RAM/Peripheral Interfacing device for

8085 and 8088

Presented By-

Siddharth
Chauhan
 INTRODUCTION

The 8155 is a RAM and I/O chip to be used in

the 8085 and 8088 MPU system. The RAM is
designed with 2K bit static cells organized as
256*8. They have a maximum access time of
440ns.
 INTRODUCTION

 There are 3 basic I/O ports. One of the three can be

programmed to be status pins, thus allowing to the
other two ports to operate in handshake mode
 A 14 bit counter/timer is also included in the chip to
provide either a square wave or terminal count pulse
for the CPU system depending on the timer mode.
 The programmable I/O ports can be operated by BASIC
Mode and STROBE Mode
 INTERFACING I/O AND
PERIPHERAL DEVICES:

 Data transfer from input device to processor:

 The input device will load the data to the port.

 When the port receives a data, it sends message to the
processor to read the data.
 The processor will read the data from the port.
 After a data have been read by the processor the input
device will load the next data into the port.
 INTERFACING I/O AND
PERIPHERAL DEVICES:

 Data transfer from processor to output device:

 The processor will load the data to the port.
 The port will send a message to the output device to read
the data.
 The output device will read the data from the port.
 After the data have been read by the output device the
processor can load
 the next data to the port
 FEATURES
 Single +5V Power Supply.
 Access Time 330ns.
 Internal Address Latch.
 2 Programmable 8bit I/O ports and 1 programmable
6bit I/O port.
 256*8 bit RAM.
 Programmable 8bit binary Counter/Timer.
 Multiplexed 8bit Address/Data bus.
 Chip Enable active low.
 40 pin DIP.
DC Characteristics
AC Characteristics
AC Characteristics…
BLOCK DIAGRAM
PIN-DIAGRAM
AD0-AD7 I/O Addr/Data bus mux'd

RESET I Reset input

CE-bar or CE I Chip enable (55/56)

ALE I Address latch enable

RD-bar I Read input

WR-bar I Write input

IO/Mbar I I/O or memory section

PA0-7 I/O Port A (8 bit)

PB0-7 I/O Port B (8 bit)

PC0-5 I/O Port C (6 bit)

TIMER-IN I Timer input

TIMER-OUT-bar O Timer output

 PIN NAMES AND DESCRIPTION
 RESET(I/P): The width of reset high should be two clock cycles in 8155.
 AD 0~7(I/P,O/P and tri-state): Theses are three state address/data lines that interface with
the lower order MPU address/data bus. The 8 bit address can be applied to the memory section or the
I/O section depending upon the polarity of the IO/M` signal.
 CE: Chip Enable is active low.
 RD: reading input from the memory or the Input peripheral. Active low.
 WR: writing output to the memory or the O/P peripheral. Active low.
 ALE: Address Latch Enable. Works on the falling edge.
 PA 0~7 / PB 0~7 : These 8 pins are general purpose I/O pins. The input output direction is set
by the command register.
 PC 0~5: These 6 pins can function either as input port, output port or the control signals for Port A
and Port B. Programming is done via command register.
 Pin Names And Description…
 The control Signals are :-

 Timer In: Input to timer counter.

 Timer Out: Output to timer counter.
 Vcc
 Vss (Ground)
 The Command Register
 The command register consists of latches.
 Four bits define the mode of the ports (0~3)
 2 bits (4~5) define the enable or disable interrupts
from Port C when its acts as control port.
 The last 2 bits are for the timer (6~7)
 The contents of the command register can be altered
at any time by using I/O address XXXX000 during
write operation
 COMMAND REGISTER
 Its also called the control word.
 D0, D1: mode for PA and PB, 0=i/p, 1=o/p
 D2, D3: mode for PC
 D4, D5: interrupt enable for PA and PB, 0=disable 1=enable
 D6, D7: Timer command:
 00: No effect
 01: Stop if running else no effect
 10: Stop after terminal count (TC) if running, else no effect
 11: Start if not running, reload at TC if running.

