory system
made up of 4 of the 4 X 4 memory chips we
designed earlier.
We will need to use 2 inputs and a decoder to
identify which chip will be used at what time.
The resulting design would now look like the one on
the following slide.
20

Chip Selection Example
RD
WR

D0
D1
RD WR

RD WR

RD WR

RD WR

A0

A0

A0

A0

A1

A1

A1

A1

CS

CS

CS

CS

A0
A1

A2

2 X4

A3

Decoder

21

Memory Map and Addresses
The memory map is a picture representation of
the address range and shows where the different
memory chips are located within the address
range.
0000

0000

Address Range of EPROM Chip

EPROM
3FFF
4400

Address Range

RAM 1

Address Range of 1st RAM Chip
5FFF
6000

RAM 2
RAM 3

Address Range of 2nd RAM Chip
8FFF
9000

Address Range of 3rd RAM Chip

A3FF
A400

Address Range of 4th RAM Chip

RAM 4
F7FF
FFFF

22

Address Range of a Memory Chip
The address range of a particular chip is the list of all
addresses that are mapped to the chip.
An example for the address range and its relationship to the
memory chips would be the Post Office Boxes in the post
office.
• Each box has its unique number that is assigned sequentially. (memory
locations)
• The boxes are grouped into groups. (memory chips)
• The first box in a group has the number immediately after the last box in
the previous group.
23

Address Range of a Memory Chip
The above example can be modified slightly to make it closer
to our discussion on memory.

• Let’s say that this post office has only 1000 boxes.
• Let’s also say that these are grouped into 10 groups of 100 boxes each.
Boxes 0000 to 0099 are in group 0, boxes 0100 to 0199 are in group 1
and so on.

We can look at the box number as if it is made up of two
pieces:
• The group number and the box’s index within the group.
• So, box number 436 is the 36th box in the 4th group.

The upper digit of the box number identifies the group and the lower two
digits identify the box within the group.
24

The 8085 and Address Ranges
The 8085 has 16 address lines. So, it can
address a total of 64K memory locations.

If we use memory chips with 1K locations each, then
we will need 64 such chips.
The 1K memory chip needs 10 address lines to
uniquely identify the 1K locations. (log21024 = 10)
That leaves 6 address lines which is the exact
number needed for selecting between the 64
different chips (log264 = 6).
25

The 8085 and Address Ranges
Now, we can break up the 16-bit address of the 8085
into two pieces:
Chip Selection

Location Selection within the Chip

A15 A14 A13 A12 A11 A10 A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0

Depending on the combination on the address lines A15 - A10 , the
address range of the specified chip is determined.

26

Chip Select Example
A chip that uses the combination A15 - A10 =
001000 would have addresses that range from
2000H to 23FFH.

Keep in mind that the 10 address lines on the chip gives a range of
00 0000 0000 to 11 1111 1111 or 000H to 3FFH for each of the chips.
The memory chip in this example would require the following circuit on its
chip select input:
A 10
A 11
A 12

CS

A 13
A 14
A 15

27

Chip Select Example
If we change the above combination to the following:
A 10
A 11
A 12

CS

A 13
A 14
A 15

Now the chip would have addresses ranging from: 2400 to
27FF.
Changing the combination of the address bits connected to
the chip select changes the address range for the memory
chip.
28

Chip Select Example
To illustrate this with a picture:




in the first case, the memory chip occupies the piece of
the memory map identified as before.
In the second case, it occupies the piece identified as
after.
Before
After
0000

0000

2000
23FF

2400
27FF

FFFF

FFFF

29

High-Order vs. Low-Order Address Lines
The address lines from a microprocessor can be
classified into two types:
High-Order


Used for memory chip selection

Low-Order


Used for location selection within a memory chip.

This classification is highly dependent on the
memory system design.
30

Data Lines
All of the above discussion has been regarding memory
length. Lets look at memory width.
We said that the width is the number of bits in each
memory word.
We have been assuming so far that our memory chips have
the right width.
What if they don’t?




It is very common to find memory chips that have only 4 bits per
location. How would you design a byte wide memory system using
these chips?
We use two chips for the same address range. One chip will supply 4
of the data bits per address and the other chip supply the other 4 data
bits for the same address.
31

Data Lines
CS
A0
…
A9

CS

CS

D0
…
D3
D4
…
D7

32

Interrupts
• Interrupt is a process where an external device can
get the attention of the microprocessor.
– The process starts from the I/O device
– The process is asynchronous.

• Interrupts can be classified into two types:
• Maskable (can be delayed)
• Non-Maskable (can not be delayed)

• Interrupts can also be classified into:
• Vectored (the address of the service routine is hard-wired)
• Non-vectored (the address of the service routine needs to be
supplied externally)

Interrupts
• An interrupt is considered to be an emergency
signal.
– The Microprocessor should respond to it as soon as
possible.

• When the Microprocessor receives an interrupt
signal, it suspends the currently executing
program and jumps to an Interrupt Service
Routine (ISR) to respond to the incoming
interrupt.
– Each interrupt will most probably have its own ISR.

Responding to Interrupts
• Responding to an interrupt may be immediate or
delayed depending on whether the interrupt is
maskable or non-maskable and whether interrupts
are being masked or not.
• There are two ways of redirecting the execution to
the ISR depending on whether the interrupt is
vectored or non-vectored.
– The vector is already known to the Microprocessor
– The device will have to supply the vector to the
Microprocessor

The 8085 Interrupts
• The maskable interrupt process in the 8085 is
controlled by a single flip flop inside the
microprocessor. This Interrupt Enable flip flop is
controlled using the two instructions “EI” and
“DI”.
• The 8085 has a single Non-Maskable interrupt.
– The non-maskable interrupt is not affected by the value
of the Interrupt Enable flip flop.

The 8085 Interrupts
• The 8085 has 5 interrupt inputs.
– The INTR input.
• The INTR input is the only non-vectored interrupt.
• INTR is maskable using the EI/DI instruction pair.

– RST 5.5, RST 6.5, RST 7.5 are all automatically
vectored.
• RST 5.5, RST 6.5, and RST 7.5 are all maskable.

– TRAP is the only non-maskable interrupt in the 8085
• TRAP is also automatically vectored

The 8085 Interrupts
Interrupt name Maskable Vectored
INTR
Yes
No
RST 5.5
Yes
Yes
RST 6.5
Yes
Yes
RST 7.5
Yes
Yes
TRAP
No
Yes

Interrupt Vectors and the Vector
Table
• An interrupt vector is a pointer to where the ISR is
stored in memory.
• All interrupts (vectored or otherwise) are mapped
onto a memory area called the Interrupt Vector
Table (IVT).
– The IVT is usually located in memory page 00 (0000H
- 00FFH).
– The purpose of the IVT is to hold the vectors that
redirect the microprocessor to the right place when an
interrupt arrives.
– The IVT is divided into several blocks. Each block is
used by one of the interrupts to hold its “vector”

The 8085 Non-Vectored Interrupt
Process
1. The interrupt process should be enabled using the
EI instruction.
2. The 8085 checks for an interrupt during the
execution of every instruction.
3. If there is an interrupt, the microprocessor will
complete the executing instruction, and start a
RESTART sequence.
4. The RESTART sequence resets the interrupt flip
flop and activates the interrupt acknowledge signal
(INTA).
5. Upon receiving the INTA signal, the interrupting
device is expected to return the op-code of one of
the 8 RST instructions.

The 8085 Non-Vectored Interrupt
Process
6. When the microprocessor executes the RST
instruction received from the device, it saves the
address of the next instruction on the stack and
jumps to the appropriate entry in the IVT.
7. The IVT entry must redirect the microprocessor to
the actual service routine.
8. The service routine must include the instruction EI
to re-enable the interrupt process.
9. At the end of the service routine, the RET
instruction returns the execution to where the
program was interrupted.

The 8085 Non-Vectored Interrupt Process
Restart
Instruction

Equivalent
to

RST0

• The 8085 recognizes 8 RESTART
instructions: RST0 - RST7.
– each of these would send the
execution to a predetermined
hard-wired memory location:

CALL
0000H

RST1

CALL
0008H

RST2

CALL
0010H

RST3

CALL
0018H

RST4

CALL
0020H

RST5

CALL
0028H

RST6

CALL
0030H

RST7

CALL
0038H

Restart Sequence
• The restart sequence is made up of three machine
cycles
– In the 1st machine cycle:
• The microprocessor sends the INTA signal.
• While INTA is active the microprocessor reads the data lines
expecting to receive, from the interrupting device, the opcode
for the specific RST instruction.

