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M. Krishna Kumar MM/M3/LU9c/V1/2004 1
M. Krishna Kumar MM/M3/LU9c/V1/2004 1
RESET
CLK KEYBOARD
DISPLAY 16*8 CONTROL 8*8 FIFO/ DEBOUNCE
ADDRESS DISPLAY AND SENSOR AND
REGISTERS RAM TIMING RAM CONTROL
REGISTERS
TIMING
AND
DISPLAY CONTROL SCAN Return
REGISTERS UNIT COUNTER
SHIFT
OUT A0-A3 BD SL0 – SL3 RL0 – RL7 CNTL/
OUT B0-B3 STB
8279 Internal Architecture
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RL2 1 40 Vcc
RL3 2 39 RL1
CLK 3 38 RL0
IRQ 4 37 CNTL/STB
RL4 5 36 SHIFT
RL5 6 35 SL3
RL6 7 34 SL2
RL7 8 33 SL1
RESET 9 32 SL0
8279
RD 10 31 OUT B0
WR 11 30 OUT B1
DB0 12 29 OUT B2
DB1 13 28 OUT B3
DB2 14 27 OUT A0
DB3 15 26 OUT A1
DB4 16 25 OUT A2
DB5 17 24 OUT A3
DB6 18 23 BD
DB7 19 22 CS
Vss 20 21 A0
IRQ RL0-7 8
CNTL/
STB
RD
CPU WR 8279 SL0-3 4
INTERFACE SCAN
CS
OUT A0-A3 4
A0
DISPLAY
RESET OUT B0 – B3 4 DATA
CLK BD
Vss
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Architecture and Signal Descriptions of
8279 (cont..)
• The signal discription of each of the pins of 8279 as
follows :
• DB0-DB7 : These are bidirectional data bus lines. The data
and command words to and from the CPU are transferred
on these lines.
• CLK : This is a clock input used to generate internal
timing required by 8279.
• RESET : This pin is used to reset 8279. A high on this line
reset 8279. After resetting 8279, its in sixteen 8-bit display,
left entry encoded scan, 2-key lock out mode. The clock
prescaler is set to 31.
ii. Right Entry Mode : In this right entry mode, the first
entry to be displayed is entered on the rightmost display.
The next entry is also placed in the right most display
but after the previous display is shifted left by one
display position. The leftmost characters is shifted out of
that display at the seventeenth entry and is lost, i.e. it is
pushed out of the display RAM.
K K K Keyboard modes
Fig:
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Command Words of 8279 (cont..)
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 A0
0 0 1 P P P P P 1
X – don’t care
AI – Auto Increment Flag
AAA – Address pointer to 8 bit FIFO RAM
Fig
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 A0
1 0 0 AI A A A A 1
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 A0
1 0 1 X IW IW BL BL 1
Fig
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