ECX4236_TMA123_2014_A4_e.l  Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda ECX 4236

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Diploma in Technology – Level 04
Course Information and Tutor Marked Assignments (2014/2015)
ECX4236 – Microprocessors and Interfacing
Target Group:
Students who are readying for the Diploma/Degree in Engineering Technology
Aims and Objectives:
This course provides the background knowledge necessary to build interfaces to a simple microprocessor based
system.
After studying this course, you are expected to achieve the following:
 Be able to identify the programming model of a microprocessor/ microcontroller.
 Ability to use the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) to perform
o Arithmetic / Logic Operations.
o Data / Control Transfer Operations.
o Input / output Operations.
 Describe the role of a computer simulator in program development and the ability to use such a
simulator.
 Describe the purpose and use the following basic components of the 8051 architecture.
o Special Function Registers (SFR)
o Register Banks