Microprocessor Syllabus
Microprocessor Syllabus
Note: Examiner will set nine questions in total. Question one will be compulsory. Question
one will have 6 parts of 2.5 marks each from all units and remaining eight questions of 15
marks each to be set by taking two questions from each unit. The students have to attempt
five questions in total, first being compulsory and selecting one from each unit.
Unit: 1
THE 8085 PROCESSOR: Introduction to microprocessor, 8085 microprocessor: Architecture,
instruction set, interrupt structure, and Assembly language programming.
Unit: 2
THE 8086 MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE: Architecture, block diagram of 8086, details
of sub-blocks such as EU, BIU; memory segmentation and physical address computations,
program relocation, addressing modes, instruction formats, pin diagram and description of
various signals.
Unit: 3
INSTRUCTION SET OF 8086: Instruction execution timing, assembler instruction format, data
transfer instructions, arithmetic instructions, branch instructions, looping instructions, NOP
and HLT instructions, flag manipulation instructions, logical instructions, shift and rotate
instructions, directives and operators, programming examples.
Unit: 4
INTERFACING DEVICE: 8255 Programmable peripheral interface, interfacing keyboard and
seven segment display, 8254 (8253) programmable interval timer, 8259A programmable
interrupt controller, Direct Memory Access and 8237 DMA controller.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Microprocessor Architecture, Programming & Applications with 8085: Ramesh S
Gaonkar; Wiley Eastern Ltd.
2. Intel Microprocessors 8086- Pentium processor: Brey; PHI
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Microprocessors and interfacing: D V Hall; TMH
2. The 8088 & 8086 Microprocessors-Programming, interfacing, Hardware &
Applications: Triebel & Singh; PHI
3. Microcomputer systems: the 8086/8088 Family: architecture, Programming &Design:
Yu-Chang Liu & Glenn A Gibson; PHI.
4. Advanced Microprocessors and Interfacing: Badri Ram; TMH
Course Outcomes: