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Introduction to

Microprocessor and Microcomputer


Satya Prakash Joshi
012BIM31
Microprocessor Typically it consist of Three devices

A Microprocessor is a multipurpose, Programmable clock- Memory


driven, register based electronic device,
Microprocessor

That read binary instruction from a storage device called I/O


memory, accepts binary data as input and processes data
according to those instructions and provides results as These three devices work together
outputs. and interact with each other.

In Reprogrammable system the


Microprocessor is clock driven semiconductor device which microcomputer is used for
is manufactured by using LSI and VLSI technique. computing and data processing
Microcomputer
A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as
its central processing unit (CPU). It includes a microprocessor, memory, and input/output
(I/O) facilities.
Microcomputers became popular in the 1970s and 80s with the advent of increasingly
powerful microprocessors.
• Examples of Microcomputers are Intel 8051 controller-a single board computer,
• IBM PC and Apple Macintosh computer.
Micro Controller
Example:
• A microcontroller is a small computer on a Die (integrated Circuit)
single integrated circuit containing a processor
core, memory, and
programmable input/output peripherals
• Microcontrollers are used in automatically
controlled products and devices, such as
automobile engine control systems, implantable
medical devices, remote controls, office
machines, power tools, toys and
other embedded systems.
General Architecture of Microcomputer System

The major parts are CPU, Memory and I/O


There are three buses, address bus, data bus and control bus;
Continue….
Memory
• Memory consist of RAM and ROM, the purpose of memory is to store
binary codes for the sequences of instructions you want the
computer to carry out.
• The second purpose of the memory is to store the binary-coded data
with which the computer is going to be working.

Input / Output
• The input/output or I/O Section allows the computer to take in data
from the out side world or send data to the outside world.
• Peripherals such as keyboards, video display terminals, printers are
connected to I/O Port.
CPU(Central Processing Unit)
• In a microcomputer CPU is a microprocessor.
• The fetches binary coded instructions from memory, decodes the
instructions into a series of simple actions and carries out these
actions in a sequence of steps.
• The CPU also contains an address counter or instruction pointer
register, which holds the address of the next instruction or data item
to be fetched from memory.
Address Bus
• The address bus consists of 16, 20, 24 or 32 parallel signal lines.
• On these lines the CPU sends out the address of the memory location
that is to be written to or read from. The no of memory location that
the CPU can address is determined by the number of address lines.
• If the CPU has N address lines, then it can directly address 2N
memory locations i.e. CPU with 16 address lines can address 216 or
65536 memory locations.
Data Bus
• The data bus consists of 8, 16 or 32 parallel signal lines.
• The data bus lines are bi-directional.
• This means that the CPU can read data in from memory or it can send
data out to memory

Control Bus
• The control bus consists of 4 to 10 parallel signal lines.
• The CPU sends out signals on the control bus to enable the output of
addressed memory devices or port devices.
• Typical control bus signals are Memory Read, Memory Write, I/O
Read and I/O Write.
Components of CPU

Microprocessor is Divided into three segments-


1. ALU
2. Register Array
3. Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
• This is the area of Microprocessor where various computing functions
are performed on data.
• The ALU performs operations such as addition, subtraction and logic
operations such as AND, OR and exclusive OR.

Control Unit
• The Control Unit Provides the necessary timing and control signals to all the
operations in the Microcomputer
• It controls the flow of data between the Microprocessor and Memory and
Peripherals.
• The Control unit performs 2 basic tasks
- Sequencing
- Execution
Register Array
• These are storage devices to store data temporarily.
• There are different types of registers depending upon the
Microprocessors.
• These registers are primarily used to store data temporarily during
the execution of a program and are accessible to the user through the
instructions.
• General purpose Registers of 8086 includes AL, AH, BL, BH, CL, CH, DL,
DH
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