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PARALLEL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE AND FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

The Intel 8255 (or i8255) Programmable Peripheral Interface chip is a peripheral chip originally
developed for the Intel 8085 microprocessor, and as such is a member of a large array of such
chips, known as the MCS-85 Family.This chip was later also used with the Intel 8086 and its
descendants. It was later made (cloned) by many other manufacturers. It is made in DIP 40 and
PLCC 44 pins encapsulated versions.

This chip is used to give the CPU access to programmable parallel I/O, and is similar to other
such chips like the Motorola 6520 PIA (Peripheral Interface Adapter) the MOS Technology 6522
(Versatile Interface Adapter) and the MOS Technology CIA (Complex Interface Adapter) all
developed for the 6502 family. Other such chips are the 2655 Programmable Peripheral Interface
from the Signetics 2650 family of microprocessors, the 6820 PIO (Peripheral Input/Output) from
the Motorola 6800 family, the Western Design Center WDC 65C21, an enhanced 6520, and
many others.The 8255 is widely used not only in many microcomputer/microcontroller systems
especially Z-80 based, home computers such as SV-328 and all MSX, but also in the system
board of the best known original IBM-PC, PC/XT, PC/jr, etc. and clones.However, most often
the functionality the 8255 offered is now not implemented with the 8255 chip itself anymore, but
is embedded in a larger VLSI chip as a sub function. The 8255 chip itself is still made, and is
sometimes used together with a micro controller to expand its I/O capabilities.

4.2.1Functional Block diagram:

The 8255 has 24 input/output pins in all. These are divided into three 8-bit ports. Port A and port
B can be used as 8-bit input/output ports. Port C can be used as an 8-bit input/output port or as
two 4-bit input/ouput ports or to produce handshake signals for ports A and B.

The three ports are further grouped as follows:

1) Group A consisting of port A and upper part of port C.


2) Group B consisting of port B and lower part of port C.

Eight data lines (D0 - D7) are available (with an 8-bit data buffer) to read/write data into the
ports or control register under the status of the " RD" (pin 5) and WR" (pin 36), which are
active low signals for read and write operations respectively. The address lines A1 and A0 allow
to successively access any one of the ports or the control register as listed below:
FIGURE 1

A1 A0 Function
0 0 port A
0 1 port B
1 0 port C
1 1 control register

The control signal "' CS" (pin 6) is used to enable the 8255 chip. It is an active low signal, ie,
when CS = '0, the 8255 is enabled. The RESET input (pin 35) is connected to a system (like
8085, 8086, etc. ) reset line so that when the system is reset, all the ports are initialised as input
lines. This is done to prevent 8255 and/or any peripheral connected to it, from being destroyed
due to mismatch of ports. This is explained as follows. Suppose an input device is connected to
8255 at port A. If from the previous operation, port A is initialised as an output port and if 8255
is not reset before using the current configuration, then there is a possibility of damage of either
the input device connected or 8255 or both since both 8255 and the device connected will be
sending out data.

The control register or the control logic or the command word register is an 8-bit register used to
select the modes of operation and input/output designation of the ports.

Source : http://nprcet.org/e%20content/Misc/e-Learning/IT/IV%20Sem/CS%202252-Microprocessors%
20and%20Microcontrollers.pdf

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