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Chapter 14. Introduction to Microprocessors. Microcomputer. A self-contained computer system that consists of CPU ( c entral p rocessing u nit), memory (RAM and ROM) and peripheral devices. A peripheral device acts as the interface between the computer and the external world. Microcomputer.
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Chapter 14 Introduction to Microprocessors
Microcomputer • A self-contained computer system that consists of CPU (central processing unit), memory (RAM and ROM) and peripheral devices. • A peripheral device acts as the interface between the computer and the external world.
Microprocessor • The part of a computer that generates control signals for the other components. • Performs arithmetic and logic functions.
Busses – 1 • Busses are generally parallel groups of conductors that carry signals among the components of a microcomputer. • The three types of busses are address, data, and control.
Busses – 2 • Address bus: Used to address (specify) which part of memory or which peripheral device should receive or send data. • Data Bus: Used to send and receive data. • Control Bus: A set of control lines from the CPU that directs the flow of data among the various components.
Tristate Bussing – 1 • Used to prevent more than one device from writing to the bus at a time. • Avoids bus contention (conflicting signals on the bus). • Tristate devices can be in one of three possible states: logic HIGH, LOW, or high impedance.
Tristate Bussing – 2 • In Figure 14.2, the source registers write data to the bus when the output enable lines SRC1_OE or SRC2_OE are HIGH. • The destination registers accept data when a positive edge clock is applied to DEST1_LD or DEST2_LD when they are HIGH.
Synchronous Data Transfer • In Figure 14.2, the data transfer is susceptible to errors due to propagation delay and asynchronous changes in data. • Synchronous data transfer is much more stable. • Synchronous data transfer synchronizes the source output with the system clock.
RISC8v1 MCU – 1 • See Figure 14.6 in textbook • RISC reduced instruction set computer. • 8-bit data bus. • 4-bit address bus. • Can be programmed into the FLEX10K. device on the UP-2 board.
RISC8v1 MCU – 2 • Each block can be programmed in VHDL. • Blocks are controlled by output enable (OE) and load signals (LD). • Program instructions are stored in ROM.
RISC8v1 MCU Instruction Set • LOAD – Transfers data from ROM to the accumulator. • ADD – Transfers data from ROM to the memory data register (MDR), uses the ALU to add the data in the MDR. • OUTPUT – Transfers data from the accumulator to the output. • HALT – Stops the program.
RISC8v1 MCU Op Code – 1 • The 4 instructions correspond to a 4-bit code called an op code. • Usually written in binary or HEX. • The op code is determined by the design of the instruction decoder. • The op code may require an operand (data that is operated on by the computer).
RISC8v1 Control Unit • The control unit has three functions: • Fetch an instruction from memory • Decode the instruction to determine which operation is to be performed • Execute the instruction
Fetch Cycle – 1 • Fetch 1 – Transfers the content of the program counter (PC) to the address bus (see Figure 14.7 in textbook). • Fetch 2 – Transfers the PC address to the memory address register (see Figure 14.8 in textbook). • Fetch 3 – Transfers the instruction from ROM to to the data bus (see Figure 14.9 in textbook).
Fetch Cycle – 2 • Fetch 4 – The op code/address pair transfers to the instruction register (see Figure 14.10 in textbook). • Fetch 5 – Wait.
Execute Cycle LOAD – 1 • Load 1 – The instruction/operand address pair is divided into the op code and operand address (see Figure 14.13 in textbook). • Load 2 – MAR loads the contents of the address bus, latching the ROM address of the operand for the LOAD instruction (see Figure 14.14 in textbook).
Execute Cycle LOAD – 2 • Load 3 – Data transfers from ROM to data bus (see Figure 14.15 in textbook). • Load 4 – Data transfers from the data bus to the accumulator (see Figure 14.16 in textbook).
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) – 1 • Capable of performing four 8-bit arithmetic functions and four 8-bit bitwise logic functions. • Functions selected by select inputs S2, S1, and S0.