– In the 2nd and 3rd machine cycles:
• the 16-bit address of the next instruction is saved on the stack.
• Then the microprocessor jumps to the address associated with
the specified RST instruction.

Restart Sequence
• The location in the IVT associated with the
RST instruction can not hold the complete
service routine.
– The routine is written somewhere else in
memory.
– Only a JUMP instruction to the ISR’s location
is kept in the IVT block.

Hardware Generation of RST
Opcode
• How does the external device produce the
opcode for the appropriate RST instruction?
– The opcode is simply a collection of bits.
– So, the device needs to set the bits of the data
bus to the appropriate value in response to an
INTA signal.

The following is an
Opcode
example of generating
RST 5:
RST 5’s opcode is EF =
D
D
76543210
11101111

Opcode
• During the interrupt acknowledge machine cycle,
(the 1st machine cycle of the RST operation):
– The Microprocessor activates the INTA signal.
– This signal will enable the Tri-state buffers, which will
place the value EFH on the data bus.
– Therefore, sending the Microprocessor the RST 5
instruction.

• The RST 5 instruction is exactly equivalent to
CALL 0028H

Issues in Implementing INTR
Interrupts
• How long must INTR remain high?
– The microprocessor checks the INTR line one clock
cycle before the last T-state of each instruction.
– The interrupt process is Asynchronous.
– The INTR must remain active long enough to allow for
the longest instruction.
– The longest instruction for the 8085 is the conditional
CALL instruction which requires 18 T-states.

Therefore, the INTR must remain active for 17.5
T-states.

Interrupts
• How long can the INTR remain high?
– The INTR line must be deactivated before the EI is
executed. Otherwise, the microprocessor will be
interrupted again.
– The worst case situation is when EI is the first
instruction in the ISR.
– Once the microprocessor starts to respond to an INTR
interrupt, INTA becomes active (=0).

Therefore, INTR should be turned off as soon as the
INTA signal is received.

Interrupts
• Can the microprocessor be interrupted again
before the completion of the ISR?
– As soon as the 1st interrupt arrives, all maskable
interrupts are disabled.
– They will only be enabled after the execution of the EI
instruction.

Therefore, the answer is: “only if you allow it to”.
If the EI instruction is placed early in the ISR, other
interrupt may occur before the ISR is done.

Multiple Interrupts & Priorities
• How do we allow multiple devices to
interrupt using the INTR line?
– The microprocessor can only respond to one
signal on INTR at a time.
– Therefore, we must allow the signal from only
one of the devices to reach the microprocessor.
– We must assign some priority to the different
devices and allow their signals to reach the
microprocessor according to the priority.

The Priority Encoder
• The solution is to use a circuit called the priority
encoder (74366).
– This circuit has 8 inputs and 3 outputs.
– The inputs are assigned increasing priorities according
to the increasing index of the input.
• Input 7 has highest priority and input 0 has the lowest.

– The 3 outputs carry the index of the highest priority
active input.
– Figure 12.4 in the book shoes how this circuit can be
used with a Tri-state buffer to implement an interrupt
priority scheme.
• The figure in the textbook does not show the method for
distributing the INTA signal back to the individual devices.

Multiple Interrupts & Priorities
• Note that the opcodes for the different RST
instructions follow a set pattern.
• Bit D5, D4 and D3 of the opcodes change in a binary
sequence from RST 7 down to RST 0.
• The other bits are always 1.
• This allows the code generated by the 74366 to be used
directly to choose the appropriate RST instruction.

• The one draw back to this scheme is that the only
way to change the priority of the devices
connected to the 74366 is to reconnect the
hardware.

Multiple Interrupts and Priority
Dev. 7

Dev. 6

Dev. 5

O7
O6
O5
O4
O3
O2
O1
O0

INTR Circuit
INTA Circuit
RST Circuit

7
4
1
3
8

+5 V

Dev. 4
INTA
INTR
Dev. 3

Dev. 2

Dev. 1

Dev. 0

I7
I6
I5
I4
I3
I2
I1
I0

7
4
3
6
6

Priority
Encoder

Tri –
State
Buffer

AD7
AD6
AD5
AD4
AD3
AD2
AD1
AD0

8
0
8
5

The 8085 Maskable/Vectored
Interrupts
• The 8085 has 4 Masked/Vectored interrupt inputs.
– RST 5.5, RST 6.5, RST 7.5
• They are all maskable.
• They are automatically vectored according to the following
table:
Interrupt

Vector

RST 5.5

002CH

RST 6.5

0034H

RST 7.5

003CH

– The vectors for these interrupt fall in between the vectors for the
RST instructions. That’s why they have names like RST 5.5
(RST 5 and a half).

Masking RST 5.5, RST 6.5 and
RST 7.5
• These three interrupts are masked at two
levels:
– Through the Interrupt Enable flip flop and the
EI/DI instructions.
• The Interrupt Enable flip flop controls the whole
maskable interrupt process.

– Through individual mask flip flops that control
the availability of the individual interrupts.
• These flip flops control the interrupts individually.

Maskable Interrupts
RST7.5 Memory
RST 7.5

M 7.5

RST 6.5
M 6.5

RST 5.5
M 5.5

INTR
Interrupt
Enable
Flip Flop

Interrupt Process
1. The interrupt process should be enabled using the
EI instruction.
2. The 8085 checks for an interrupt during the
execution of every instruction.
3. If there is an interrupt, and if the interrupt is
enabled using the interrupt mask, the
microprocessor will complete the executing
instruction, and reset the interrupt flip flop.
4. The microprocessor then executes a call instruction
that sends the execution to the appropriate location
in the interrupt vector table.

Interrupt Process
5. When the microprocessor executes the call
instruction, it saves the address of the next
instruction on the stack.
6. The microprocessor jumps to the specific service
routine.
7. The service routine must include the instruction EI
to re-enable the interrupt process.
8. At the end of the service routine, the RET
instruction returns the execution to where the
program was interrupted.

Manipulating the Masks
• The Interrupt Enable flip flop is manipulated using
the EI/DI instructions.
• The individual masks for RST 5.5, RST 6.5 and
RST 7.5 are manipulated using the SIM
instruction.
– This instruction takes the bit pattern in the Accumulator
and applies it to the interrupt mask enabling and
disabling the specific interrupts.

How SIM Interprets the
Accumulator
6

5 4

3

2

1

0

SDO
SDE
XXX
R7.5
MSE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

7

Serial Data Out

Enable Serial Data
0 - Ignore bit 7
1 - Send bit 7 to SOD pin

Not Used

RST5.5 Mask
RST6.5 Mask
RST7.5 Mask

}

0 - Available
1 - Masked

Mask Set Enable
0 - Ignore bits 0-2
1 - Set the masks according
to bits 0-2

Force RST7.5 Flip Flop to reset

SIM and the Interrupt Mask
• Bit 0 is the mask for RST 5.5, bit 1 is the mask for
RST 6.5 and bit 2 is the mask for RST 7.5.
• If the mask bit is 0, the interrupt is available.
• If the mask bit is 1, the interrupt is masked.

• Bit 3 (Mask Set Enable - MSE) is an enable for
setting the mask.
• If it is set to 0 the mask is ignored and the old settings remain.
• If it is set to 1, the new setting are applied.
• The SIM instruction is used for multiple purposes and not only
for setting interrupt masks.
– It is also used to control functionality such as Serial Data
Transmission.
– Therefore, bit 3 is necessary to tell the microprocessor
whether or not the interrupt masks should be modified

• The RST 7.5 interrupt is the only 8085 interrupt that has
memory.
– If a signal on RST7.5 arrives while it is masked, a flip flop will
remember the signal.
– When RST7.5 is unmasked, the microprocessor will be interrupted
even if the device has removed the interrupt signal.
– This flip flop will be automatically reset when the microprocessor
responds to an RST 7.5 interrupt.

