This chip handles keyboard and tape I/O.
<-> | PA3 | 1 |
U
8255 |
40 | PA4 | <-> |
<-> | PA2 | 2 | 39 | PA5 | <-> | |
<-> | PA1 | 3 | 38 | PA6 | <-> | |
<-> | PA0 | 4 | 37 | PA7 | <-> | |
--> | !RD | 5 | 36 | VCC | --- | |
--> | !CS | 6 | 35 | RESET | <-- | |
--- | GND | 7 | 34 | D0 | <-> | |
--> | A1 | 8 | 33 | D1 | <-> | |
--> | A0 | 9 | 32 | D2 | <-> | |
<-> | PC7 | 10 | 31 | D3 | <-> | |
<-> | PC6 | 11 | 30 | D4 | <-> | |
<-> | PC5 | 12 | 29 | D5 | <-> | |
<-> | PC4 | 13 | 28 | D6 | <-> | |
<-> | PC3 | 14 | 27 | D7 | <-> | |
<-> | PC2 | 15 | 26 | !WR | <-- | |
<-> | PC1 | 16 | 25 | PB7 | <-> | |
<-> | PC0 | 17 | 24 | PB6 | <-> | |
<-> | PB0 | 18 | 23 | PB5 | <-> | |
<-> | PB1 | 19 | 22 | PB4 | <-> | |
<-> | PB2 | 20 | 21 | PB3 | <-> |
Software structure
struct PPI = // a standard 8255 chip { byte PORTA; // Port A byte PORTB; // Port B byte PORTC; // Port C byte CTRL; // }; Hardware structure Approximate VHDL entity only! entity PPI_8255 is -- port( rst: in std_logic; -- Reset, active high n_cs: in std_logic; n_rd: in std_logic; -- Not Read n_wr: in std_logic; -- Not Write ph2: in std_logic; -- CPU clock phase 2 cs1: in std_logic; a: in std_logic_vector(1 downto 0); d: inout std_logic_vector(7 downto 0); pa: inout std_logic_vector(7 downto 0); -- Port A pb: inout std_logic_vector(7 downto 0); -- Port B pc: inout std_logic_vector(7 downto 0); -- Port C ); end entity PPI_8255; |