Unit - IV

8255 PPI

- Programmable Peripheral
Interfacing
PPI cont…

 Control register controls the overall operation of 8255

 All three ports A, B and C are grouped into two

Group A Group B

Port A Upper C Lower C Port B

PPI cont..

 it can operate in two basic modes

 Bit set/reset mode (BSR)
 I/O Mode:
mode 0,
mode 1,
mode 2

 Bit 8 of Control register decides between 3-

mode operation or bit set/reset operation
Operation modes

 8255 has three modes:

- mode 0: basic input-output
- mode 1: strobed input-output
- mode 2: strobed bidirectinal bus I/O
 In mode 0
- two 8-bit ports and two 4-bit ports
- any port can be input or output
- Outputs are latched, inputs are not latched
Mode 0

Port A Upper C Lower C Port B

Operation mode 1

 In mode 1:
-three ports are divided into two groups
-each group contains one 8-bit port and one 4-bit control/data
port
- 8-bit port can be either input or output and both latched
- 4-bit port used for control and status of 8-bit data port
Mode 1

Group A Group B

Port A Upper C Lower C Port B

Operation mode 2

 In mode 2
- only port A is used
- port A becomes an 8-bit bidirectional bus
- port C acts as control port (only pins PC3-PC7 are used)
Mode 2

Port A C7-C3 Port B

Address mapping of ports and control register

8255 PPI

Port A  $106C
Port B  $106D
Port C  $106E
8255 control register  $106F
Block Diagram of 8255
Pin Diagram
Control word register :
 Control register

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
Group B
Port C(L) – 1 Input
0 output
Port B – 1 Input 0 output
Mode select: 0 mode 0; 1 mode 1

Port C(U) – 1 Input 0 output

Port A – 1 Input 0 output
Mode select: 00 mode 0;
01 mode 1; 0x mode 2
1 – mode select
Group A
0 – bit set/reset
Initialising Control Register

 Control word: Port A input and port B output and both port in mode 0
A B

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 0 0 1 x 0 0 x
 Programming 8255
 Mode 0:
— Ports A, B, and C can be individually programmed as input or output ports
— Port C is divided into two 4-bit ports which are independent from each other

 Mode 1:
— Ports A and B are programmed as input or output ports
— Port C is used for handshaking

PA[7:0] PA[7:0]
PC4 STBA PC7 OBFA
PC5 IBFA PC6 ACKA
PC3 INTRA PC3 INTRA
8255 PB[7:0] 8255 PB[7:0]
PC2 STBB PC2 OBFB
PC1 IBFB PC1 ACKB
PC0 INTRB PC0 INTRB
PC6, 7 PC4, 5
Input Control signals:
Output Control Signals:
 Programming 8255
 Mode 2:
— Port A is programmed to be bi-directional
— Port C is for handshaking
— Port B can be either input or output in mode 0 or mode 1

PA[7:0]
PC7 OBFA
PC6 ACKA
PC4 STBA
8255 PC5 IBFA
PC3 INTRA
PC0 In Out STBB OBFB
PC0 In Out IBFB ACKB
PC0 In Out INTRB INTRB
PB[7:0]
Mode 0 Mode 1
1. Can you design a decoder for an 8255 chip such that its base address is 40H?
2. Write the instructions that set 8255 into mode 0, port A as input, port B as output,
PC0-PC3 as input, PC4-PC7 as output ?
Control signals:
Timing diagram is a combination of the Mode 1 Strobed Input
and Mode 1 Strobed Output Timing diagrams.
Interfacing 8255 to 8086 in I/O mapped I/O

D0-D7
D0-D7
Port A

A1 A0

A2 A1
Port B

M/IO RD Port C
RD
A0
WR
WR RST CS
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
Interfacing 8255 to 8086 in Memory mapped I/O

D0-D7
D0-D7
Port A

A1 A0

A19 Port B
A2 A1

M/IO RD Port C
RD
A0

WR
WR RST CS
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
Example Program
 Write a program for this traffic signal problem.

Port A 0 -
8255- 1 R

MC68HC11-
2
3
+
4
based P 5
6 -
7 G
+
Summary

 8255 has very friendly programming features

 Data can be sent and read to and from outer world via ports A,B
and C
 Suitable for advanced applications