Microprocessors and Microcontrollers

SYLLABUS

MODULE-1 MICROPROCESSORS ( 40 pages Text 1)

Evolution of Microprocessors: 8,16,32 bit microprocessors, Hardware architecture: System bus,
data, control bus, tristate bus, Connecting Microprocessor to I/O devices: Data Transfer schemes,
programming system machine language program, assembly language program, compiler
operating systems, Architectural advancement of microprocessors: Pipelining, Cache memory,
Memory management, Virtual memory system, Microcomputers and microcontrollers

MODULE-2 INTEL 8086 HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE ( 60 pages Text 1)

Internal architecture, bus interface unit, execution unit, external memory addressing, bus cycles,
supporting chips: clock generator 8284A, bus multiplexing and latch chip 8282, bidirectional
transceivers 8286, bus controller 8288, Minimum mode, Maximum mode configuration,
Interrupts: Hardware interrupts and software interrupts, direct memory access (DMA), memory
segmentation

MODULE-3 INTEL 8086 INSTRUCTION SET AND PROGRAMMING ( 90 pages Text 1)

Programmer’s model of Intel 8086, Addressing modes of 8086, 8086 assembler directives, DOS
function calls, 8086 instruction set, Modular programming, Macro programming, Delay by
software, simple programs using logical branch call instructions, sorting, string manipulation.

MODULE-4 8051 MICROCONTROLLER ( 50 pages Text 2)

Internal architecture of 8051, Modes of addressing, the 8051 stack, processor status word PSW,
Assembler directives, the instruction set of 8051, port programming, Subroutines (procedures),
Delay loops, Timers of 8051, Interrupts of 8051, serial communication.

MODULE-5 PERIPHERAL INTERFACING ( 40 pages Text 2)

Programmable peripheral interface PPI 8255, interfacing ADC’s and DAC’s to 8051, interfacing
with LCD displays, Case study of Traffic light control, interfacing with LED displays, Stepper
motor interfacing, DC motor interfacing

Text books:
1. Microprocessors and microcontrollers: Architecture, programming and system design by
Krishna Kant, second edition, PHI publication.
2. The x86 microprocessors: Architecture, programming and interfacing by Lyla B Das,
second edition, Pearson publication.

Reference books:
1. The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded systems using Assembly and C by Muhammad
Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi, Rolin D McKinlay, second edition, pearson.