Microprocessor

What you'll learn

The key areas this subject covers, mapped to the official curriculum.

• 8085 internal architecture and register organization
• Machine cycles, T-states and timing diagrams
• The full 8085 instruction set and assembly programs
• Interrupt structure, masking and RST vectors
• 8255 I/O interfacing and the 8086 advanced features

Course units

The structured path through this subject.

1. 1

   Introduction

   What a microprocessor is, how it evolved, and where it is used.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

2. 2

   Basic Architecture

   The internal blocks, registers and pins of the 8085.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

3. 3

   Instruction Cycle

   How the 8085 fetches and executes instructions in time.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

4. 4

   Assembly Language Programming

   The instruction set and writing programs in 8085 assembly.

   5 topics · 5 lessons available

5. 5

   Basic I/O, Memory R/W and Interrupt Operations

   Reading and writing memory, input/output transfers and the interrupt mechanism.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

6. 6

   Input/ Output Interfaces

   Programmable support chips used to talk to the outside world.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

7. 7

   Advanced Microprocessors

   The 8086 and the generations that followed it.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available