VHDL Code ALU • LIBRARY ieee; • USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL; • USE ieee.std_logic_signed.ALL; • USE ieee.std_logic_arith.ALL;
VHDL Code ALU Entity ENTITY alu IS PORT ( operand_a : IN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR ( 7 downto 0); s : IN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR ( 2 downto 0); memory_data : IN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR ( 7 downto 0); alu_data : OUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR ( 7 downto 0)); END alu;
VHDL Code ALU Architecture – 1 ARCHITECTURE a OF alu IS BEGIN PROCESS (operand_a, memory_data, s) BEGIN CASE s IS WHEN “000” => alu_data <= operand_a + 1; -- Increment A WHEN “001” => alu_data <= operand_a + memory_data; -- Add
VHDL Code ALU Architecture – 2 WHEN “010” => alu_data <= operand_a - memory_data;-- Sub WHEN “011” => alu_data <= operand_a - 1; -- Decrement A WHEN “100” => alu_data <= not operand_a;-- Complement A WHEN “101” => alu_data <= operand_a and memory_data; -- And
VHDL Code ALU Architecture – 3 WHEN “110” => alu_data <= operand_a or memory_data;-- Or WHEN “111” => alu_data <= operand_a xor memory_data;-- Xor WHEN others => alu_data <= (others => ‘0’);
Execute Cycle ADD – 1 • First three cycles the same as for LOAD (see Figures 14.18, 14.19 and 14.20 in textbook), except the s inputs are set to 001. • Add 4 – Transfers data from the data bus to the MDR (see Figure 14.21 in textbook). • Add 5 – The ALU adds the accumulator contents to the MDR contents.
Execute Cycle ADD – 2 • Add 6 – Accumulator transfers the final result from the data bus to the accumulator (see Figure 14.23 in textbook). • Figure 14.24 in textbook – ADD fetch cycle timing diagram. • Figure 14.25 in textbook – ADD execute cycle timing diagram.
Tristate Busses on Altera CPLDs • Tristate driver connects to I/O pin only. • Either connect the I/O pins external to the CPLD or multiplex internal logic to a single tristate pin.
Tristate Addressing RISC8v1 • Addressing system consists of: • The program counter • Instruction register • Memory address register • Synchronous tristate address MUX
Quartus II Block Diagram File – 1 • Uses blocks instead of graphics symbols. • A block is a design unit that represents a subunit such as a bdf or VHDL file. • Inputs and outputs are indicated by a table embedded in the block.
Quartus II Block Diagram File – 2 • Blocks can be connected by node and bus lines or can be connected by conduit lines. • A conduit line connects signals going between blocks by matching names on the connected block I/O list. • Conduit lines are indicated by a “hollow line” on the block diagram.
Quartus II Block Diagram File – 3 • A line drawn from a block is a conduit line by default. • Conduit lines terminate at the block with a double arrow called a mapper. • The mapper maps the signal names between the block and the node, bus, or conduit.
Implementing the RISC8v1 – 1 • Referring to Figure 14.41 in the textbook, the RISC8v1 is comprised of the following (VHDL) blocks: • instruction_register • program_counter • memory_address_register • address_mux
Implementing the RISC8v1 – 2 • rom • accumulator • memory_data_register • data_mux • output_register • controller_v1
The IR Block • Data latched from the data bus on a positive clock edge when ir_ld is HIGH. • Latched data is split into an instruction part and a operand address part.
The Program Counter (PC) Block • Output connects to the address bus via the tristate address bus MUX. • 4-bit binary counter with count enable. • Increments once every Fetch/Execute cycle.
PC – VHDL Code -- Program Counter -- 4 bit counter with active-LOW asynchronous reset -- Increments when PC_INC is HIGH LIBRARY ieee; USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL; USE ieee.std_logic_unsigned.ALL;