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EEE 4430 Microprocessor Systems

The document is a past paper for the Bachelor of Science in Medical Engineering course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of microprocessor systems and assembly language programming. Question 1 has parts on microcomputer components, instruction sizes, register functions and 8085 instructions. Question 2 covers opcode decoding, machine/instruction cycles, and data transfer instructions. Question 3 is about tri-state buffers, machine cycles and status flags. Question 4 tests assembly language concepts, addressing modes and a data manipulation program. Question 5 includes a memory map, RET instruction and a number multiplication program with and without a subroutine.

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EEE 4430 Microprocessor Systems

The document is a past paper for the Bachelor of Science in Medical Engineering course. It contains 5 questions testing knowledge of microprocessor systems and assembly language programming. Question 1 has parts on microcomputer components, instruction sizes, register functions and 8085 instructions. Question 2 covers opcode decoding, machine/instruction cycles, and data transfer instructions. Question 3 is about tri-state buffers, machine cycles and status flags. Question 4 tests assembly language concepts, addressing modes and a data manipulation program. Question 5 includes a memory map, RET instruction and a number multiplication program with and without a subroutine.

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Paper B

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOMBASA


Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Department of Medical Engineering

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR:


Bachelor of Science in Medical Engineering
EEE 4430: Microprocessor Systems

SPECIAL/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION
SERIES: SEPTEMBER 2018

TIME: 2 HOURS
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2018
Instructions to Candidates
You should have the following for this examination
-Answer Booklet, examination pass and student ID
This paper consists of five Questions; Question ONE is compulsory. In addition attempt any
Other TWO Questions.
Do not write on the question paper.

QUESTION ONE

a) With the aid of a block diagram explain the functions of each of the basic parts of a
microcomputer [10 marks]
b) Explain the THREE instruction word sizes giving ONE example in each case.
[6 marks]
c) Explain the functions of each of the following registers:

(i) Program counter

(ii) Accumulator

(iii) Index register. [6 marks]

d) (i) Write instructions for the Intel 8085 microprocessor to perform the following tasks

(I) Load byte 5AH in register C.

(II) Exchange H and L with D and E

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(III) 2080H in register pair H, L.

(IV) Copy contents of register B to the Accumulator.

(ii) State and explain TWO instructions used with the stack. [7 marks]

QUESTION TWO

a) Explain any THREE actions taken after opcode has been decoded [6 marks]
b) (i) Differentiate between machine cycle and instruction cycle.

(ii) Explain the function of the following instructions.

(I) INX D

(II) DAD B [6 marks]

c) Nine bytes of data are stored in memory locations at 8050H to 8058H.


The data bytes are: Data (H): 37, A2, F2, 82, 57, 5A, 10, 19 and 98.

(i) Write instructions to store the data bytes in the memory locations.

(ii) Write a program that transfers the entire block of data in (i) to new memory
locations starting at AB00H.

[8 marks]

QUESTION THREE

a) With the aid of a diagram, explain a tri-state buffer and why it should be used in
microprocessor data bus. [6 Marks]
b) State any SIX machine cycles in the Intel 8085 microprocessor [6 Marks]
c) Explain the functions of any FOUR status bits found in the flags register. [8 Marks]

QUESTION FOUR

(a) (i) Explain the following concepts as used in assembly language programming:

(I) Opcode

(II) Operand

(ii) Explain any FOUR addressing modes used in Intel 8085A microprocessor. [10 marks]

(b) i) State any THREE microprocessor operations related to data manipulation.


ii) Write an assembly language program to load the byte 8EH in register D and F7H in
register E. Mask the higher order bits (D7 – D4) from both the data bytes and display

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the results at output PORT 1, EX-OR the lower order bits (D3 – D0) from the two
registers and display the at output PORT 2. [10 marks]

QUESTION FIVE

a) An 8 bit microprocessor with a 16-bit address bus requires PROM space of 4K bytes
and RAM spaces of 16K bytes, occupying a continuous space.
Draw the memory map of the system.
[6 marks]
b) Describe the operations undertaken by the CPU when it executes the instruction
RET. [2 marks]
c) i) Write an assembly language program to multiply two 8-bit numbers – 08H and
0CH – and store the result in memory location 2500H.
ii) Modify the program in (i) to include a subroutine [12 Marks]

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