• Bit 4 of the accumulator in the SIM instruction allows
explicitly resetting the RST 7.5 memory even if the
microprocessor did not respond to it.

• The SIM instruction can also be used to perform
serial data transmission out of the 8085’s SOD
pin.
– One bit at a time can be sent out serially over the SOD
pin.

• Bit 6 is used to tell the microprocessor whether or
not to perform serial data transmission
• If 0, then do not perform serial data transmission
• If 1, then do.

• The value to be sent out on SOD has to be placed
in bit 7 of the accumulator.
• Bit 5 is not used by the SIM instruction

Using the SIM Instruction to Modify the
Interrupt Masks
• Example: Set the interrupt masks so that
RST5.5 is enabled, RST6.5 is masked, and
RST7.5 is enabled.
- Enable 5.5
- Disable 6.5
- Enable 7.5
- Allow setting the masks
- Don’t reset the flip flop
- Bit 5 is not used
- Don’t use serial data
- Serial data is ignored
EI
MVI A, 0A
SIM

bit 0 = 0
bit 1 = 1
bit 2 = 0
bit 3 = 1
bit 4 = 0
bit 5 = 0
bit 6 = 0
bit 7 = 0

SDO
SDE
XXX
R7.5
MSE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

– First, determine the contents of the accumulator
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Contents of accumulator are: 0AH

; Enable interrupts including INTR
; Prepare the mask to enable RST 7.5, and 5.5, disable 6.5
; Apply the settings RST masks

Triggering Levels
• RST 7.5 is positive edge sensitive.
• When a positive edge appears on the RST7.5 line, a logic 1 is
stored in the flip-flop as a “pending” interrupt.
• Since the value has been stored in the flip flop, the line does
not have to be high when the microprocessor checks for the
interrupt to be recognized.
• The line must go to zero and back to one before a new interrupt
is recognized.

• RST 6.5 and RST 5.5 are level sensitive.
• The interrupting signal must remain present until the
microprocessor checks for interrupts.

Determining the Current Mask
Settings
• RIM instruction: Read Interrupt Mask
– Load the accumulator with an 8-bit pattern
showing the status of each interrupt pin and
mask.
RST7.5 Memory
RST 7.5
M 7.5
6

5 4

3

2

1

0

SDI
P7.5
P6.5
P5.5
IE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

7

RST 6.5
M 6.5

RST 5.5
M 5.5
Interrupt Enable
Flip Flop

How RIM sets the Accumulator’s
different bits
6

5 4

3

2

1

0

SDI
P7.5
P6.5
P5.5
IE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

7

Serial Data In
RST5.5 Interrupt Pending

RST5.5 Mask
RST6.5 Mask
RST7.5 Mask

}

0 - Available
1 - Masked

Interrupt Enable
Value of the Interrupt Enable
Flip Flop

The RIM Instruction and the
Masks
• Bits 0-2 show the current setting of the mask for
each of RST 7.5, RST 6.5 and RST 5.5
• They return the contents of the three mask flip flops.
• They can be used by a program to read the mask settings in
order to modify only the right mask.

• Bit 3 shows whether the maskable interrupt
process is enabled or not.
• It returns the contents of the Interrupt Enable Flip Flop.
• It can be used by a program to determine whether or not
interrupts are enabled.

The RIM Instruction and the
Masks
• Bits 4-6 show whether or not there are pending
interrupts on RST 7.5, RST 6.5, and RST 5.5
• Bits 4 and 5 return the current value of the RST5.5 and RST6.5
pins.
• Bit 6 returns the current value of the RST7.5 memory flip flop.

• Bit 7 is used for Serial Data Input.
• The RIM instruction reads the value of the SID pin on the
microprocessor and returns it in this bit.

Pending Interrupts
• Since the 8085 has five interrupt lines, interrupts
may occur during an ISR and remain pending.
– Using the RIM instruction, the programmer can read
the status of the interrupt lines and find if there are any
pending interrupts.
– The advantage is being able to find about interrupts on
RST 7.5, RST 6.5, and RST 5.5 without having to
enable low level interrupts like INTR.

Using RIM and SIM to set
Individual Masks
• Example: Set the mask to enable RST6.5 without
modifying the masks for RST5.5 and RST7.5.
– In order to do this correctly, we need to use the RIM
instruction to find the current settings of the RST5.5
and RST7.5 masks.
– Then we can use the SIM instruction to set the masks
using this information.
– Given that both RIM and SIM use the Accumulator, we
can use some logical operations to masks the un-needed
values returned by RIM and turn them into the values
needed by SIM.

Using RIM and SIM to set
Individual Masks

SDI
P7.5
P6.5
P5.5
IE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

– Assume the RST5.5 and RST7.5 are enabled and the interrupt process
is disabled.
Accumulator
RIM

; Read the current settings.

ORI 08H

;00001000
; Set bit 4 for MSE.

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

ANI 0DH

;00001101
; Turn off Serial Data, Don’t reset
; RST7.5 flip flop, and set the mask
; for RST6.5 off. Don’t cares are
; assumed to be 0.

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SIM

; Apply the settings.

SDO
SDE
XXX
R7.5
MSE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

TRAP
• TRAP is the only non-maskable interrupt.
– It does not need to be enabled because it cannot be
disabled.

• It has the highest priority amongst interrupts.
• It is edge and level sensitive.
– It needs to be high and stay high to be recognized.
– Once it is recognized, it won’t be recognized again until
it goes low, then high again.

• TRAP is usually used for power failure and
emergency shutoff.

Internal Interrupt Priority
• Internally, the 8085 implements an interrupt
priority scheme.
– The interrupts are ordered as follows:
•
•
•
•
•

TRAP
RST 7.5
RST 6.5
RST 5.5
INTR

– However, TRAP has lower priority than the HLD signal
used for DMA.

The 8085 Interrupts
Interrupt
Name

Maskable

Masking
Method

Vectored

Memory

Triggerin
g Method

INTR

Yes

DI / EI

No

No

Level
Sensitive

Yes

DI / EI
SIM

Yes

No

Level
Sensitive

Yes

DI / EI
SIM

Yes

Yes

Edge
Sensitive

No

Level &
Edge
Sensitive

RST 5.5 /
RST 6.5
RST 7.5

TRAP

No

None

Yes

Additional Concepts and
Processes
• Programmable Interrupt Controller 8259 A
– A programmable interrupt managing device
• It manages 8 interrupt requests.
• It can vector an interrupt anywhere in memory
without additional H/W.
• It can support 8 levels of interrupt priorities.
• The priority scheme can be extended to 64 levels
using a hierarchy 0f 8259 device.

The Need for the 8259A
• The 8085 INTR interrupt scheme presented earlier
has a few limitations:
– The RST instructions are all vectored to memory page
00H, which is usually used for ROM.
– It requires additional hardware to produce the RST
instruction opcodes.
– Priorities are set by hardware.

• Therefore, we need a device like the 8259A to
expand the priority scheme and allow mapping to
pages other than 00H.

Interfacing the 8259A to the 8085
Dev. 7

Dev. 6

Dev. 4

I7

INTA

I6

Dev. 5

INTR

I5
I4

Dev. 3

I3
I2
I1

Dev. 2

Dev. 1

Dev. 0

I0

8
2
5
9
A

AD7
AD6
AD5
AD4
AD3
AD2
AD1
AD0

8
0
8
5

Operating of the 8259A
•

The 8259A requires the microprocessor to
provide 2 control words to set up its operation.
After that, the following sequence occurs:
1. One or more interrupts come in.
2. The 8259A resolves the interrupt priorities based on
its internal settings
3. The 8259A sends an INTR signal to the
microprocessor.
4. The microprocessor responds with an INTA signal
and turns off the interrupt enable flip flop.
5. The 8259A responds by placing the op-code for the
CALL instruction (CDH) on the data bus.

Operating of the 8259A
6. When the microprocessor receives the op-code for
CALL instead of RST, it recognizes that the device
will be sending 16 more bits for the address.
7. The microprocessor sends a second INTA signal.
8. The 8259A sends the high order byte of the ISR’s
address.
9. The microprocessor sends a third INTA signal.
10. The 8259A sends the low order byte of the ISR’s
address.
11. The microprocessor executes the CALL instruction
and jumps to the ISR.

