LESSON PLAN

Title / Topic: Type of Interrupts

Lesson No. 45
Name of the Teacher: Engr. Shehzad Haneef
Subject Title & Code: Microcontrollers Programming and Applications (ELTR-363)
Technology: Electronics Year: 3rd

Specific Objectives: At the end of this lesson a student will be able to

 Define interrupt
 Explain types of interrupts.
Introduction, Preparation, Motivation:
 Importance of Interrupts.
Presentation (Method of teaching)
Lecture & Discussion Method
Teaching Aids / Tools
White Board, Board Marker (Multi Colour)
Contents of Key points / Notes Time
the lesson Allocation

An interrupt is an external or internal event that interrupts the microcontroller to 05 minutes

Interrupt
inform it that a device needs its service.

The microcontroller continuously monitors the status of a given device, When the
Polling 05 minutes
conditions met, it performs the service
After that, it moves on to monitor the next device until everyone is serviced

Hardware Interrupts:
Types of
Interrupts If the signal for the processor is from external device or hardware is called 10 Minutes
hardware interrupts.
Example: From keyboard we will press the key to do some action this pressing of
key in keyboard will generate a signal which is given to the processor to do
action, such interrupts are called hardware interrupts
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Software Interrupts:
An interrupt generated within a processor by executing an instruction is called
software interrupt.

Activity/Application / Feedback:
 Define interrupt.
 What is software interrupt?
Assignment:
 Write examples of hardware interrupts.
References:
 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems by Muhammad Ali Mazidi
 The 8051 Microcontroller by Scott Mckenzie