Microprocessor System Design

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Microprocessor System Design

• Omid Fatemi
• (omid_at_fatemi.net)

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Outline

• Objectives
• Administration
• Digital System Design
• Microprocessors
• History
• Numbering systems arithmetic operations

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Objectives

• Basic understanding of the architecture of microP
• Basic understanding of the operation of microP
• Assembly language for control and interfacing
  applications
• Intel 80x86 family to PentiumIV
• Interfacing

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Administration

• Text book The 80x86 IBM PC and Compatible
  Computers
• Instructor Omid Fatemi (omid_at_fatemi.net)
• Office third floor, right side
• Office Hours Sat., Mon. 1000 1200 or by
  appt.
• Web page
• Everybody should be subscribed to
  micro_at_fatemi.net
• Grading
• Quiz (assembly) 10 ((?????? 19 ?????
• Mid Term 25 (?????? 15 ????????)
• Home work 20
• Final Exam 45
• Project Bonus (up to 2)

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Administration (2)

• Home work
• Should be your own work
• Talking, discussions are allowed
• Copying, looking at others work is not allowed
• Penalty if discovered
• Projects
• Software
• optimized code for something (using MMX, SSE, ..)
• Protected mode and paging/segmentation
• Hardware training kit for microprocessor
• Lab preparation
• Interface
• USB, firewire and PCI
• Driver for win98 or win2000

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Digital System Design Applications

• Signal processing
• Control systems
• Communications
• Micro-computers
• Robotics
• Multimedia
• Internet
• Distance learning

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Solutions

• LSI chips
• PCB, 74 series
• VLSI design (ASIC)
• Standard cells
• Gate arrays
• FPGA
• Embedded micro controllers
• General purpose processors
• Special purpose processors
• System on a chip (SoC)
• Hardware, Firmware and Software

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Microprocessor Based

• More reliable
• Less expensive
• Easier to debug
• Easier to maintain
• Easier to upgrade
• Disadvantage
• Speed

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Design Process
Hardware, Firmware and Software
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Design Process Steps

• Define requirements
• Develop specifications
• Preliminary design
• Intermediate design
• Detailed design
• Implementation
• Verification and acceptance

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Microprocessors
They accept programs
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History

• 1940 vacuum tubes
• ENIAC 130000 watts, 150 square meter
• 1950 transistors
• 1959 first IC
• 1971 4004 by Intel
• 4-bit, 2300 transistor
• 1970s 8080/85, Z80, 6800, 6500
• Appliances, computers
• 1980s RISC

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Numbering and Coding Systems

• Decimal and binary systems
• Converting
• Hexadecimal and converting
• Counting and addition
• 2s complement and subtraction
• ASCII code, Unicode, utf-8
• Bit, Nibble, Byte, Word,

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Homework 1 Part 1

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Summary

• Digital System Design
• Microprocessor based
• Hardware, software and firmware
• Microprocessors
• History
• Numbering systems
• Arithmetic operations