Direct Memory Access
• This is a process where data is transferred between
two peripherals directly without the involvement
of the microprocessor.
– This process employs the HOLD pin on the
microprocessor
• The external DMA controller sends a signal on the HOLD pin
to the microprocessor.
• The microprocessor completes the current operation and sends
a signal on HLDA and stops using the buses.
• Once the DMA controller is done, it turns off the HOLD signal
and the microprocessor takes back control of the buses.

Serial I/O and Data
Communication

Basic Concepts in Serial I/O
• Interfacing requirements:
– Identify the device through a port number.
• Memory-mapped.
• Peripheral-mapped.

– Enable the device using the Read and Write control
signals.
• Read for an input device.
• Write for an output device.

– Only one data line is used to transfer the information
instead of the entire data bus.

Basic Concepts in Serial I/O
• Controlling the transfer of data:
– Microprocessor control.
• Unconditional, polling, status check, etc.

– Device control.
• Interrupt.

Synchronous Data Transmission
• The transmitter and receiver are synchronized.
– A sequence of synchronization signals is sent before the
communication begins.

• Usually used for high speed transmission.
• More than 20 K bits/sec.

• Message based.
– Synchronization occurs at the beginning of a long
message.

Asynchronous Data Transmission
• Transmission occurs at any time.
• Character based.
– Each character is sent separately.

• Generally used for low speed transmission.
– Less the 20 K bits/sec.

Asynchronous Data Transmission
• Follows agreed upon standards:
– The line is normally at logic one (mark).
• Logic 0 is known as space.

Start

– The transmission begins with a start bit (low).
– Then the seven or eight bits representing the
character are transmitted.
– The transmission is concluded with one or two
stop bits.
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7
One Character

Time

Stop

Simplex and Duplex
Transmission
• Simplex.
– One-way transmission.
– Only one wire is needed to connect the two devices
– Like communication from computer to a printer.

• Half-Duplex.
– Two-way transmission but one way at a time.
– One wire is sufficient.

• Full-Duplex.
– Data flows both ways at the same time.
– Two wires are needed.
– Like transmission between two computers.

Rate of Transmission
• For parallel transmission, all of the bits are sent at
once.
• For serial transmission, the bits are sent one at a
time.
– Therefore, there needs to be agreement on how “long”
each bit stays on the line.

• The rate of transmission is usually measured in
bits/second or baud.

Length of Each Bit
• Given a certain baud rate, how long should
each bit last?
– Baud = bits / second.
– Seconds / bits = 1 /baud.
– At 1200 baud, a bit lasts 1/1200 = 0.83 m Sec.

Transmitting a Character
• To send the character A over a serial
communication line at a baud rate of 56.6 K:
– ASCII for A is 41H = 01000001.
– Must add a start bit and two stop bits:
• 11 01000001 0

– Each bit should last 1/56.6K = 17.66 µ Sec.
• Known as bit time.

– Set up a delay loop for 17.66 µ Sec and set the
transmission line to the different bits for the duration of
the loop.

Error Checking
• Various types of errors may occur during
transmission.
– To allow checking for these errors, additional
information is transmitted with the data.

• Error checking techniques:
– Parity Checking.
– Checksum.

• These techniques are for error checking not
correction.
– They only indicate that an error has occurred.
– They do not indicate where or what the correct
information is.

Parity Checking
• Make the number of 1’s in the data Odd or Even.
– Given that ASCII is a 7-bit code, bit D7 is used to carry
the parity information.
– Even Parity
• The transmitter counts the number of ones in the data. If there
is an odd number of 1’s, bit D7 is set to 1 to make the total
number of 1’s even.
• The receiver calculates the parity of the received message, it
should match bit D7.
– If it doesn’t match, there was an error in the transmission.

Checksum
• Used when larger blocks of data are being
transmitted.
• The transmitter adds all of the bytes in the
message without carries. It then calculates the 2’s
complement of the result and send that as the last
byte.
• The receiver adds all of the bytes in the message
including the last byte. The result should be 0.
– If it isn’t an error has occurred.

RS 232
• A communication standard for connecting
computers to printers, modems, etc.
–
–
–
–
–

The most common communication standard.
Defined in the 1950’s.
It uses voltages between +15 and –15 V.
Restricted to speeds less than 20 K baud.
Restricted to distances of less than 50 feet (15 m).

• The original standard uses 25 wires to connect the
two devices.
– However, in reality only three of these wires are
needed.

Software-Controlled Serial
Transmission
• The main steps involved in serially transmitting a
character are:
– Transmission line is at logic 1 by default.
– Transmit a start bit for one complete bit length.
– Transmit the character as a stream of bits with
appropriate delay.
– Calculate parity and transmit it if needed.
– Transmit the appropriate number of stop bits.
– Transmission line returns to logic 1.

Serial Transmission
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

Output Port

D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0

D0

Stop

0

1

0

0

Time

0

0

0

1

Start

Accumulator

Shift

Flowchart of Serial Transmission
Set up Bit Counter
Set bit D0 of A to 0 (Start Bit)

Wait Bit Time

Get character into A

Wait Bit Time
Rotate A Left
Decrement Bit Counter
No
Last Bit?

Yes
Add Parity
Send Stop Bit(s)

Software-Controlled Serial
Reception
• The main steps involved in serial reception are:
– Wait for a low to appear on the transmission line.
• Start bit

– Read the value of the line over the next 8 bit lengths.
• The 8 bits of the character.

– Calculate parity and compare it to bit 8 of the character.
• Only if parity checking is being used.

– Verify the reception of the appropriate number of stop
bits.

Serial Reception

Input Port

Accumulator

D7

Stop

0

1

0

0

Time

0

0

0

1

Start

Shift

0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0

Flowchart of Serial Reception
Read Input Port

No

Wait Bit Time
Read Input Port

Start Bit?
Yes

Decrement Counter

Wait for Half Bit Time

No

Bit Still
Low?
Yes

Start Bit Counter

Last Bit?

No

Yes
Check Parity
Wait for Stop Bits

The 8085 Serial I/O Lines
• The 8085 Microprocessor has two serial I/O
pins:
– SOD – Serial Output Data
– SID – Serial Input Data

• Serial input and output is controlled using
the RIM and SIM instructions respectively.

SIM and Serial Output
• As was discussed in Chapter 12, the SIM
instruction has dual use.
– It is used for controlling the maskable interrupt
process
– For the serial output process.

• The figure below shows how SIM uses the
accumulator for Serial Output.
6

5 4

3

2

1

0

SDO
SDE
XXX
R7.5
MSE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

7

Serial Output Data

0 – Disable SOD
1 – Enable SOD

RIM and Serial Input
• Again, the RIM instruction has dual use
SDI
P7.5
P6.5
P5.5
IE
M7.5
M6.5
M5.5

– Reading the current settings of the Interrupt
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Masks
– Serial Data Input
Serial Input Data

• The figure below shows how the RIM
instruction uses the Accumulator for Serial
Input

Ports?
• Using the SOD and SID pins, the user
would not need to bother with setting up
input and output ports.
– The two pins themselves can be considered as
the ports.
– The instructions SIM and RIM are similar to
the OUT and IN instructions except that they
only deal with the 1-bit SOD and SID ports.

