Microprocessor 8085 Architecture
Microprocessor 8085 Architecture
Technology Used:
Classification of Microprocessors:
4-bit microprocessor
8-bit microprocessor
16-bit microprocessor
32-bit microprocessor
Based on application:
The 8085 microprocessor is an 8-bit processor available as a 40-pin IC package and uses +5
V for power. It can run at a maximum frequency of 3 MHz. Its data bus width is 8-bit and
address bus width is 16-bit, thus it can address 216 = 64 KB of memory. The internal
architecture of 8085 is shown is Fig. 2.
The ALU performs the actual numerical and logical operations such as Addition (ADD),
Subtraction (SUB), AND, OR etc. It uses data from memory and from Accumulator to
perform operations. The results of the arithmetic and logical operations are stored in the
accumulator.
Registers
The 8085 includes six registers, one accumulator and one flag register, as shown in Fig. 3.
In addition, it has two 16-bit registers: stack pointer and program counter. They are briefly
described as follows.
The 8085 has six general-purpose registers to store 8-bit data; these are identified as B, C,
D, E, H and L. they can be combined as register pairs - BC, DE and HL to perform some
16-bit operations. The programmer can use these registers to store or copy data into the
register by using data copy instructions.
Accumulator
The accumulator is an 8-bit register that is a part of ALU. This register is used to store 8-bit
data and to perform arithmetic and logical operations. The result of an operation is stored in
the accumulator. The accumulator is also identified as register A.
Flag register
The ALU includes five flip-flops, which are set or reset after an operation according to data
condition of the result in the accumulator and other registers. They are called Zero (Z),
Carry (CY), Sign (S), Parity (P) and Auxiliary Carry (AC) flags. Their bit positions in the
flag register are shown in Fig. 4. The microprocessor uses these flags to test data conditions.
For example, after an addition of two numbers, if the result in the accumulator is larger than
8-bit, the flip-flop uses to indicate a carry by setting CY flag to 1. When an arithmetic
operation results in zero, Z flag is set to 1. The S flag is just a copy of the bit D7 of the
accumulator. A negative number has a 1 in bit D7 and a positive number has a 0 in 2’s
complement representation. The AC flag is set to 1, when a carry result from bit D3 and
passes to bit D4. The P flag is set to 1, when the result in accumulator contains even number
of 1s.
Program Counter (PC)
This 16-bit register deals with sequencing the execution of instructions. This register is a
memory pointer. The microprocessor uses this register to sequence the execution of the
instructions. The function of the program counter is to point to the memory address from
which the next byte is to be fetched. When a byte is being fetched, the program counter is
automatically incremented by one to point to the next memory location.
The stack pointer is also a 16-bit register, used as a memory pointer. It points to a memory
location in R/W memory, called stack. The beginning of the stack is defined by loading 16-
bit address in the stack pointer.
Instruction Register/Decoder
It is an 8-bit register that temporarily stores the current instruction of a program. Latest
instruction sent here from memory prior to execution. Decoder then takes instruction and
decodes or interprets the instruction. Decoded instruction then passed to next stage.
Control Unit
Generates signals on data bus, address bus and control bus within microprocessor to carry
out the instruction, which has been decoded. Typical buses and their timing are described as
follows:
Data Bus: Data bus carries data in binary form between microprocessor and other
external units such as memory. It is used to transmit data i.e. information, results of
arithmetic etc between memory and the microprocessor. Data bus is bidirectional in
nature. The data bus width of 8085 microprocessor is 8-bit i.e. 28 combination of
binary digits and are typically identified as D0 – D7. Thus size of the data bus
determines what arithmetic can be done. If only 8-bit wide then largest number is
11111111 (255 in decimal). Therefore, larger numbers have to be broken down into
chunks of 255. This slows microprocessor.
Address Bus: The address bus carries addresses and is one way bus from
microprocessor to the memory or other devices. 8085 microprocessor contain 16-bit
address bus and are generally identified as A0 - A15. The higher order address lines
(A8 – A15) are unidirectional and the lower order lines (A0 – A7) are multiplexed
(time-shared) with the eight data bits (D0 – D7) and hence, they are bidirectional.
Control Bus: Control bus are various lines which have specific functions for
coordinating and controlling microprocessor operations. The control bus carries
control signals partly unidirectional and partly bidirectional. The following control
and status signals are used by 8085 processor:
I. ALE (output): Address Latch Enable is a pulse that is provided when an
address appears on the AD0 – AD7 lines, after which it becomes 0.
II. RD (active low output): The Read signal indicates that data are being read
from the selected I/O or memory device and that they are available on the
data bus.
III. WR (active low output): The Write signal indicates that data on the data bus
are to be written into a selected memory or I/O location.
IV. IO/M (output): It is a signal that distinguished between a memory operation
and an I/O operation. When IO/M = 0 it is a memory operation and IO/M =
1 it is an I/O operation.
V. S1 and S0 (output): These are status signals used to specify the type of
operation being performed; they are listed in Table 1.
S1 S0 States
0 0 Halt
0 1 Write
1 0 Read
1 1 Fetch
The schematic representation of the 8085 bus structure is as shown in Fig. 5. The
microprocessor performs primarily four operations:
The 8085 processor performs these functions using address bus, data bus and control bus as
shown in Fig. 5.
Properties:
It is a 8-bit microprocessor
Manufactured with N-MOS technology
40 pin IC package
It has 16-bit address bus and thus has 216 = 64 KB addressing capability.
Operate with 3 MHz single-phase clock
+5 V single power supply
The logic pin layout and signal groups of the 8085nmicroprocessor are shown in Fig. 6. All
the signals are classified into six groups:
Address bus
Data bus
Control & status signals
Power supply and frequency signals
Externally initiated signals
Serial I/O signals
A8 – A15 (output, 3-state): Most significant eight bits of memory addresses and the
eight bits of the I/O addresses. These lines enter into tri-state high impedance state
during HOLD and HALT modes.
AD0 – AD7 (input/output, 3-state): Lower significant bits of memory addresses and
the eight bits of the I/O addresses during first clock cycle. Behaves as data bus
during third and fourth clock cycle. These lines enter into tri-state high impedance
state during HOLD and HALT modes.
RESET IN : When the signal on this pin is low, the PC is set to 0, the buses are tri-
stated and the processor is reset.
RESET OUT: This signal indicates that the processor is being reset. The signal can
be used to reset other devices.
READY: When this signal is low, the processor waits for an integral number of
clock cycles until it goes high.
HOLD: This signal indicates that a peripheral like DMA (direct memory access)
controller is requesting the use of address and data bus.
HLDA: This signal acknowledges the HOLD request.
INTR: Interrupt request is a general-purpose interrupt.
INTA : This is used to acknowledge an interrupt.
RST 7.5, RST 6.5, RST 5,5 – restart interrupt: These are vectored interrupts and
have highest priority than INTR interrupt.
TRAP: This is a non-maskable interrupt and has the highest priority.
SID: Serial input signal. Bit on this line is loaded to D7 bit of register A using RIM
instruction.
SOD: Serial output signal. Output SOD is set or reset by using SIM instruction.