Introduction

Microprocessors and Assembly Language

Course Teacher:
Md. Motaharul Islam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE),
Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur.

Course ID: CSE - 4573

Course Title: Microprocessors and Assembly Language
Topics to be Covered in this Course !!
 Microprocessor and Assembly Language:
 Microprocessors and Microcomputers
 Evaluation of Microprocessors Applications
 Intel 8086 Microprocessor: internal architecture, register
structure, programming model, addressing modes,
instruction set
 Assembly language programming
 Coprocessors.
 An overview of Intel 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and
Pentium microprocessors
 RISC and CISC processors.

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Recommended Texts
 Microprocessors and Interfacing: Programming and Hardware,
Author: Douglas V. Hall
 Assembly Language Programming and Organization of the IBM PC,
Author: Ytha Yu, Charles Marut
 Microprocessor, architecture, programming & application with the
8085, Author: Gaonkar
 The Intel Microprocessor 8086…Arch. Prog, Interfacing. Author:
Bary, Bray
 Microprocessor and Microcomputer – Based System Design,
Author: Mohamed Rafiquzzaman

 Acknowledgement: Special thanks to Dr. Obaidur Rahman,

Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE, DUET, for the Power Point
slides.

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Does Earlier Knowledge Require ??
 You should have the knowledge about –
 Number Systems.
 Basics of “Digital Logic Design” course.
 Basics of “Computer Organization and Architecture”
course.
 “Basic Programming”.

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Concept of Computer

Computer Data Processing

Data Storage

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Major Components of Computer

MEMORY
I/O
SYSTEM
BUS

Computer

CPU

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Concept about Microprocessor
 A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the
functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single
integrated circuit (IC). Die of an Intel 80486DX2
microprocessor (actual size: 12×6.75 mm)
in its packaging

CPU

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Central Processing Unit
 A central processing unit (CPU), or sometimes just called
Microprocessor (P), is a description of a class of logic
machines that can execute computer programs.

• This broad definition can easily be applied to many early

computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came
into widespread usage. However, the term itself and its
initialism have been in use in the computer industry at least
since the early 1960s.
• The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed
dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental
operation has remained much the same.

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 Central Processing Unit/Microprocessor (P)
To synchronize and control the
overall operation of the P system
Control Unit &
Instruction Decoder
To decode instruction and To perform the arithmetic and logical
operations within the CPU
pass the necessary control signals to CU

Arithmetic/Logic Unit A set of internal storage

locations within the CPU
To perform shift and rotate
operations that may either be Registers
arithmetic or logical in nature
• Control and Status Registers
• User-Variable Registers
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So .. What is Microprocessor?
 A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is a Silicon Chip
that contains an electronic central processing unit (CPU). In
the world uP or CPU used interchangeably, which is made
from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a
single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC).
 The integration of the whole CPU onto a single VLSI Chip
therefore greatly reduced the cost of processing capacity.
 Architectures of Microprocessors:
 8-bit designs  RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
 16-bit designs  CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)
 32-bit designs  Special-purpose designs: Microcontrollers,
 64-bit designs Digital Signal Processors (DSP) and Graphics
 Multi-core designs Processing Units (GPU).

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List of Microprocessors
1971 - Intel 4004, 1st single chip CPU, 4-bit processor, 45 instructions
1972 - Intel 4040, enhanced 4004, 60 instructions
1972 - Intel 8008, 8-bit P
1972 - Texas Instrument TMS 1000, 1st single C, 4-bit
1974 - Intel 8080, successor to the 8008, used in Altair 8800
1975 - Motorola 6800, used MOS technology
1976 - Intel 8085, updated 8080, +5V power supply
1976 - Zilog Z80, improved 8080
1976 - TI TMS 9900, 1st 16-bit P
1978 - Zilog Z8000, Motorola 68000, 16-bit P
1978 - Intel 8086, 16-bit, IBM’s choice...

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Similar but Different !! Microcontroller (C)
 Microcontroller is an IC
dedicated to perform one
task.
 Integrates the memory and
other features of a MEMORY
microprocessor. I/O SYSTEM
 A microcontroller is the BUS

integration of
 Microprocessor CPU
 Memory
 ROM types – commonly
flash PROM
 RAM – Static ram

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List of Microcontrollers
1972 - Texas Instrument TMS 1000, 1st single C, 4-bit
1976 - Intel 8048, 8-bit C, 1k ROM, 64b RAM, 27 I/O
1980 - Intel 8051, 4k ROM, 128b RAM, 32 I/O, 2 16-bits timers
1980s
(MCS-51 family)
- Intel 8031, 8052, 8751, …
- Atmel AT89C51, AT 89C1052/2051,…
- Dallas Semiconductor DS5000 series…
-Philips, National Semiconductor, …
- (Other Cs) Microchip PIC16 series, Motorola 68HC11, Zilog’s
Z86

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Microprocessor System Vs Microcontroller System
P C
 Single-chip CPU  Single-chip IC
Hardware  RAM-ROM ratio high  ROM-RAM ration high
Architecture  Interrupt, I/O, Timer –  Interrupt, I/O, timer-
external. Internal
 Not much on Real-time  Need to respond to Real
time
 Microcomputer system  Control oriented activities
Application  Processing information  Control of I/O devices
 Process intensive to  Control intensive to
Instruction handle Large volume of handle I/O using single
set data Bit
 Operates on byte, words,  Operates mostly on Bit &
pointers, and arrays. byte
 Longer development  Shorter development time
time  ANDing, ORing,
 ANDing, ORing, XORing in bit level is
XORing in bit level is easy
less easy
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 Microprocessor System Vs Microcontroller System

Data Bus
CPU CPU RAM ROM

General Serial
purpose RAM ROM I/O Timer COM
Micro Port Serial
Port I/O
processor Timer
Port COM
Port
Address Bus

General-Purpose Microprocessor System Microcontroller

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Assembly Language
 Assembly language:
 Assembly language is used for most programming because it
is difficult to program a microprocessor in its native, that is
hexadecimal machine language.
 Assembler:
 An assembler is a program that converts software written in
symbolic machine language (the source programme) into
hexadecimal machine language (object programme).
 The primary reason to use assembler is because
development and modification are always difficult in machine
language.

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Example of 8085 Assembly Language
Address Instruction

202A MVI A, 21H ; Copies 21 into accumulator

202C MVI B, 2AH ; Copies 2A into B register
202E ADD B ; Adds B reg. content with Acc
and stores the result in Acc.
202F STA [41 FF] ; Stores the Acc (the sum) into
the memory location 41 FF.
2032 HLT ; Stops the program

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Memory storage of the Assembly language
Address Instruction/Data

202A MVI A,
202B 21
202C MVI B,
202D 2A
202E ADD B
202F STA
2030 FF
2031 41
2032 HLT

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Another Example of 8085 Assembly
Language
Address Instruction

2020 MVI B, 24 ; Copies 24 into B register

2022 INR B ; Increment B reg content by 1
2023 MOV A, B ; Copies B register into Acc.
2024 SUB B ; Subtracts B reg content from
Acc and stores the result in
Acc.
2025 STA [5F FF] ; Stores the Acc content into
the memory location 5F FF.
2028 HLT ; Stops the program

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Assembly Language vs. Machine Language

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Thank You !! and

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