Example
• Transmit an ASCII character stored in
register B using the SOD line.
SODDATA
NXTBIT

MVI
XRA
MVI
RAR
SIM
CALL
STC
MOV
RAR
MOV
DCR
JNZ

C, 0BH ; Set up counter for 11 bits
A
; Clear the Carry flag
A, 80H ; Set D7 =1
; Bring Carry into D7 and set D6 to 1
; Output D7 (Start bit)
BITTIME
; Set Carry to 1
A, B
; Place character in A
; Shift D0 of the character to the carry
Shift 1 into bit D7
B, A
; Save the interim result
C
; decrement bit counter
NXTBIT

RD
WR
PORT A

8
2
5
5
A

PORT
A

CU
PORT C

WR

CL

00

RD
CONTROL
REGISTER

WR

PORT B
EN

CS

PORT
10

A1
A0

C
EN

11

1

EN

RD

INTE
RNAL

10 C

WR

DEC
ODIN
G

01 B
00 A
01

PORT
B
EN

CONTROL WORD
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1

D0

0/1
I/O MODE

BSR MODE
BIT SET/RESET
FOR PORT C
NO EFFECT ON I/O
MODE

MODE 0

MODE 1

MODE 2

SIMPLE I/O FOR
PORTS

HANDSHAKE
I/O FOR
PORTS A
AND/OR B

BIDIRECTI
ONAL
DATA BUS
FOR PORT
A

A, B AND C

PORT C BITS
ARE USED
FOR
HANDSHAKE

PORT B
EITHER IN
MODE 0 OR
1
PORT C
BITS ARE
USED FOR
HANDSHAK
E

1

8255A
+5V
POWER
SUPPLIES

GND

BIDIRECTION
AL DATA BUS
D1,D0

READ/
WRITE
CONTROL
LOGIC

RD
WR
A1
A0
RESET
1

CS

DATA
BUS
BUFFER

GROUP
A
CONTROL

GROUP
A
PORT
A
(8)
GROUPA
PORT C
UPPER
(4)

8-BIT
INTERNAL
DATA BUS

GROUP
B
CONTROL

GROUPB
PORT C
LOWER
(4)
GROUP
B
PORT
B
(8)

I/O
PA7-PA0

I/O
PC7-PC4

I/O
PC3PC0

I/O
PB7PB0

Control Word Format for
I/O Mode
D7 D6

D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
Group B
PORT CL (PC3-PC0)
1= INPUT;0= OUTPUT
PORT B
1= INPUT;0= OUTPUT
MODE SELECTION
0=MODE0; 1=MODE 1

1= I/O Mode
0= BSR Mode

Group A
PORT CU (PC7-PC4)
1= INPUT; 0=OUTPUT
PORT A
1= INPUT; 0=OUTPUT
MODE SELECTION

1

00= MODE 0;01= MODE 1;1X= MODE 2

PA7
PA0
PC7

8255A
CS
A1
A0
RD
WR
RESET
1

PC4
PC3
PC0
PB7
PB0

Mode 0 ( Simple Input or
Output )
PROBLEM 1)









1

Interface 8255a to a 8085 microprocessor using I/O-mapped I/O technique so that Port a have address 80H in the system.
Determine addresses of Ports B,C and control register.
Write an ALP to configure port A and port CL as output ports
and port B and port CU as input ports in mode 0.
Connect DIP switches connected to the to input ports and
LEDs to the output ports .
Read switch positions connected to port A and turn on the
respective LEDs of port b. Read switch positions of port CL and
display the reading at port CU

BSR (Bit Set/Reset ) Mode
BSR control word
D7
0

D6
X

D5
X

D4
X

D3

D2
BIT SELECT

D1

D0
S/R

000 = Bit 0
001 = Bit 1

Not used,
Generally reset to 0
1

1= Set

010 = Bit 2

BSR Mode

0 = Reset

011 = Bit 3
100 = Bit 4
101 = Bit 5
110 = Bit 6
111 = Bit 7

Problem 2)


1

Write an ALP to set bits PC7 and PC 3
and reset them after 10 ms in BSR
mode.

Mode 1: Input or Output with
Handshake
INTEA

Port A Input
PC4

STBA

PC5

PC2
PC1

PC0

1

Signal

INTRA
STBB

PC

6,7

Port b with

IBFB

Handshake

INTRB
Port B Input

RD

Port A with
Handshake

IBFA

PC3

INTEB

PA7-PA0

I/O

Signal

PB7-PB0

Port A & Port B as
Input in Mode 1

Control word – mode 1 input

D7
1

D6

D5

0

1

D4
1

D3

D2

D1

D0

1/0

1

1

x
Port B

I/O
Mode

Input

Port A

Port B

Mode 1

Mode 1

Port A
Input

PC6,7
1

1=Input;
0=Output

Status Word – Mode 1 input

D7
I/O

1

D6
I/O

D5

D4

IBFA

INTEA

D3

D2

D1

D0

INTRA

INTEB

IBFB

INTRB

STB

IBF

INTR

RD
v
Input from
peripheral 1

INTEA

PA7-PA0

Port A Output
PC7

OBFA

PC6

ACKA

PC3

INTEB

PC2
PC1

PC0

Signal

INTRA
OBFB
ACKB
INTRB

Port b with
Handshake
Signal

Port B Output PB7-PB0

WR
PC
1

Port A with
Handshake

4,5

I/O

Port A & B as Output
In Mode 1

Control word – mode 1 Output

D7
1

D6

D5

0

1

D4
0

D3

D2

D1

D0

1/0

1

0

x
Port B

I/O
Mode

Output

Port A

Port B

Mode 1

Mode 1

Port A
Output

PC4,5
1

1=Input;
0=Output

Status Word – Mode 1 Output

D7

D6

OBFA

INTEa

1

D5
I/O

D4
I/O

D3

D2

D1

D0

INTRA

INTEB

OBFB

INTRB

Status

Interrupt

Initialize Ports

Initialize Ports

Read port
C for status

Enable INTE
No

No

Is
Peripheral
Ready?
yes
1

Continue

Yes
Continue

Problem 3)




1

Initialize 8255A in mode 1 to configure Port
A as an input port and Port B as an output
port.
Assuming that an A-to-d converter is
connected with port A as an interrupt I/O
and a printer is connected with port B as a
status check I/O

8086 Pins
The 8086 comes in a 40 pin package which means that some pins have
more than one use or are multiplexed. The packaging technology of time
limited the number of pin that could be used.
In particular, the address lines 0 - 15 are multiplexed with data lines 0-15,
address lines 16-19 are multiplexed with status lines. These pins are
AD0 - AD15, A16/S3 - A19/S6
The 8086 has one other pin that is multiplexed and this is BHE’/S7.
BHE stands for Byte High Enable. This is an active low signal that is
asserted when there is data on the upper half of the data bus.
The 8086 has two modes of operation that changes the function of some pins.
The SDK-86 uses the 8086 in the minimum mode with the MN/MX’ pin tied to
5 volts. This is a simple single processor mode. The IBM PC uses an 8088
in the maximum mode with the MN/MX” pin tied to ground. This is the mode
required for a coprocessor like the 8087.

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8086 Pins the following pins are available.
In the minimum mode
HOLD

When this pin is high, another master is requesting control of the
local bus, e.g., a DMA controller.

HLDA

HOLD Acknowledge: the 8086 signals that it is going to float
the local bus.

WR’

Write: the processor is performing a write memory or I/O operation.

M/IO’

Memory or I/O operation.

DT/R’

Data Transmit or Receive.

DEN’

Data Enable: data is on the multiplexed address/data pins.

ALE

Address Latch Enable: the address is on the address/data pins.
This signal is used to capture the address in latches to establish the
address bus.

INTA’

Interrupt acknowledge: acknowledges external interrupt requests.

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8086 Pinspins are available in both minimum and maximum modes.
The following are
VCC

+ 5 volt power supply pin.

GND

Ground

RD’

READ: the processor is performing a read memory or I/O operation.

READY Acknowledgement from wait-state logic that the data transfer will
be completed.
RESET Stops processor and restarts execution from FFFF:0. Must be high
for 4 clocks. CS = 0FFFFH, IP = DS = SS = ES = Flags = 0000H, no
other registers are affected.
TEST’

The WAIT instruction waits for this pin to go low. Used with 8087.

NMI

Non Maskable Interrupt: transition from low to high causes an
interrupt. Used for emergencies such as power failure.

INTR

Interrupt request: masked by the IF bit in FLAG register.

CLK

Clock: 33% duty cycle, i.e., high 1/3 the time.
I-49

8086 Features
• 16-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit
• 16-bit data bus (8088 has 8-bit data bus)
• 20-bit address bus - 220 = 1,048,576 = 1 meg
The address refers to a byte in memory. In the 8088, these bytes come in on
the 8-bit data bus. In the 8086, bytes at even addresses come in on the low
half of the data bus (bits 0-7) and bytes at odd addresses come in on the upper
half of the data bus (bits 8-15).
The 8086 can read a 16-bit word at an even address in one operation and at an
odd address in two operations. The 8088 needs two operations in either case.
The least significant byte of a word on an 8086 family microprocessor is at the
lower address.

