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Programmable Peripheral Interface device

PPI and its characteristics:

• Control Register: Configures ports (A, B, C) as input/output and operational modes via
control word written by the microprocessor.
• I/O Ports: Three 8-bit ports:
Port A: Input/output.
Port B: Input/output.
Port C: 8-bit or two 4-bit ports, also handles handshake signals.
• Chip Select Logic: Enables selection of the 8255A from multiple peripherals using chip
select signal (CS) and address lines.
• Bidirectional Data Bus: 8-bit bus for data transfer between the microprocessor and I/O
devices.
• Control Logic: Manages data flow and configuration based on control word and port
mode.
• Handshake/Interrupt Signals: Provides synchronization using STB, ACK, and INTR
signals in modes 1 and 2 for data transfer.

Introduction to 8255A
• The 8255A programmable peripheral interface (PPI) implements a general purpose I/O
interface
• Connects peripheral equipment to a microcomputer system bus.
• External logic is not required to interface peripheral devices.
Pin diagram:
Block Diagram:

Description:

From the above pin diagram it is seen that -


• The 8255A has 24 pins such as PA7-PA0, PB7-PB0, and PC7-PC0. The first two groups
are grouped as 8 bit port named Port A and Port B. Port C is divided into two parts: Port
PC7-PC4 as Port C upper and PC3-PC0 as Port C lower.
• 8255A is an LSI peripheral device designed to permit easy implementation of parallel I/O
device in the 8088 and 8086 microprocessor system. It provides a flexible parallel
interface which includes features such as single bit, 4 bit and byte wise input/output parts,
level sensitive input, latch outputs and strobe bidirectional input/output.
• The left side of the block diagram represents the microprocessor interface. It includes 8
bit bidirectional data bus (D7-D0) through which command, status information and data
are transferred between input and 8255A. Timing of data is controlled by read/write
control signals.
• The source or destination within 8255A is selected by 2 bit register select code. The code
and corresponding port are given below:
A1 A0 Port
0 0 A
0 1 B
1 0 C
1 1 Control register

• Two other signals are RESET and 𝐶𝑆′ (Chip Select) inputs. It enables interface circuitry
for read/write operations. It is inactive low mode and requires 0 for operation. RESET is
used to initiate the device.
• The block diagram totally represents 24 I/O ports or 3 byte wide I/O ports known as port
A, port B and port C.
• Operating characteristics is under software control and it contains 8 bit internal register
(Control register) for the purpose.
• It has 8 bit bidirectional data bus.
• Vcc and GND switches are used for power supply.
• It has three operating mode: mode 0, mode 1 and mode 2.

Addressing 8255A using microprocessor interface:

For chip select, the signal at ̅̅


𝐶𝑆̅̅ must be 0. For the above diagram, A7=1, A6 to A2 is 0.
Therefore, A0 and A1 select one of the I/O ports and control register.

Here,

Port A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 Address
Port A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80H
Port B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 81H
Port C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 82H
Control 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 83H
Register
Modes of Operation:

Mode-0 Mode-1 Mode-2


(Simple I/O) (Handshaking I/O) (Bidirectional
Handshaking I/O)
Port-A Data Transfer Data Transfer Data Transfer
Port-B Data Transfer Data Transfer Mode-1 or Mode-0
Port-C Data Transfer Used for Handshaking Used for Handshaking

Control word selection format: I/O mode:

D7=1, the mode of operation is selected by control word

=0, the mode of operation is selected by set/reset mode.

Operation mode of 8255A:


i) BSR mode (for port C, no effect on I/O mode)
ii) I/O mode
a) mode 0: Simple I/O for Port A, B, C
b) mode 1: Store I/O, handshake I/O for Port A, B, C
c) mode 2: Bidirectional data bus for Port A

Example-1:

Initialize 8255 for simple I/O as follows:

Port A as Mode 0 input

Port B as Mode 0 output

Port C upper as output

Port C lower as output

Solution:

Control word:

D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Hence, the control word is 90H

Instruction:

MOV AL,90 H

OUT 83h, AL

Example-2:

Initialize 8255 for simple I/O as follows:

Port A as Mode 1 input

Port B as Mode 0 output

Port C upper as output

Port C lower as input

Solution:

Control word:

D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Hence, the control word is B1H

Instruction:

MOV AL,0B1H

OUT 83h, AL

Example-3: Write down the mode and I/O configuration for port A, B and C of 8255 after its
control register is loaded with 82H.

Solution:

Here the control register= 82h

Hence, the equivalent binary:

D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

D7=1 the mode of operation of is I/O.


D6=0 The operating mode of port A is 0.
D5=0
D4=0 Port A is used as output
D3=0 The upper bit of port C is used as output
D2=0 The mode of port B is 0.
D1=1 Port B is used as input
D0=0 The lower bit of port C is used as output.

Control word selection format: BSR mode:


The Bit Set/Reset (BSR) mode is available on port C only. Each line of port C (PC7 - PC0) can
be set or reset by writing a suitable value to the control word register. BSR mode and I/O mode
are independent and selection of BSR mode does not affect the operation of other ports in I/O
mode.

• D7 bit is always 0 for BSR mode.


• Bits D6, D5 and D4 are don't care bits.
• Bits D3, D2 and D1 are used to select the pin of Port C.
• Bit D0 is used to set/reset the selected pin of Port C.

Selection of port C pin is determined as follows:

D3 D2 D1 Bit/pin of port C selected

0 0 0 PC0

0 0 1 PC1

0 1 0 PC2

0 1 1 PC3

1 0 0 PC4

1 0 1 PC5

1 1 0 PC6

1 1 1 PC7

Example-1:

Initialize PC5 to be set.

Solution:

D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Here, the control word is= 0BH

Instruction:

MOV AL, 0BH

OUT 83, AL

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