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CHAPTER 1 SUMMARY OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM
1.1 Development and application
1.1.1 Development of electronic computer
1.1.2 Development of microcomputer
1.1.3 Application of microcomputer
1.2 Composition of microcomputer
1.2.1 Hardware system of microcomputer
1.2.2 Software system of microcomputer
1.2.3 Main performance indicator of microcomputer
1.3 Number and coding of computer
1.3.1 The conversion between the carry count system and the incoming system
1.3.2 The representation of the number in the computer
1.3.3 Coding in computer
Exercise 1
CHAPTER 2 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE BASICS
2.1 Assembly language overview
2.2 8086/8088 microprocessor programming structure
2.2.1 8086/8088 functional structure
2.2.2 8086/8088 memory organization
2.2.3 8086/8088 register structure
2.3 Assembly language program on the machine debugging
2.3.1 Simple assembly language source
2.3.2 Editing
2.3.3 Compilation
2.3.4 Connecting
2.3.5 Operation and debugging
2.4 Assembly language source organization
2.4.1 Assembly language statements
2.4.2 Assembly language source program format
2.5 Operands in assembly language
2.5.1 Constant
2.5.2 Variables and labels
2.5.3 Expression
2.5.4 Symbol definition
2.6 8086/8088 addressing mode
2.6.1 Immediate addressing
2.6.2 Register addressing
2.6.3 Direct addressing
2.6.4 Register indirect addressing
2.6.5 Register relative addressing
2.6.6 Base indexed addressing
2.6.7 Relative base indexed addressing
2.7 8086/8088 instruction system
2.7.1 Data transfer class instructions
2.7.2 Arithmetic operations instructions
2.7.3 Logical and shift class instructions
2.7.4 Program control class instructions
2.7.5 Processor control instructions
2.8 Basic I/O function call
2.8.1 Keypad function call ( INT 21 H)
2.8.2 Display function call ( INT 21 H)
Exercise 2
CHAPTER 3 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING
3.1 Sequential programming
3.2 Branch programming
3.2.1 Single branch structure
3.2.2 Double branch program structure
3.2.3 Multi-branch program structure
3.3 Cyclic programming
3.3.1 Counting cycles
3.3.2 Conditional cycles
3.3.3 Multiple cycles
3.4 Subroutine design
Exercise 3
CHAPTER 4 16-BIT MICROPROCESSOR EXTERNAL FEATURES
4.1 8086 external features
4.1.1 8086/8088 working mode
4.1.2 8086 pins
4.2 8086 bus operation
4.2.1 8086 the composition of the bus cycle
4.2.2 Bus timing of 8086
4.3 8086 microprocessor subsystem
4.3.1 8086 subsystem in minimum mode
4.3.2 Maximum mode of the 8086 subsystem
4.4 8088 external features
4.5 80286 external features
Exercise 4
CHAPTER 5 MICROCOMPUTER INPUT AND OUTPUT TECHNOLOGY
5.1 I/O interface overview
5.1.1 I/O interface functions
5.1.2 Composition of interfaces
5.1.3 Port addressing
5.1.4 Classification of interfaces
5.1.5 Read and write technology of I/O interface
5.2 I/O interface read and write technology
5.2.1 I/O instructions
5.2.2 Port composition
5.2.3 Address decoding in the interface
5.2.4 Port read and write control
5.3 I/O organization
5.3.1 8-bit I/O organization
5.3.2 16-bit I/O organization
5.4 Control between the interface and the host information transmission
5.4.1 Program control mode
5.4.2 Program interrupt mode
5.4.3 Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode
5.4.4 Channel mode
5.5 Digital input and output
5.5.1 Switch output
5.5.2 Switch input
Exercises 5
CHAPTER 6 INTERRUPTION SYSTEM FOR MICROCOMPUTERS
6.1 The basic concept of interrupt system
6.1.1 The basic concept of interruption
6.1.2 Interrupt the function of the system
6.1.3 Interrupt handling proces