D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0

Timer command IEB IEA PC PB PA

 Status Register
 The MPU can read the status of the ports and Timer
using via status register.
 The address control register and status register are
the same except for the read and write signals.
 Consists of 7 latches, one for each bit.
 First 6 (0~5) for the status of the ports.
 The last (6) for the status of the timer.
 I/O SECTION
 PA Register: This register can either be programmed to input or output port depending upon
the status of the contents of the C/S register. Also depending upon the command it can work in
the BASIC or STROBE Mode. The address of the register is XXXXX001.
 PB Register: It’s the same as PA register. Its address is XXXXX010.
 PC Register: It’s a 6Bit register with the address XXXXX011. It can be programmed to be
either Input/output Port or to be the control register for Port A and Port B by properly
programming the AD2 and AD3 bits of the C/S Register.
 When PC 0~5 is used as control port, 3 bits are assigned to Port A and 3 to Port B. The 1st bit
is an interrupt.
 The 2nd is an output signal indicating weather the buffer is full or empty.
 3rd is an in put signal to accept a Strobe from the Strobed Input Mode.
Structure of Ports A & B within
8155
 I/O Section …
 When Port is programmed in either Mode 3 or
Mode 4, the control signals for PA and PB as
initialized as below:
I/O Addressing Scheme
PORT Control Assignment
 Port Control Assignment
Port C bits (D2, D3):

ALT D3 D2 PC5 PC4 PC3 PC2 PC1 PC0

1 0 0 I I I I I I

2 1 1 O O O O O O

3 0 1 O O O STB-Abar BF-A INTR-A

4 1 0 STB-Bbar BF-B INtr-B STB-Abar BF-A INTR-A

I - input O - output
 TIMER
 The Timer is a 14 bit down-counter that counts the “timer input”
pulses and provides either a square wave or pulse when the
terminal count is reached.
 Address for the Low order byte of register : XXXXX100
 Address for the high order byte of register : XXXXX101
 To Program the Timer, the COUNT LENGTH REGISTER is loaded
first, one byte at a time, by selecting the timer addresses.
 Bits 0~13 specify the count of next count
 Bits 14~15 specify the Timer Output Mode.
 The value of the count length register may have any value
from 2H through 3FFFH on bits 0~13.

MSB:
M2 M1 T13 T12 T11 T10 T9 T8
LSB:
T7 T6 T5 T4 T3 T2 T1 T0
 TIMER MODES
There are 4 basic Timer Modes which may be defined by M1 and M2 :-
0 0: Single square wave of wavelength TC/2 (TC/2,TC/2 if TC even; [TC+1/2],[TC-1/2] if TC odd)
 0 1: Square waves of wavelength TC (TC/2,TC/2 if TC even; [TC+1/2],[TC-1/2] if TC odd)
 1 0: Single pulse on the TC'th clock pulse
 1 1: Single pulse on every TC'th clock pulse.


 Asymmetrical Count 5
 In case of an odd numbered count, the first half cycle of the square wave output, which
is high, is one count longer than the second (low) half cycle.
 Timer Mode Select
 Bits 6~7 (TM2 and TM1) of command register contents are
used to start or stop the counter.
 TWICE COUNTER
 The timer circuit on the 8155 chip is designed to be square wave timer,
not an event counter. To achieve this it counts down by two in
completing one cycle.
 Its registers don’t contain the values directly representing the number of
TIMER IN pulses being received,
 Counter value ‘1’ can’t be loaded as the initial value in the count register
as the timer operates with the terminal count value of 10.

 #NOTE: when operating as a square wave generator, it operates

as a frequency divider with the output frequency equal to the
input frequency divided by count number.
 HANDSHAKING MODE
 The ports A and B can be used in handshaking mode with port C
providing the handshaking signals.
 (STB)’ : STROBE is an input signal from the peripheral to the 8155.
It indicates the MPU that the data to be read is already sent on the
port lines of 8155. Upon activation of the signal 8155 loads the data
from the input port lines to the input buffer of the port.
 BF: This is an active high signal, indicating the presence of data byte
in the port.
 INTR: It’s a high signal sent from the 8155 to the 8085 indicating
that the data from the input device is ready on the input buffer. The
signal is reset with the falling edge of read signal.
 IE: Interrupt enable signal is vital to activate the interrupt.
HANDSHAKING MODE
 TIMING DIAGRAMS

Tss: (min) 200ns STROBED INPUT MODE

Tsbf: 400ns
Trdi: 400ns
Trbe: 400ns
 INPUT MODE

Port A in input mode with handshake signal.

TIMING DIAGRAMS…

STROBED OUTPUT MODE

 OUTPUT MODE

Port B in output mode with handshake signal.

TIMING DIAGRAMS….

TIMER OUT WAVEFORM

 TIMING DIAGRAMS….

BASIC OUTPUT MODE

Twp: 400ns
 TIMING DIAGRAMS….

BASIC INPUT MODE

Tpr: 70ns
Trp: 50ns
 TIMING DIAGRAMS….

READ CYCLE
T la (min): 80ns (address hold time after latch)
T al (min) : 80ns (address to latch setup time)
Tll (min) : 100ns (latch enable width)
TIMING DIAGRAMS…

WRITE CYCLE
INTERFACING 8085 with 8155
DIMENSIONS (Intel 8155)