Microprocessors
W Brown
4 points * Two 1-hour lectures per week and one 3-hour laboratory per three weeks * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: As for CSC3010; additional prerequisites CSC2010 and either CSC2061 or CSC1021 * Corequisites: As for CSC3030 * Prohibitions: COT3100, RDT2420, RDT3700. Not available to BCSE or BSc/BE students taking CS/Electrical and computer systems engineering
This subject covers practical aspects of digital hardware as applied to microprocessor systems. Topics include digital logic circuits, microprocessor organisation, microprocessor interfacing and aspects of digital logic families. The 8086 will be used as the example of a microprocessor, both in lectures and in laboratory work. Interfacing will cover aspects of memory, serial I/O, analog I/O, interrupts, direct memory access and flexible diskette I/O.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 70% * Laboratory work: 30%
Recommended texts
Brey B B The Intel microprocessors, 8086/8088, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486: Architecture programming and interfacing 2nd edn, Merrill, 1991
Stone H S Microcomputer interfacing Addison-Wesley, 1982
Uffenbeck J The 8086/8088 family: Design, programming and interfacing Prentice-Hall, 1987