INTERFACING I/O

DEVICES
1 Iskandar Yahya
iskandar@vlsi.eng.ukm.my
03-89216591
INTRODUCTION
 Objectives
 Parallel and Serial Mode
 Identify device/port address of peripheral-mapped
I/O and memory mapped I/O
 OUT & IN instructions.
 Memory related instructions
 Differentiate peripheral-mapped and memory-
mapped I/O
 To interface 8085 with other devices

Parallel Vs Serial
 Parallel I/O - All 8-bits of data are transferred

between 8085 and external device using the entire

data bus 2
 Serial I/O - Bits are transferred one at a time, along
one data line
INTRODUCTION
I/O Port Identification and Addressing
 Memory Mapped I/O
 Access and identify as memory registers using
memory space
 Memory related control signal
 16-bit address i.e. from 0000H to FFFFH
 8085 treats I/O ports as if it was communicating
with a memory location

 Peripheral Mapped I/O

 Separate address scheme (8-bit i.e from 00H to
FFH)
 Enabled and identified by I/O related control signals

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 Data transfer process is identical for both method
 Need to understand the foundation I/O operations in
BASIC INTERFACING CONCEPTS
 8085’s I/O Data Transfer Process:
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 Things to understand:
 How 8085 selects an I/O device?
 What hardware chips are necessary?
 What software instructions are used?
 How data are transferred?

 Peripheral-mapped and memory-mapped I/O have the

same basic concept in interfacing. 4
 The difference is the Instructions used for each.
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
 Two instructions: IN (code DB) and OUT(code
D3)
 IN - data input into the accumulator from
device eg. Keyboard
 OUT - data output from accumulator to
device e.g printer, display
 Each instructions are 2-byte - first byte
denotes operation and second byte specifies
the address.
Memory Machine Mnemonic Memory Contents
Address Code s

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PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
OUT INSTRUCTION

 This instruction above is used to channel out the

content of accumulator to an output device with the
address 10H. (address is also called port number of
device)

 Address of output device is 8-bit long, so 8085 can

communicate with 256 output devices, with address
from 00H to FFH.

 We can simply choose any address for our device,

depending on our application.

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PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
OUT INSTRUCTION
Instruction OUT
M1 (Opcode Fetch) M2 (Memory Read) M3 (I/O Write)
T1 T2 T3 T4 T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3

20H unspecified 20H Port Address 01H

Opcode D3H 51H 01H Port Address Accumulator

50H
01H Content

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PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
OUT INSTRUCTION

 The 8085 executes the OUT instruction in three

machine cycles and it takes 10 T-states (clock periods)
to complete.

The process:
 At First machine cycle M1 -
 Place high order memory address 20H on A15-A8
 Place low order memory address 50H on AD7-AD0
 ALE goes high and IO/M' goes low.
 ALE indicates the availability of AD7-AD0 and used
to demultiplex the bus
 IO/M' low indicates a memory related operation
 At T2, (RD)' (active low) signal is sent and
combined with IO/M' signal to activate the (MEMR)'
signal (active low)
 Fetch the instruction code D3 using data bus, 8
decodes it, finds out that it suppose to be 2-byte,
so must read the second byte.
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OUT INSTRUCTION
 At the second machine cycle M2 -
 Same process as in M1, but this time with the memory
address 2051H
 Gets the device port address 01H, second byte of the OUT
instruction

 At the third machine cycle M3 -

 01H is placed on the low-order (AD7-AD0) and high-order
(A15-A8) address bus
 IO/M' goes high to indicate I/O operation.
 At T2, the content of accumulator is placed on data bus
(AD7-AD0), followed by control signal (WR)’.
 ANDing the IO/M' and (WR)' signal, the (IOW)' is generated
to enable the output device

 The data remains on the data bus (AD7-AD0) for two T-states
(T2 & T3), before the processor executes the next instruction.9
Therefore we must latch the data bus within the two T-states
before it is lost.
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
IN INSTRUCTION

Memory Machine Mnemonic Memory Contents

Address Code s

 IN 8-bit is a two-byte instruction with hex opcode DB

followed by the port address of an input device.

 8085 will read the contents of the addresses 2065H

and 2066H, and read the switch positions (input data)
at port 84H by enabling the interfacing device of the
port.