I-8

8086 Architecture
• The 8086 has two parts, the Bus Interface Unit (BIU) and the
Execution Unit (EU).
• The BIU fetches instructions, reads and writes data, and computes the
20-bit address.
• The EU decodes and executes the instructions using the 16-bit ALU.
• The BIU contains the following registers:
IP - the Instruction Pointer
CS - the Code Segment Register
DS - the Data Segment Register
SS - the Stack Segment Register
ES - the Extra Segment Register
The BIU fetches instructions using the CS and IP, written CS:IP, to contruct
the 20-bit address. Data is fetched using a segment register (usually the DS)
and an effective address (EA) computed by the EU depending on the
addressing mode.

I-9

8086 Architecture
The EU contains the following 16-bit registers:
AX - the Accumulator
BX - the Base Register
CX - the Count Register
DX - the Data Register
SP - the Stack Pointer defaults to stack segment
BP - the Base Pointer /
SI - the Source Index Register
DI - the Destination Register
These are referred to as general-purpose registers, although, as seen by
their names, they often have a special-purpose use for some instructions.
The AX, BX, CX, and DX registers can be considers as two 8-bit registers, a
High byte and a Low byte. This allows byte operations and compatibility with
the previous generation of 8-bit processors, the 8080 and 8085. 8085 source
code could be translated in 8086 code and assembled. The 8-bit registers are:
AX --> AH,AL
BX --> BH,BL
CX --> CH,CL
DX --> DH,DL
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Flag Register
 Flag register contains information reflecting the current status of a
microprocessor. It also contains information which controls the
operation of the microprocessor.
15


0
NT

IOPL

OF DF IF TF SF ZF  AF  PF  CF

 Control Flags
IF:
DF:
TF:

Interrupt enable flag
Direction flag
Trap flag

 Status Flags
CF:
PF:
AF:
ZF:
SF:
OF:
NT:
IOPL:

Carry flag
Parity flag
Auxiliary carry flag
Zero flag
Sign flag
Overflow flag
Nested task flag
Input/output privilege level

Flags Commonly Tested During the Execution of
Instructions
 There are five flag bits that are commonly tested during the execution
of instructions
 Sign Flag (Bit 7), SF:

0 for positive number and 1 for negative number

 Zero Flag (Bit 6), ZF: If the ALU output is 0, this bit is set (1); otherwise,
it is 0
 Carry Flag (Bit 0), CF: It contains the carry generated during the execution
 Auxiliary Carry, AF:
(Bit 4)

Depending on the width of ALU inputs, this flag
bit contains the carry generated at bit 3 (or, 7, 15)
of the 8088 ALU

 Parity Flag (bit2), PF: It is set (1) if the output of the ALU has even number
of ones; otherwise it is zero

Direction Flag
 Direction Flag (DF) is used to control the way SI and DI are adjusted during the
execution of a string instruction
— DF=0, SI and DI will auto-increment during the execution; otherwise, SI and DI
auto-decrement
— Instruction to set DF: STD; Instruction to clear DF: CLD
— Example:

CLD
MOV CX, 5
REP MOVSB
At the beginning of execution,
DS=0510H and SI=0000H

DS : SI
0510:0000
0510:0001
0510:0002
0510:0003
0510:0004
0510:0005
0510:0006

53
48
4F
50
50
45
52

Source String

S
H

SI CX=5
SI CX=4

O

SI CX=3

P
P
E
R

SI CX=2
SI CX=1
SI CX=0

8086 Programmer’s Model

AX
BX
CX
DX

EU registers
16 bit arithmetic

Extra Segment
Code Segment
Stack Segment
Data Segment
Instruction Pointer

ES
CS
SS
DS
IP

BIU registers
(20 bit adder)

AL
BL
CL
DL

AH
BH
CH
DH
SP
BP
SI
DI
FLAGS

Accumulator
Base Register
Count Register
Data Register
Stack Pointer
Base Pointer
Source Index Register
Destination Index Register

I-13

Memory Address Calculation
 Segment addresses must be stored
in segment registers

Segment address

 Offset is derived from the combination
of pointer registers, the Instruction
Pointer (IP), and immediate values

+

Offset
Memory address

 Examples
3 4 8 A 0
CS
4 2 1 4
IP +
Instruction address 3 8 A B 4
1 2 3 4 0
DS
0 0 2 2
DI +
Data address
1 2 3 6 2

5 0 0 0 0
SS
F F E 0
SP +
Stack address 5 F F E 0

0000

EEE/CSE 226

Segments

Address
0H

Segment Starting address is segment
register value shifted 4 places to the left.

CODE
STACK

64K Data
Segment

DATA
EXTRA

Segment
Registers

64K Code
Segment

Segments are < or = 64K,
can overlap, start at an address
that ends in 0H.

← CS:0

0FFFFFH

MEMORY
I-14

8086 Memory Terminology
Memory Segments
Segment
Registers
DS:

0100H

SS:

0B200H

0H
DATA

01000H
10FFFH

STACK

0B2000H
0C1FFFH

ES:

0CF00H

0CF000H
EXTRA

CS:

0DEFFFH

0FF00H
CODE

0FF000H
0FFFFFH

Segments are < or = 64K and can overlap.
Note that the Code segment is < 64K since 0FFFFFH is the highest address.
I-15

The Code Segment
CS:

0H

4000H

0400H
IP

4056H

0056H

CS:IP = 400:56
Logical Address
Memory

0400 0

Segment Register
+

Offset
Physical or
Absolute Address

0056
04056H

0FFFFFH

The offset is the distance in bytes from the start of the segment.
The offset is given by the IP for the Code Segment.
Instructions are always fetched with using the CS register.
The physical address is also called the absolute address.
I-16

The Stack Segment

0H

0A000H
SS:

0A00
0A100H
SP

0100

SS:SP
Memory

0A00 0

Segment Register
Offset
Physical Address

+

0100
0A100H

0FFFFFH

The offset is given by the SP register.
The stack is always referenced with respect to the stack segment register.
The stack grows toward decreasing memory locations.
The SP points to the last or top item on the stack.
PUSH - pre-decrement the SP
POP - post-increment the SP
I-17

The Data Segment
DS:

0H

05C00H

05C0

05C50H
EA

0050

DS:EA
Memory

05C0

Segment Register
+

Offset
Physical Address

0

0050
05C50H

0FFFFFH

Data is usually fetched with respect to the DS register.
The effective address (EA) is the offset.
The EA depends on the addressing mode.

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Even addresses are on the low half
of the data bus (D0-D7).
Odd addresses are on the upper
half of the data bus (D8-D15).
A0 = 0 when data is on the low
half of the data bus.
BHE’ = 0 when data is on the upper
half of the data bus.

MAX and MIN Modes
• In minmode, the 9 signals correspond to
control signals that are needed to operate
memory and I/O devices connected to the
8088.
• In maxmode, the 9 signals change their
functions; the 8088 now requires the use of
the 8288 bus controller to generate
memory and I/O read/write signals.

Why MIN and MAX modes?
• Minmode signals can be directly decoded
by memory and I/O circuits, resulting in a
system with minimal hardware
requirements.
• Maxmode systems are more complicated,
but obtain the new signals that allow for bus
grants (e.g. DMA), and the use of an 8087
coprocessor.

