Computer Engineering and
Informatics Dept.
Hardware and Computer
Architecture Sector
Introduction to
8-bit Microprocessors
Dr N. Petrellis, Adjunct Faculty
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Architecture of 8-bit
processors, microcontrollers and their peripheral circuits
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External structure of a
processor: pin out and packaging
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Internal blocks: Instruction
Fetch and Decoding, Execution Unit, ALU, Register Set
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Timing diagrams of Memory and
I/O access
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Instruction, Machine and Clock
Cycles
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Interconnecting
microprocessors with memory and peripherals
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Instruction Sets: Efficient
use of instructions. Peripheral programming
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Interrupts, Wait Cycles, Bus
Requests
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Peripherals: Timer/Counters,
Parallel and Serial Ports, Interrupt Controllers, DMA Controllers
Commercial
Processors and Peripherals that are studied:
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Ζ80 CPU, Ζ80 CTC, Z80 PIO, Z80 SIO, Z80 DMAC
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The 6805 and 8051 microcontrollers
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The AVR microcontroller family