 Input data byte containing the switch positions from 10

the input port will be placed in the accumulator.
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
IN INSTRUCTION
Instruction IN
M1 (Opcode Fetch) M2 (Memory Read) M3 (I/O Write)
T1 T2 T3 T4 T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3

20H unspecified 20H Port Address 84H

Opcode DBH 66H 84H Port Address Data From

65H
84H Input Port

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PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
IN INSTRUCTION
The process:
 M1 and M2 are identical to OUT instruction.

 At third machine cycle M3 -

 8085 places address of input port (84H) on

both high-order AD7-AD0 and low order A15-A8
address bus
 Sends (RD)' signal, which will prompt I/O Read
signal, (IOR)'
 The (IOR)' enables input port, data obtained
from port onto the bus and placed into the
accumulator.
 M3 for IN and OUT are essentially the same,
the differences are 12
 IN use (RD)', OUT use (WR)'
 Data flow from input port to accumulator for IN, from
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)

 We saw that, for OUT instruction, the content

of the accumulator will be on the data bus for
a period of two T-periods only.

 To catch the data, we need a data latch so

that we can display or print the data, or even
transfer it to an external device.

Questions:
1. When should we enable the latch?
2. What is the address of the latch? 13
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)

The answer to both is at M3:

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Need to create:
 Pulse to indicate the presence of address on
bus
 Generate timing pulse to indicate data byte
is on the bus
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 Use both pulse to enable the latch to catch
the data
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DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)
A7
Data Bus Latch
or To Peripherals
Decod (D7 – D0)
Address Lines Buffer
A7 – Ao er
A0
AND Enabl
e
Device Select
Control Signal Pulse
or

Figure shows the basic blocks of a decoding circuit.

The process are summarized as follows:
 Decode address bus to generate a unique pulse
corresponding to the device address on the bus; this
is called the device address pulse or I/O
address pulse.
 Combine (AND) the device address pulse with the
control signal to generate a device select (I/O
select) pulse that is generated only when both 15
signals are asserted.
 Use the I/O select pulse to activate the interfacing
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)

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Example of a practical decoding circuit (Device
address 01H)
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER

Figure above is a practical decoding circuit:

 A7-A0 address line connected to 8-input NAND gate

that functions as decoder
 Address 01H (00000001), A0 directly connected, A7
inverted to produce 01H
 G1 generate low pulse (active low)and combines with
G2, which is low too, to select (IOSEL) or enable the
data latch
 At this time the content of the accumulator is on the
data bus
 IOSEL will clock the latch to catch the data, and send
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the data to the output device.
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER

Absolute Decoding
 All eight address lines are decoded to
generate unique pulse
 Figure shows unique pulse will be generated
if and only if address 01H (ooooooo1) is on
the address bus
 Good design practice

 Costly (uses many extra devices/gates)

Our previous decoding circuit employs this

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technique
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)

Partial Decoding
 Only some of the address lines are decoded, device
has multiple addresses
 Figure below shows A1 and A0 are omitted (don’t care
states)and replaced by IO/M' and (WR)',
 So device has the addresses 00H, 01H, 02H, and 03H

 Used in small system

 Less components

A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 (Don’t Puls
care) e
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (OUT)

Decoding circuit
implemented using Partial
Decoding technique

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PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (IN)

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Input Interfacing: Example circuit
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
DEVICE SELECTION & DATA TRANSFER (IN)
Input Interfacing
Example of 8-Key input port. Basic concept is the same
as output
The process:
 Address line connected to 8-inout NAND gate.
 When address is FFH, NAND out put goes low and
combined with (IOR)' in gate G2
 G2 generate device select pulse used to enable tri-
state buffer
 Data from keys are put on the data bus D7-D0 and
loaded onto the accumulator

The difference of this input circuit to the previous output

circuit:
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 PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
INTERFACING I/OS USING DECODERS

 Another scheme of address decoding is to

use 3-to-8 demux (decoder) and4-input
NAND to decode address busO O O O O
I2 I1 I0 O O O
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
decoder/Demux

O0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
O1
I0 O2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
3-to-8

I1 O3
O4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
I2 O5 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
O6
O7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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INTERFACING I/OS USING DECODERS

