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Ports of 8255A
8255A has three ports, i.e., PORT A, PORT B, and PORT C.
● Port A contains one 8-bit output latch/buffer and one 8-bit input buffer.
● Port B is similar to PORT A.
● Port C can be split into two parts, i.e. PORT C lower (PC0-PC3) and PORT C upper
(PC7-PC4) by the control word.
These three ports are further divided into two groups, i.e. Group A includes PORT A and
upper PORT C. Group B includes PORT B and lower PORT C. These two groups can be
programmed in three different modes, i.e. the first mode is named as mode 0, the
second mode is named as Mode 1 and the third mode is named as Mode 2.
Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPI 8255 Architecture
Operating Modes
8255A has three different operating modes −
● Mode 0 − In this mode, Port A and B is used as two 8-bit ports and Port C as two 4-bit
ports. Each port can be programmed in either input mode or output mode where
outputs are latched and inputs are not latched. Ports do not have interrupt capability.
● Mode 1 − In this mode, Port A and B is used as 8-bit I/O ports. They can be configured
as either input or output ports. Each port uses three lines from port C as handshake
signals. Inputs and outputs are latched.
● Mode 2 − In this mode, Port A can be configured as the bidirectional port and Port B
either in Mode 0 or Mode 1. Port A uses five signals from Port C as handshake signals
for data transfer. The remaining three signals from Port C can be used either as
simple I/O or as handshake for port B.
Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPI 8255 Architecture
Features of 8255A
The prominent features of 8255A are as follows −
● It consists of 3 8-bit IO ports i.e. PA, PB, and PC.
● Address/data bus must be externally demux'd.
● It is TTL compatible.
● It has improved DC driving capability.
Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPI 8255 Architecture
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Control Word Format- For Bit/Reset Mode
Control Word Format- For I/O Mode
Interfacing DAC
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