EE 381A: EE LABORATORIES (DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND MICROPROCESSORS)
2021-2022/II
EXPERIMENT 5 : INTERFACE EXPERIMENTS USING DUAL DAC CARD OF THE 8085
MICROPROCESSOR KIT
Introduction
The aim of this experiment is to do some basic operations using the Dual DAC Interface Card of
the MPS 85-3 8085 Microprocessor Kit.
PART A DUAL DAC INTERFACE CARD
The MPS 85-3 8085 Microprocessor kit has a Dual DAC interface for generating software
controlled voltages through the on board 8255 PPI. 8255 ports are accessible through a 26-pin
FRC connector. We shall use the Dual DAC Interface Card to generate different waveforms
under program control. Major features of this Dual DAC Interface Card are given below.
(i) The board has two eight bit digital to analog converters based on the DAC 0800 chip.
The digital inputs to these DACs are provided through Ports A and B of the 8255. The
analog outputs from the DACs are given to operational amplifiers which act as current
to voltage converters.
(ii) The reference voltage required for the DACs is obtained from an onboard A723
voltage regulator chip. The regulator output is designed to give about +8V output. The
outputs from the DACs vary between 0 to 5V corresponding to the input data range
from 00H and FFH.
(iii) The Dual DAC interface card is physically connected to Port A and Port B of 8255.
Ports A and B are to be programmed as Mode 0, output ports.
(iv) The outputs of the DACs are available at the two opamp outputs, marked as Xout and
Yout. A byte output at Port A generates Xout, while Port B byte generates Yout.
(v) 8255 Port adresses are: Port A : 40H ; Port B : 41H ; Port C : 42H ; Control
Reg : 43H
(vi) The interface card requires +12V and -12V supplies which are connected to the card
using a 4-pin connector provided.
Using the above features of the Dual DAC card one can generate a variety of waveforms.
PART B: WAVEFORM GENERATION UNDER SOFTWARE CONTROL
Note: In all your programs at the very beginning itself initialize Port A and Port B as Mode 0
Output ports. Port C may be made input port (as Port C is not connected to the card).
Commands MVI A,h’89 ; OUT h’43 will make Ports A, B as outputs and Port C as input.
1. Program 1: SAMPLE PROGRAM
A sample program is given below which generates identical waveforms on Xout and Yout test
points of the Card. Make suitable changes to this program for the other programs of the
experiment. Observe Xout or Yout waveform on the CRO. Sketch the waveform and note the
salient voltage levels of the same. What is the frequency of the waveform?
ADDRESS OPCODE LABEL MNEMONIC COMMENTS
8C00 3E 80 MVI A,H’89 ;Initialize 8255 for ;mode 0
8C02 D3 43 OUT H’43 ;Port A & Port B output ports
8C04 AF XRA A ;Starts with a value 00H
8C05 D3 40 LOOP1 : OUT PORTA ;Out to DAC 1
8C07 D3 41 OUT PORTB ;Out to DAC 2
8C09 3C INR A ;Increment the DAC input
8C0A FE FF CPI H’FF ;Has the Peak value been
reached
8C0C C2 05 8C JNZ LOOP1 ;No, loop back
8C0F D3 40 LOOP2 : OUT PORTA ;Out to DAC 1
8C11 D3 41 OUT PORTB ;Out to DAC 2
8C13 3D DCR A ;Decrement the DAC input
8C14 C2 0F 8C JNZ LOOP2 ;Minimum value not reached ,
loop back
8C17 C3 05 8C JMP LOOP1 ;Repeat for ever
2. PROGRAM 2: LINEARITY TEST FOR THE DUAL DAC
Write a few lines of code to output about 8 values (equally spaced) between 00H and FFH to
the DACs. Choose a few extra bytes at the lower and upper ends. Use a DMM to measure the
analog outputs corresponding to these bytes. See whether the DAC outputs are linear,
especially at the lower and higher ends. Also measure the resolution of the DAC and compare it
with the expected value.
3. Program 3: GENERATION OF A SAWTOOTH WAVEFORM
Write a program to generate a sawtooth waveform, going from 0 to 5V. Measure the frequency
of the sawtooth waveform. Calculate the frequency value theoretically and compare with the
frequency value obtained experimentally. Write another program to generate a sawtooth wave
of approximately half the frequency of that generated earlier.
4. Program 4: GENERATION OF SINE AND COSINE WAVEFORMS
(a) Write a program which will generate one cycle of a sine wave on Xout and a cosine wave on
Yout. Run your program and observe the outputs. Sketch them noting the salient voltage levels.
(b) Using X-Y display mode of the CRO observe the resultant waveform.
OPTIONAL
5. Program 5: LISSAJOUS FIGURES USING THE DUAL DAC CARD
Write programs which will result in different Lissajous figures (by generating sine and cosine
waveforms, with repetition rates of Xout n times that of Yout).
DUAL DAC INTERFACE BOARD LAYOUT