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Another scheme of address decoding. Use 3-to-8 demux
(decoder) and4-input NAND to decode address bus
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
INTERFACING I/OS USING DECODERS
This is how the circuit work:
 3-to-8 decoder has 3 inputs, 3 enable pins and 8
outputs
 For the decoder to be functional, all the enable
switches must be active, i.e. E1' = 0 (active low),
E'2 = 0 (active low) and E'3 = 1 (active high)
 Addresses lines A2, A1 and A0 are used as
inputs, therefore we can have 8 different output
device or port addresses. (2^3 = 8)
 A7-A3 are used to enable the encoder
 Combine the decoded signal with the appropriate
control signal to generate I/O select pulse
 Here, O0 is logically ANDed with (IOW)' signal to
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 O2 is logically NAND with (IOR)' to select the tri-
state buffer for input operation
PERIPHERAL I/O INSTRUCTIONS
INTERFACING I/OS USING DECODERS

Decoder Enable Input Address

A7 A6 A5 A4 A2 A1 A0  
A3

 Based on the circuit, select pulse will be

generated if input address is F8H, where O0 will
be active and LED will display the content of
accumulator

 Select pulse will also be generated if input

address is FAH, where O2 will be active in this
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case and the buffer will channel the keyed data
into the accumulator
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BASIC INTERFACING CONCEPT SUMMARY

Basic concepts and steps for peripheral I/O

interfacing:
 The device address or port number is placed on the
demultiplexed low order as well as high order
address bus
 Either the high order bus (A15-A8) or the
demultiplexed low order bus (A7-A0) can be
decoded to generate the pulse that correspond to
the device address
 Device address is AND with either the (IOW)' for
output or (IOR)' for input control signal. When both
is active, the device I/O device will be selected
 Output device, Latch is used
 Input device, tri-state buffer is used 27
 Address bus can be decoded by Absolute or Partial
(liner-select)decoding. Partial technique reduces
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BASIC INTERFACING CONCEPT SUMMARY
 8085’s I/O Data Transfer Process:
 Places appropriate address on the address bus
 Sends the control signals
 Enables the interfacing device
 Transfer data

Interesting Question:
Can an input port and an output port have the same
port address?
Answer:

Another Interesting Question:

How will the port number be affected if we decode the
high-order address lines A15-A8 rather than A7-A0?
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Answer:
INTERFACING OUTPUT DISPLAY
EXAMPLE: SEVEN SEGMENT OUTPUT DISPLAY AS AN
OUTPUT DEVICE

Problem:

 Design a seven-segment LED output port with the

device address F5H, using a 74LS138 (3-to-8)
decoder, a 74LS20 4-input NAND gate, a 74LS02 NOR
gate, and a common-anode seven-segment LED

 Write instructions to display digit 7 at the port

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INTERFACING OUTPUT DISPLAY
EXAMPLE: SEVEN SEGMENT OUTPUT DISPLAY AS AN
OUTPUT DEVICE

Solution:

Seven-Segment LED

To display digit "7" at the LED as in figure, the

requirements are:
 Logic "0" is required to turn on a segment because it
is a common-anode seven-segment LED
 To display "7", segments A, B, and C should be turned
on
Data Lines D D D D D D D D  
 The binary code should be:
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
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INTERFACING OUTPUT DISPLAY
EXAMPLE: SEVEN SEGMENT OUTPUT DISPLAY AS AN
OUTPUT DEVICE

Interfacing circuit:
 For output port with address F5H, the address lines
A7-A0 should have the following logic:
A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0  

We need to use 74LS138, which has only 3 input pins.

Therefore,
 Use A2, A1, A0 as input lines to the decoder.
 Connect A3 to active low enable (E1)'
 The remaining lines connect to (E2)' through 4-input
NAND gate

Output O5 is ANDed with control signal (IOW)' using the 31

NOR gate (negative input AND) to generate pulse to
enable the latch.
INTERFACING OUTPUT DISPLAY
EXAMPLE: SEVEN SEGMENT OUTPUT DISPLAY AS AN
OUTPUT DEVICE

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INTERFACING OUTPUT DISPLAY
EXAMPLE: SEVEN SEGMENT OUTPUT DISPLAY AS AN
OUTPUT DEVICE

Instructions:
;Load seven-segment code in the
accumulator
;Display digit 7 at port F5H
;End

 First instruction loads 78H in the

accumulator, which is the code to display
digit "7“

 Second instruction sends contents of the

accumulator (78H) to the output port F5H 33
INTERFACING INPUT DEVICES
EXAMPLE: DATA INPUT FROM DIP SWITCH
 Interfacing inputs devices is similar to that of output
devices. The differences are in the bus signals and
circuit components.