The 9 pins (min)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

**ALE: address latch enable (AD0 – AD7)
**DEN: data enable (connect/disc. buffer)
**WR: write (writing indication)
*HOLD
*HDLA: hold acknowledge
*INTA: interrupt acknowledge
IO/M: memory access or I/O access
DT/R: data transmit / receive (direction)
SSO: status

The 9 pins (max)
•
•
•
•

S0, S1, S2: status
*RQ/GT0, RQ/GT1: request/grant
*LOCK: locking the control of the sys. bus
*QS1, QS0: queue status (tracking of
internal instruction queue).
• HIGH

Instruction Types
 Data

transfer instructions

 String instructions
 Arithmetic instructions
 Bit manipulation instructions
 Loop and jump instructions
 Subroutine and interrupt instructions
 Processor control instructions

Addressing Modes

Addressing Modes
 Immediate addressing
 Register addressing
 Direct addressing
 Register Indirect addressing
 Based addressing
 Indexed addressing
 Based indexed addressing
 Based indexed with displacement addressing
Exceptions
 String addressing
 Port addressing (e.g. IN AL, 79H)

Examples
MOV AL, 12H
MOV AL, BL
MOV [500H], AL
MOV DL, [SI]
MOV AX, [BX+4]
MOV [DI-8], BL
MOV [BP+SI], AH
MOV CL, [BX+DI+2]

Data Transfer Instructions
 MOV Destination, Source
— Move data from source to destination; e.g. MOV [DI+100H], AH
— It does not modify flags

 For 80x86 family, directly moving data from one memory location to
another memory location is not allowed
MOV [SI], [5000H]

 When the size of data is not clear, assembler directives are used
MOV [SI], 0
 BYTE PTR
 WORD PTR
 DWORD PTR

MOV BYTE PTR [SI], 12H
MOV WORD PTR [SI], 12H
MOV DWORD PTR [SI], 12H

 You can not move an immediate data to segment register by MOV
MOV DS, 1234H

Instructions for Stack Operations
 What is a Stack ?
— A stack is a collection of memory locations. It always follows the rule of
last-in-firs-out
— Generally, SS and SP are used to trace where is the latest date written into stack

 PUSH Source
— Push data (word) onto stack
— For Example: PUSH AX (assume ax=1234H, SS=1000H, SP=2000H
before PUSH AX)
1000:1FFD

??

1000:1FFE

34

??

1000:1FFF

12

??

1000:2000

??

1000:1FFD
1000:1FFE

??

1000:1FFF
SS:SP

??

1000:2000

SS:SP

Before PUSH AX, SP = 2000H

After PUSH AX, SP = 1FFEH

12

34
AX

 Decrementing the stack pointer during a push is a standard way of implementing stacks in hardware

Instructions for Stack Operations
 PUSHF
— Push the values of the flag register onto stack

 POP Destination
— Pop word off stack
— For example: POP AX
1000:1FFD

1000:1FFD

??

1000:1FFE

34

1000:1FFE

34

1000:1FFF

12

1000:1FFF

12

1000:2000

SP

??

EC

1000:2000

EC

Before POP, SP = 1FFEH

SP

After POP AX, SP = 2000H

 POPF
— Pop word from the stack to the flag register
— It modifies all flags

12

34
AX

 SAHF
— Store data in AH to the low 8 bits of the flag register
— It modifies flags: AF, CF, PF, SF, ZF

 LAHF
— Copies bits 0-7 of the flags register into AH

 LDS Destination Source
— Load 4-byte data (pointer) in memory to two 16-bit registers
— Source operand gives the memory location
— The first two bytes are copied to the register specified in the destination operand;
the second two bytes are copied to register DS

 LES Destination Source
— It is identical to LDS except that the second two bytes are copied to ES

 LEA Destination Source
— Transfers the offset address of source (must be a memory location) to the
destination register

 XCHG Destination Source
— It exchanges the content of destination and source
— One operand must be a microprocessor register, the other one can be a register
or a memory location

 XLAT
— Replace the data in AL with a data in a user defined look-up table
— BX stores the beginning address of the table
— At the beginning of the execution, the number in AL is used as the
index of the look-up table

String Instructions
 String is a collection of bytes, words, or long-words that can be up to 64KB
in length
 String instructions can have at most two operands. One is referred to as source
string and the other one is called destination string
— Source string must locate in Data Segment and SI register points to the current
element of the source string
— Destination string must locate in Extra Segment and DI register points to the current
element of the destination string
DS : SI
0510:0000
0510:0001
0510:0002
0510:0003
0510:0004
0510:0005
0510:0006

53
48
4F
50
50
45
52

Source String

O

ES : DI
02A8:2000
02A8:2001
02A8:2002

P
P
E
R

02A8:2003
02A8:2004
02A8:2005
02A8:2006

S
H

53
48
4F
50
50
49
4E

S
H
O
P
P
I
N

Destination String

Repeat Prefix Instructions
 REP String Instruction
— The prefix instruction makes the microprocessor repeatedly execute the string instruction
until CX decrements to 0 (During the execution, CX is decreased by one when the string
instruction is executed one time).
— For Example:

MOV CX, 5
REP MOVSB
By the above two instructions, the microprocessor will execute MOVSB 5 times.
— Execution flow of REP MOVSB::
While (CX!=0)
{
CX = CX –1;
MOVSB;
}

OR

Check_CX: If CX!=0 Then
CX = CX –1;
MOVSB;
goto Check_CX;
end if

String Instructions
 MOVSB (MOVSW)
— Move byte (word) at memory location DS:SI to memory location ES:DI and
update SI and DI according to DF and the width of the data being transferred
—Example:

MOV AX, 0510H
MOV DS, AX
MOV SI, 0
MOV AX, 0300H
MOV ES, AX
MOV DI, 100H
CLD
MOV CX, 5
REP MOVSB

DS : SI
0510:0000
0510:0001
0510:0002
0510:0003
0510:0004
0510:0005
0510:0006

53
48
4F
50
50
45
52

Source String

S

ES : DI
0300:0100

H
O
P
P
E
R
Destination String

String Instructions
 CMPSB (CMPSW)
— Compare bytes (words) at memory locations DS:SI and ES:DI;
update SI and DI according to DF and the width of the data being compared
— It modifies flags
—Example:
Assume: ES = 02A8H
DI = 2000H
DS = 0510H
SI = 0000H

CLD
MOV CX, 9
REPZ CMPSB
What’s the values of CX after
The execution?

DS : SI
0510:0000
0510:0001
0510:0002
0510:0003
0510:0004
0510:0005
0510:0006

53
48
4F
50
50
45
52

Source String

O

ES : DI
02A8:2000
02A8:2001
02A8:2002

P
P
E
R

02A8:2003
02A8:2004
02A8:2005
02A8:2006

S
H

53
48
4F
50
50
49
4E

S
H
O
P
P
I
N

Destination String

String Instructions
 SCASB (SCASW)
— Move byte (word) in AL (AX) and at memory location ES:DI;
update DI according to DF and the width of the data being compared
— It modifies flags

 LODSB (LODSW)
— Load byte (word) at memory location DS:SI to AL (AX);
update SI according to DF and the width of the data being transferred

 STOSB (STOSW)
— Store byte (word) at in AL (AX) to memory location ES:DI;
update DI according to DF and the width of the data being transferred

Repeat Prefix Instructions
 REPZ String Instruction
— Repeat the execution of the string instruction until CX=0 or zero flag is clear

 REPNZ String Instruction
— Repeat the execution of the string instruction until CX=0 or zero flag is set

 REPE String Instruction
— Repeat the execution of the string instruction until CX=0 or zero flag is clear

 REPNE String Instruction
— Repeat the execution of the string instruction until CX=0 or zero flag is set

Loops and Conditional Jumps
All loops and conditional jumps are SHORT jumps, i.e., the target must
be in the range of an 8-bit signed displacement (-128 to +127).
The displacement is the number that, when added to the IP, changes the
IP to point at the jump target. Remember the IP is pointing at the next
instruction when this occurs.
The loop instructions perform several operations at one time but do not
change any flags.
LOOP decrements CX and jumps if CX is not zero.
LOOPNZ or LOOPNE -- loop while not zero or not equal: decrements CX
and jumps if CX is not zero or the zero flag ZF = 0.
LOOPZ or LOOPE -- loop while zero or equal: decrements CX and jumps
if CX is zero or the zero flag ZF = 1.
The conditional jump instructions often follow a compare CMP or TEST
instruction. These two instructions only affect the FLAG register and not
the destination. CMP does a SUBtract (dest - src) and TEST does an AND.
For example, if a CMP is followed by a JG (jump greater than), then the
jump is taken if the destination is greater than the source.
Test is used to see if a bit or bits are set in a word or byte such as when
determining the status of a peripheral device.
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Conditional Jumps
Name/Alt
JE/JZ
JNE/JNZ
JL/JNGE
JNL/JGE
JG/JNLE
JNG/JLE
JB/JNAE
JNB/JAE
JA/JNBE
JNA/JBE

