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Digital to Analog converters

OBJECT:-
To Interface Digital -to-Analog converter to 8085 using 8255 and write
Assembly Language Program to generate Ramp Wave form.
THEORY:-
Digital-to-Analog Conversion or simply DAC, is a device that is used to convert a
digital (usually binary) code into an analog signal (current, voltage, or electric
charge). Digital-to-analog conversion is the primary means by which digital
equipment such as computer-based systems are able to translate digital data into
real-world signals that are more understandable to or useable by humans, such as
music, speech, pictures, video. It also allows digital control of machines,
equipment, household appliances. When data is in binary form, the 0's and 1's may
be of several forms such as the TTL form where the logic zero may be a value up
to 0.8 volts and the 1 may be a voltage from 2 to 5 volts. The data can be converted
to clean digital form using gates which are designed to be on or off depending on
the value of the incoming signal. Data in clean binary digital form can be
converted to an analog form by using a summing amplifier. Here is a simplified
functional diagram of an 8-bit DAC.

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There are mainly two techniques used for digital to analog conversion

1. Weighted Summing Amplifier

2. R-2R Network Approach

Weighted Sum DAC

One way to achieve D/A conversion is to use a summing amplifier.

This approach is not satisfactory for a large number of bits because it requires too
much precision in the summing resistors.

This problem is overcome in the R-2R network DAC.

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R-2R Ladder DAC

The summing amplifier with the R-2R ladder of resistances shown produces the
output where the D's take the value 0 or 1.

The digital inputs could be TTL voltages which close the switches on a logical 1
and leave it grounded for a logical 0.

This is illustrated for 4 bits, but can be extended to any number with just the
resistance values R and 2R.

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 The interfacing of DAC 0808 with microprocessor 8085 is shown below. Here,
programmable peripheral interface, 8255 is used as parallel port to send the digital data
to DAC.

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Interfacing Digital-To-Analog converter to 8085 using 8255

Figure below shows the interfacing of DAC 0808 with microprocessor

8085. Here, programmable peripheral interface, 8255 is used as parallel port
to send the digital data to DAC.
I/O Map for 8255

Port/Register Address
Port A 00
Port B O1
Port C 02
Control Register 03

Program:

MVI A, 80H ; Initialization -control word for 8255 to Configure all ports as output
ports
OUT 03
MVI A, DATA ; Load 8-bit data to be sent at the input of 0808 DAC
OUT 00 ; Send data on port A.

A Circuit Description of DAC module

When chip select of DAC is enabled then DAC will convert digital input value
given through portliness PB0-PB7 to analog value. The analog output from DAC is
a current quantity. This current is converted to voltage using OPAMP based
current-to-voltage converter. The voltage outputs (+/- 8V for bipolar 0 to 8V for
unipolar mode) of OPAMP are connected to CRO to see the wave form. Port A &
Port B are connected to channel 1 and channel 2 respectively. A reference voltage
of 8V is generated using 723 and is given to Verify points of the DAC 0800. The
standard output voltage will be 7.98V when FF is outputted and will be 0V when
00 is outputted. The Output of DAC-0800 is fed to the operational amplifier to
get the final output as X OUT and YOUT.

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Figure shows analog output voltage v0 is plotted against all 16 possible digital
input words.

Performance Parameters of DAC:

The performance parameters of DAC are:

1. Resolution
Resolution is defined in two ways.

 Resolution is the number of different analog output values that can be

provided by a DAC. For an n-bit DAC

……… (1)
Resolution = 2n

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  Resolution is also defined as the ratio of a change in output voltage
resulting from a change of 1 LSB at the digital inputs. For an n-bit
DAC it can be given as:

Resolution= VoFs/2n -1 ………(2)

Where, VoFs = Full scale output voltage

From equation(1), we can say that, the resolution can be determined by

the number of bits in the input binary word. For an 8-bit resolution can be
given as
resolution = 2n = 28 = 256
If the full scale output voltage is 10.2 V then by second definition the
resolution for an 8-bit can be given as
Resolution= VoFs/2n -1 = 10.2/2 8 -1 =10.2/255
= 40 mV/LSB

Therefore, we can say that an input change of 1 LSB causes the output to
change by 40 mv

2. Accuracy
lt is a comparison of actual output voltage with expected output. It is
expressed in percentage. Ideally, the accuracy of DAC should be, at worst,
±1/2, of its LSB. If the full scale output voltage is 10.2 V then for an 8-bit
DAC accuracy can be given as

Accuracy = VoFs/(2n -1 )2
= 10.2/255x2 = 20 mV

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 PROCEDURE:-

1. Connect power supply 8V & GND to both microprocessor trainer kit &
DAC interfacing kit.
2. Connect data bus between microprocessor trainer kit & DAC interfacing kit.
3. Enter the program to generate Ramp Wave.
4. Execute your program from respective locations and observe the waveform
on oscilloscope.

HOME WORK

 An 8 bit DAC has an output voltage range of 0 – 2.55 V. Define

its resolution in two ways.
 A 12-bit DAC has a step size of 8 mv. Determine the full scale
output voltage and percentage resolution.
 Write a program to output this signal
VoFs

Time

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Programmable Peripheral Interface-8255:-

The 8255 is a general purpose programmable I/O device used for

parallel data transfer. It has 24 I/O pins which can be grouped in three 8-bit
parallel ports: Port A, Port B and Port C. The eight bits of port C can be
used as individual bits or be grouped in two 4-bit ports: Cupper (Cu) and C
lower, (CL).
The 8255, primarily, can be programmed in two basic modes Bit
Set/Reset (BSR) mode and I/O mode. The BSR mode is used to set or reset
the bits in port C.

The I/O mode is further divided into three modes:

Mode0 : Simple Input/output.
Mode1: Input/output with handshake.
Mode2: Bi-directional I/O data transfer.
The function of I/O pins (input or output) and modes of operation of I/O
ports can be programmed by writing proper control word in the control
word register. Each bit in the control word has a specific meaning and the
status of these bits decides the function and operating mode of the I/O
ports.

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PIN Diagram:

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For I/O Mode

The mode definition format for I/O mode is shown in Figure below The
control words for both, mode definition and Bit Set-Reset are loaded into
the same control register, with bit D7 used for specifying whether the
word loaded into the control register is a mode definition word or Bit
Set-Reset word. If D7 is high, the word is taken as a mode .definition
word, and if it is low, it is taken as a Bit Set-Reset word. The appropriate
bits are set or reset depending on the type of operation desired, and
loaded. In to the control register.

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