 Data input from DIP switch

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INTERFACING INPUT DEVICES
EXAMPLE: DATA INPUT FROM DIP SWITCH

From Figure:
 Tri-state octal buffer is used as an interfacing device
controlled by active low signals (OE)'
 If (OE)' is low, the keyed data shows up at the data bus

Interfacing circuit:
 All low-order address lines, except A4 and A3, are
connected to the decoder
 A4 and A3 are don’t care lines

 Output pin O4 is used, so it will switch on when the

following address presents:
A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0  

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|--Enable Lines -------| |- Don’t care -| |------- Input --------|
INTERFACING INPUT DEVICES
EXAMPLE: DATA INPUT FROM DIP SWITCH
 (IOR)' is generated by ANDing IO/M' and (RD)'
 (IOR)' is ANDed with output of decoder to produce select
pulse to enable the tri-state buffer
 Once the tri-state buffer is enabled, the logic levels of
the switches i.e. keyed data is placed on the data bus,
before placed into the accumulator
 Closed switch = logic "0"
 Open switch = logic "1"
 Input reading is F8H

Instructions to read input at device address 84H:

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INTERFACING INPUT DEVICES
EXAMPLE: DATA INPUT FROM DIP SWITCH

 Address lines A4 and A3 are not used, therefore the

device can have multiple addresses as shown:

A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0  
 
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

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MEMORY MAPPED I/O
 In memory-mapped I/O, the devices are
assigned and identified by 16-bit addresses
 Instructions used:

 LDA*
 STA*
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 Control signals used: (MEMR)' and (MEMW)'
 This technique is similar to peripheral
I/O
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 MEMORY MAPPED I/O
Memory Machine Mnemonic Comments
Address Code s ; Store Contents of
accumulator in memory
location 8000H
 
 

 STA (Store A Direct) is used to store the

content of accumulator to the specified
memory register.
 Here the memory address is 8000H (16-bit)

 If we connect an output device with this

address (8000H), the accumulator contents
will transfer to the output device. 39
MEMORY MAPPED I/O

 For input operation, same principles as

output operation

 Use LDA (Load A Direct) instead of STA

 For memory-mapped I/O, the control signals

are memory read (MEMR)' and memory write
(MEMW)' instead of (IOR)' and (IOW)'

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MEMORY MAPPED I/O
DATA TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
 Essentially the same as using IN and Out instructions
 But memory-mapped uses 16-bit addressing,
therefore needs 4 machine cycles, instead of 3 as in
the time diagram

 M1 is for reading Opcode (first byte of instruction)

 M2 is for reading 2nd byte of instruction, which is the
low order address
 M3 is for rading 3rd byte of instruction, which is the
remaining high order address
 M4, data are loaded from the accumulator to the data
bus and address 8000H are put on the entire address
bus (A15-A0)

 We can see the difference here. For OUT instruction,

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the 8-bit address of device is put on both the A15-A8
and A7-A0 address bus, and either one can be
decoded to identify the output device
MEMORY MAPPED I/O
DATA TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

The steps for device selection and data

transfer for memory-mapped I/O:
1. Decode the address bus to generate the
device address pulse
2. AND the control signal with the device
address pulse to generate the device select
(I/O select) pulse
3. Use the device select pulse to enable the I/O
port
 
For interfacing memory-mapped input device,
we can use the similar steps, but use the 42

instruction LDA, and the control signal will be

(RD)' rather than (WR)'
 MEMORY MAPPED I/O
SUMMARY
 Memory-mapped I/O is similar to Peripheral I/O in terms of concept
 The differences are as follows:
Characteristics Memory-mapped I/O Peripheral I/O

1.Device address 16-bit 8-bit

1.Control signals for (MEMR)'/(MEMW)' (IOR)'/(IOW)'

Input/Output
1.Instructions STA; LDA; LDAX; STAX; MOV IN and OUT
available M,R: ADD M; SUB M; ANA M:
etc
1.Data transfer Between any register and I/O Only between I/O and the
devices Accumulator
1.Maximum number The memory map (64K) is The I/O map is independent of
of I/Os possible shared between I/Os and the memory map; 256 input
system memory devices and 256 output devices
can be connected
1.Execution speed 13 T-states (STA,LDA) 10 T-states
7 T-sates (MOV M,R)
1.Hardware More hardware is needed to Less hardware is needed to
requirements decode 16-bit address decode 8-bit address
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1.Other features Arithmetic or logical Not available
operations can be directly
performed with I/O DATA