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CS401 - Short Notes Chapter 14 PDF

This document summarizes Chapter 14 (Lecture 38) on serial port communication in Assembly Language and Programming (CS401). It describes serial ports, the difference between serial and parallel ports, and the RS-232 standard for serial data transmission. It also outlines the BIOS interrupt services for initializing, writing, reading, and getting the status of serial ports. Finally, it discusses directly accessing serial ports via I/O ports to allow interrupt-driven data transfer.

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CS401 - Short Notes Chapter 14 PDF

This document summarizes Chapter 14 (Lecture 38) on serial port communication in Assembly Language and Programming (CS401). It describes serial ports, the difference between serial and parallel ports, and the RS-232 standard for serial data transmission. It also outlines the BIOS interrupt services for initializing, writing, reading, and getting the status of serial ports. Finally, it discusses directly accessing serial ports via I/O ports to allow interrupt-driven data transfer.

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Short Notes Chapter 14 (Lecture 38):


Serial port:
Serial port is a way of communication among two devices just like the parallel port.
Difference b/w parallel and serial ports:
The basic difference is that whole bytes are sent from one place to another in case of parallel
port while the bits are sent one by one on the serial port in a specially formatted fashion.
The serial port connection is a 9pin DB-9 connector with pins assigned as shown below.

The data on the serial port is sent in a standard format called RS232 communication.
Start bit, data bit, parity bit and stop bit:
The data starts with a 1 bit called the start bit, then five to eight data bits, an optional parity bit,
and one to two 0 bits called stop bits.
The number of data bits, parity bits, and the number of stop bits have to be configured at both
ends. Also, the duration of a bit must be precisely known at both ends called the baud rate of
the communication.
The BIOS INT 14 provides serial port services.
Limitation in using BIOS:
A major limitation in using BIOS is that it does not allows interrupt driven data transfer, i.e. we
are interrupted whenever a byte is ready to be read or a byte can be transferred since the
previous transmission has completed. To achieve this, we have to resort to direct port access.
Important BIOS services regarding the serial port are discussed below:

👉 Also Recommended: CS401 SHORT NOTES CHAPTER 1-7 Midterm


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INT 14 - SERIAL - INITIALIZE PORT


AH = 00h
AL = port parameters
DX = port number (00h-03h)
Return:
AH = line status
AL = modem status
Modem status is not used in direct serial communication.
The port parameters in AL consist of the baud rate, parity scheme, number of stop bits, and
number of data bits.
INT 14 - SERIAL - WRITE CHARACTER TO PORT
AH = 01h
AL = character to write
DX = port number (00h-03h)
Return:
AH bit 7 = error flag
AH bits 6-0 = port status

INT 14 - SERIAL - READ CHARACTER FROM PORT


AH = 02h
DX = port number (00h-03h)
Return:
AH = line status
AL = received character if AH bit 7 clear

INT 14 - SERIAL - GET PORT STATUS


AH = 03h
DX = port number (00h-03h)
Return:
AH = line status
AL = modem status

👉 Also Recommended: CS401 SHORT NOTES CHAPTER 1-7 Midterm


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Serial port access:


Serial port is also accessible via I/O ports.
COM1 is accessible via ports 3F8-3FF while COM2 is accessible via 2F8-2FF.
The first register at 3F8 (or 2F8 for the other port) is the transmitter holding register if written
to and the receiver buffer register if read from.
3F9 whose bit 0 must be set to enable received data available interrupt and bit 1 must be set to
enable transmitter holding register empty interrupt.
Bit-0 of 3FA is set if an interrupt is pending and its bits 1-3 identify the cause of the interrupt.
The three-bit causes are as follows:
110 (16550, 82510) timeout interrupt pending
101 (82510) timer interrupt
100 (82510) transmit machine
011 receiver line status interrupt. priority=highest
010 received data available register interrupt. priority=second
001 transmitter holding register empty interrupt. priority=third
000 modem status interrupt. priority=fourth
The register at 3FB is line control register while the one at 3FD is line status register.
The register at 3FC is the modem control register. Bit-3 of this register must be set to enable
interrupt generation by the serial port.

👉 Also Recommended: CS401 SHORT NOTES CHAPTER 1-7 Midterm

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