BHU ECE 2016

Chapter 4
Interfacing
8255 PPI (Programmable Peripheral Interface)

Features of 8255

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Pin Diagram of 8255

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Block Diagram

Operation Modes
Mode 0
Mode 0 (Simple I/O): This functional configuration provides simple input and output operations
for each of the three ports. No handshaking is required; data is simply written to or read from a
specific port
In this mode
 Two 8 bit ports ( PORT A and PORT B) and two 4 bit ports (PORT C Lower and PORTC Upper)
are used
 Any port can be input or output
 16 different input/output configurations are possible

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Control Word Format

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Interfacing 8255 to 8086 in I/O Mapped I/O Mode (Direct I/O
Addressing)

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Interfacing 8255 to 8086 in Memory Mapped I/O Mode (Indirect I/O
Addressing)

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8255 Interfacing Applications
Interfacing a Keyboard with 8086 using the 8255 PPI

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