IT-503 (B) RGPV B.Tech
Microprocessor and Interfacing (MI)
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Syllabus, notes and important questions for IT-503 (B)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Evolution of microprocessor and architecture 12 topics
- Evolution of microprocessor
- Single chip microcomputers
- Microprocessor applications
- Microprocessor architecture
- Addressing modes
- Instruction sets
- Arithmetic and logic instructions
- Program control instructions
- Introduction to 8086 family
- Procedures and macros
- Timing and troubleshooting interrupts
- 80286, 8086, 80486 microprocessor system concepts
Unit 2 Microprocessor cycle, instruction set and assembly programming 22 topics
- Microprocessor cycle
- Address and instruction unit (AIU)
- Timing and control unit
- Register data
- Address bus and pin configuration
- Intel 8086 instruction set, opcode and operands
- Limitations of word size
- Assembly language programming
- Pentium and Pentium Pro features
- Pentium II, III, IV microprocessors and software changes
- Intel 8086 instruction set details
- Instruction formats and data formats
- Addressing modes and status flags
- Symbols and abbreviations in assembly
- High-level language aspects
- Application areas of various languages
- Stacks and subroutine systems
- Software commands in assembly language
- Software development and debugging
- Modular and structured programming
- Top‑down and bottom‑up design
- Macro microprogramming
Unit 3 Assembly language programming and I/O interfacing 13 topics
- Assembly language programming examples (addition of 8/16‑bit binary numbers)
- Subtraction of 8/16‑bit binary numbers
- Address partitioning and addressing modes
- Memory and I/O interfacing
- Data transfer schemes
- Interfacing devices and I/O ports
- Basic I/O interfacing modules (MDS)
- Microcontrollers and I/O processors
- Co‑processors
- Microcomputer development systems
- Single chip microcomputers (Intel 8748, 8051, 8096, 8049, 2920/2921)
- I/O processors (UPI‑425, UPI‑41, UPI‑42)
- Math co‑processors (8087, 80287, 80387, 80387DX, 803875x)
Unit 4 Bus interfaces, controllers and peripheral buses 18 topics
- Bus interface and I/O port addressing
- Decoding using 8279
- Programmable keyboard/display interface
- 8254 internal timer
- 16550 programmable communication interface
- A/D converters
- 8259A programmable interrupt controller
- 8237 DMA controller
- Shared bus operation and disk memory system
- Video display interfaces
- ISA, EISA, and VESA local buses
- PCI bus
- Parallel printer interface (LPT)
- USB and AGP interfaces
- Programmable communication interface 8251
- VSART CRT controller 8275, 6854
- Floppy disk controller 8272
- I/O processor 8089
Unit 5 Memory technologies and organization 8 topics
- Memory units: RAM, SRAM, DRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non‑volatile RAM
- Semiconductor technology for memory
- Shift registers and magnetic memory
- Tapes, disks, main and secondary memory
- Cache memory, program memory, data memory
- Real and virtual memory
- Memory buses and addressing
- CPU processing speed