Meaning
Jump equal/zero
Jump not equal/zero
Jump less than/not greater than or =
Jump not less than/greater than or =
Jump greater than/not less than or =
Jump not greater than/ less than or =
Jump below/not above or equal
Jump not below/above or equal
Jump above/not below or equal
Jump not above/ below or equal

Flag setting
ZF = 1
ZF = 0
(SF xor OF) = 1
(SF xor OF) = 0
((SF xor OF) or ZF) = 0
((SF xor OF) or ZF) = 1
CF = 1
CF = 0
(CF or ZF) = 0
(CF or ZF) = 1

JS
JNS
JO
JNO
JP/JPE
JNP/JPO

Jump on sign (jump negative)
Jump on not sign (jump positive)
Jump on overflow
Jump on no overflow
Jump parity/parity even
Jump no parity/parity odd

SF = 1
SF = 0
OF = 1
OF = 0
PF = 1
PF = 0

JCXZ

Jump on CX = 0

---

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8254 Internal Architecture
D7-D0

RD
WR
A0
A1

8

Data
Bus
Buffer

Read/
Write
Logic

CLK 0
Counter
=0

GATE 0
OUT 0

CLK 1
Counter
=1

GATE 1
OUT 1

CS
Control
Word
Register

CLK 2
Counter
=2

GATE 2
OUT 2

THE CONTROL WORD REGISTER AND COUNTERS
ARE SELECTED
ACCORDING TO THE SIGNALS ON LINE
A0 and A1 AS SHOWN BELOW
A1 A0 Selection
0
0
1
1

0 Counter 0
1 Counter 1
0 Counter 2
1 Control Register

8254 Control Word Format
SC1

SC0

RW1

RW0

M2

M1

M0

BCD

RW1 RW0
SC1

SC0

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

Read/Write least significant byte only

1

0

0

Counter Latch Command

0

0

0

0

Read/Write most significant byte only

1

1

Read/Write least significant byte first,
Then the most significant byte.

Select counter 0

Select counter 1

Select Counter 2

Read-Back command

BCD:
0

Binary Counter 16-bits

1

Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) Counter

M2

M1

M0

0

0

0

Mode 0

0

0

1

Mode 1

X

1

0

Mode 2

X

1

1

Mode 3

1

0

0

Mode 4

1

0

1

Mode 5

MODE 0 : Interrupt on terminal count

Clk
WR
Output
Interrupt

3

2

1

0

MODE 1 : HARDWARE-RETRIGGERABLE
ONE-SHOT
Clk
WR
Output

3

2

1

0

MODE 2 : RATE GENERATOR CLOCK
Clk
WR
OUTPUT

3

2

1

0

3

MODE 3 : Square Wave Generator
Clk
OUTPUT(n=4) 4

2

4

2

OUTPUT(n=5) 5

4

2

5

4

2

4

2
5

4

2
2

MODE 4 : SOFTWARE TRIGGERED STROBE
In this mode OUT is initially high; it goes low for one
clock period at the end of the count. The count must be
RELOADED -(UNLIKE MODE 2)
for subsequent outputs.

MODE 5 : HARWARE TRIGGERED STROBE

• This mode is similar to MODE 4 except that
it is triggered by the rising pulse at the gate.
Initially, the OUT is low and when the
GATE pulse is triggered from low to high ,
the count begins. At the end of the count the
OUT goes low for one clock period.

READ BACK COMMAND FORMAT:

• THIS FEATURE AVAILABLE ONLY IN
8254 and not in 8253.
1

1

COU
NT

STAT CNT2 CNT1 CNT0
US

0

Why do we need data transfer
schemes ?
• Availability of wide variety of I/O devices
because of variations in manufacturing
technologies e.g. electromechanical, electrical,
mechanical, electronic etc.
• Enormous variation in the range of speed.
• Wide variation in the format of data.
•

Classification of Data Transfer
Schemes
Data transfer schemes
Programmed
Data transfer
Synchronous
mode

Asynchronous
mode

DMA
Data transfer
Interrupt
Driven mode

Block
DMA mode

Cycle stealing
DMA mode

Programmed Data Transfer
Scheme
• The data transfer takes place under the control
of a program residing in the main memory.
• These programs are executed by the CPU
when an I/O device is ready to transfer data.
• To transfer one byte of data, it needs to
execute several instructions.
• This scheme is very slow and thus suitable
when small amount of data is to be transferred.

Synchronous Mode of Data
Transfer
• Its used for I/O devices whose timing
characteristics are fast enough to be
compatible in speed with the communicating
MPU.
• In this case the status of the I/O device is not
checked before data transfer.
• The data transfer is executed using IN and
OUT instructions.

• Memory compatible with MPU are available.
Hence this method is invariably used with
compatible memory devices.
• The I/O devices compatible in speed with
MPU are usually not available. Hence this
technique is rarely used in practice

Asynchronous Data Transfer
• This method of data transfer is also called
Handshaking mode.
• This scheme is used when speed of I/O device
does not match with that of MPU and the
timing characteristics are not predictable.
• The MPU fist sends a request to the device and
then keeps on checking its status.

• The data transfer instructions are executed
only when the I/O device is ready to accept or
supply data.
• Each data transfer is preceded by a requesting
signal sent by MPU and READY signal from
the device.

Disadvantages
• A lot of MPU time is wasted during looping to
check the device status which may be
prohibitive in many situations.
• Some simple devices may not have status
signals. In such a case MPU goes on checking
whether data is available on the port or not.

Interrupt Driven Data Transfer
• In this scheme the MPU initiates an I/O device
to get ready and then it executes its main
program instead of remaining in the loop to
check the status of the device.
• When the device gets ready, it sends a signal
to the MPU through a special input line called
an interrupt line.
• The MPU answers the interrupt signal after
executing the current instruction.

• The MPU saves the contents of the PC on the
stack first and then takes up a subroutine called
ISS (Interrupt Service Subroutine).
• After returning from ISS the MPU again loads
the PC with the address that is just loaded in
the stack and thus returns to the main program.
• It is efficient because precious time of MPU is
not wasted while the I/O device gets ready.
• In this scheme the data transfer may also be
initiated by the I/O device.

Multiple Interrupts
• The MPU has one interrupt level and several
I/O devices to be connected to it which are
attended in the order of priority.
• The MPU has several interrupt levels and one
I/O device is to be connected to each interrupt
level.

• The MPU has several interrupt levels and
more than one I/O devices are to be
connected to each interrupt level.
• The MPU executes multiple interrupts by
using a device polling technique to know
which device connected to which
interrupt level has interrupted

Interrupts of 8085
On the basis of priority the interrupt signals are
as follows
•
•
•
•
•

TRAP
RST 7.5
RST6.5
RST5.5
INTR

These interrupts are implemented by the
hardware

Interrupt Instructions
• EI ( Enable Interrupt) This instruction sets the
interrupt enable Flip Flop to activate the interrupts.
• DI ( Disable Interrupt) This instruction resets the
interrupt enable Flip Flop and deactivates all the
interrupts except the non-maskable interrupt i.e.
TRAP
• RESET
Flop.

This also resets the interrupt enable Flip

• SIM (Set Interrupt Mask) This enablesdisables
interrupts according to the bit pattern in
accumulator obtained through masking.
• RIM (Read Interrupt Mask)
This
instruction helps the programmer to know the
current status of pending interrupt.

Call Locations and Hex – codes
for RST n
RST n
RST 0
RST 1
RST 2
RST 3
RST 4
RST 5
RST 6
RST 7

Hex - code
C7
CF
D7
DF
E7
EF
F7
FF

Call location
0000
0008
0010
0018
0020
0028
0030
0038

These instructions are implemented by the software

DMA Data Transfer scheme
• Data transfer from I/O device to memory or
vice-versa is controlled by a DMA controller.
• This scheme is employed when large amount
of data is to be transferred.
• The DMA requests the control of buses
through the HOLD signal and the MPU
acknowledges the request through HLDA
signal and releases the control of buses to
DMA.
• It’s a faster scheme and hence used for high
speed printers.

Block mode of data transfer
In this scheme the I/O device withdraws
the DMA request only after all the data
bytes have been transferred.

Cycle stealing technique
In this scheme the bytes are divided into
several parts and after transferring every part
the control of buses is given back to MPU and
later stolen back when MPU does not need it.

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