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Lecture-8-Basics of Microprocessors
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8. Basics of Microprocessors
By:Molalign Mulusew
Mechanical Engineering Department, EiT-Mekelle
2011
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Microprocessor
• A microprocessor is a single, Very-Large Scale Integration
(VLSI) chip that contains many digital circuits that perform
arithmetic, logic, communication and control functions.
• It makes use of the main advantage of software, which is
modifying a Mechatronics system functionality without
making a change in hardware.
• Microprocessor system has three parts
– CPU
– Input & Output interfaces
– Memory
Data bus
Control bus
CMOS Memories
RAM ROM’s
Volatile Non-volatile
Content lost when power off Content will be kept safely when power off
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