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COURSE CODE & COURSE NAME :: 22MT4201 & Processor and Controller
SEMESTER -FOURTH
QUESTION BANK (With Answer Reference)
UNIT – I :: INTERFACING DEVICES
Unit # 2:: Need for Interfacing – Temperature Controller using 8085- Keyboard/Display
Controller 8279: Pin diagram- Architecture- Interfacing 8279 with 8085 - A/D and D/A Converters

E-Book #
T1-A. Nagoor Kani, ―Microprocessors & Microcontrollers‖, 2 nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2012.

PART A (2 Mark)
[Book
T1/T2/R1]
S. BT Mar (Page No. P.)
Questions
No L ks {Figure / Table
No
F/ T # }
What are the tasks involved in keyboard interface? What is R 2 [T1]
1.
debouncing? (P-9.110)
2. What is scanning in keyboard and what is scan time? R 2 [T1]
(P-9.110)
3. What is multiplexed display? What is its disadvantage? R 2 [T1]
(P-9.111)
4. What is scanning in display and what is the scan time? R 2 [T1]
(P-9.111)
5. What is the advantage in using INTEL 8279 for keyboard and R 2 [T1]
display interfacing? (P-9.111)
6. List the functions performed by 8279. R 2 [T1]
(P-9.111)
7. What is resolution in DAC? What are the internal devices of a R 2 [T1]
typical DAC? (P-9.112)
8. What are the different types of ADC? What is resolution and R 2 [T1]
conversion time in ADC? (P-9.112)
PART B (14 Mark)
S. Questions BT Mar [Book T1/T2/R1]
No L ks (Page No. P.)
{Figure / Table No
F/ T #}
 i. Explain the keyboard interface using ports to 8085 [T1]
9. processor via 8255 with suitable diagram. U 14 (P-9.61 to 9.63)
ii. Draw the flow chart for keyboard scanning subroutine. {F#9.51,9.52 &
9.53}
{Table # 9.21}
i. Explain the common cathode and common anode 7- [T1]
10. segment LED display with its tabulated code. U 14 (P-9.63 to 9.68)
ii. Explain a 7-segment LED display using port. Draw a {F#9.54, 9.55,
schematic diagram of multiplexed display using ports. 9.56,9.57 & 9.58}
iii. Draw the flow chart for multiplexed display. {Table # 9.22,9.23}
i. Enumerate the features of Keyboard/ Display [T1]
11. controller – INTEL 8279 with its pin description. U 14 (P-9.70, 9.71,
ii. Draw and explain the block diagram of 8279 with its 9.72 & 9.73)
command words. {F # 9.61 & 9.62}
Explain Keyboard and Display interface with 8085 using 8279. [T1]
12. Tabulate IO addresses of 8279 interfaced to 8085. U 14 (P-9.74,9.75&
9.76)
{F # 9.65}
{T#9.24}
13. i. Outline DAC interface. Enumerate the operation of [T1]
typical R/2R ladder network as DAC. U 14 (P-9.91,9.92 &
ii. Describe the pin details of DAC 0800. 9.93)
(F# 9.81, 9.82)
{T#9.30}
14. i. Explain the block diagram of DAC0800. [T1]
ii. Explain interfacing DAC0800 with 8085 microprocessor U 14 (P-9.94 & 9.95)
by providing suitable schematic diagram. Tabulate IO (F# 9.83, 9.84,
address of DAC latch. 9.85)
{T#9.31}
15. i. Draw the pin configuration of ADC0809/ADC0808 and [T1]
describe the signals. U 14 (P-9.99, 9.100, &
ii. Draw and explain the functional block diagram of 9.101)
ADC0809/ADC0808 {F#9.90 & 9.91}
{T#9.34}
16. Explain interfacing ADC0809 with 8085 microprocessor by [T1]
providing suitable schematic diagram. Tabulate ADC operation U 14 (P-9.103 & 9.104)
with corresponding addressing done. {F#9.93}
{Table # 9.36}
PART C (10 Mark)
17. Outline ADC interface. Elaborate the block diagram of [T1]
successive-approximation A/D Converter. Ap 10 (P-9.98 & 9.99)
{F#9.89}
18. Find the Quantization step (Q step) for an ADC0809 with Vref(+) & [T1]
Vref(-) of 3.84 V & 0 V respectively. Calculate the digital data Ap 10 (P-9.102)
corresponding to an analog input of 2.56 V. (Example# 1)
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