Pin diagram of 8086. The description follows it.
- The Microprocessor 8086 is a
16-bit CPU available in different clock rates and packaged in a 40 pin
CERDIP or plastic package.
- The 8086 operates in single
processor or multiprocessor configuration to achieve high performance. The
pins serve a particular function in minimum mode (single processor mode )
and other function in maximum mode configuration (multiprocessor mode ).
- The 8086 signals can be
categorised in three groups.
- The first are the signal having
common functions in minimum as well as maximum mode.
- The second are the signals which
have special functions for minimum mode
- The third are the signals having
special functions for maximum mode.
- The following signal descriptions
are common for both modes.
- AD15-AD0 : These are
the time multiplexed memory I/O address and data lines.
- Address remains on the lines
during T1 state, while the data is available on the data bus during T2,
T3, Tw and T4. These lines are active high and float to a tristate during
interrupt acknowledge and local bus hold acknowledge cycles.
- A19/S6,A18/S5,A17/S4,A16/S3 : These are
the time multiplexed address and status lines.
- During T1 these are the most
significant address lines for memory operations.
- During I/O operations, these
lines are low.
- During memory or I/O operations,
status information is available on those lines for T2,T3,Tw and
T4.
- The status of the interrupt
enable flag bit is updated at the beginning of each clock cycle.
- The S4 and S3 combinely indicate
which segment register is presently being used for memory accesses as in
below fig.
- These lines float to tri-state
off during the local bus hold acknowledge. The status line S6 is always low.
- The address bit are separated
from the status bit using latches controlled by the ALE signal.
S4
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S3
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Indication
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0
0
1
1
0
0
1
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0
1
0
1
0
1
0
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Alternate
Data
Stack
Code
or None
Data
Whole
word
Upper
byte from or to even address
Lower
byte from or to even address
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- BHE/S7 : The bus
high enable is used to indicate the transfer of data over the
higher order ( D15-D8 ) data bus as shown in table. It goes low for
the data transfer over D15-D8 and is used to derive chip selects of
odd address memory bank or peripherals. BHE is low during T1 for
read, write and interrupt acknowledge cycles, whenever a byte is to
be transferred on higher byte of data bus. The status information is
available during T2, T3 and T4. The signal is active low and
tristated during hold. It is low during T1 for the first pulse of the
interrupt acknowledge cycle.
- RD – Read : This
signal on low indicates the peripheral that the processor is performing
memory or I/O read operation. RD is active low and shows the state for T2,
T3, Tw of any read cycle. The signal remains tristated during the hold
acknowledge.
- READY : This is the
acknowledgement from the slow device or memory that they have completed
the data transfer. The signal made available by the devices is
synchronized by the 8284A clock generator to provide ready input to the
8086. the signal is active high.
- INTR-Interrupt Request : This is a
triggered input. This is sampled during the last clock cycles of each
instruction to determine the availability of the request. If any interrupt
request is pending, the processor enters the interrupt acknowledge cycle.
This can be internally masked by resulting the interrupt enable flag. This
signal is active high and internally synchronized.
- TEST : This input
is examined by a ‘WAIT’ instruction. If the TEST pin goes low, execution
will continue, else the processor remains in an idle state. The input is
synchronized internally during each clock cycle on leading edge of clock.
- CLK- Clock Input : The clock
input provides the basic timing for processor operation and bus control
activity. Its an asymmetric square wave with 33% duty cycle.
Figure
shows the Pin functions of 8086.
The
following pin functions are for the minimum mode operation of 8086.
- M/IO – Memory/IO : This is a status
line logically equivalent to S2 in maximum mode. When it is low, it
indicates the CPU is having an I/O operation, and when it is high, it
indicates that the CPU is having a memory operation. This line becomes
active high in the previous T4 and remains active till final T4 of the
current cycle. It is tristated during local bus “hold acknowledge “.
- INTA – Interrupt Acknowledge
: This
signal is used as a read strobe for interrupt acknowledge cycles. i.e.
when it goes low, the processor has accepted the interrupt.
- ALE – Address Latch Enable : This output
signal indicates the availability of the valid address on the address/data
lines, and is connected to latch enable input of latches. This signal is
active high and is never tristated.
- DT/R – Data Transmit/Receive: This
output is used to decide the direction of data flow through the
transreceivers (bidirectional buffers). When the processor sends out data,
this signal is high and when the processor is receiving data, this signal
is low.
- DEN – Data Enable : This signal
indicates the availability of valid data over the address/data lines. It
is used to enable the transreceivers ( bidirectional buffers ) to separate
the data from the multiplexed address/data signal. It is active from the
middle of T2 until the middle of T4. This is tristated during ‘ hold
acknowledge’ cycle.
- HOLD, HLDA- Acknowledge : When the
HOLD line goes high, it indicates to the processor that another master is
requesting the bus access. The processor, after receiving the HOLD
request, issues the hold acknowledge signal on HLDA pin, in the middle of
the next clock cycle after completing the current bus cycle.
- At the same time, the processor
floats the local bus and control lines. When the processor detects the
HOLD line low, it lowers the HLDA signal. HOLD is an asynchronous
input, and is should be externally synchronized. If the DMA request is
made while the CPU is performing a memory or I/O cycle, it will release
the local bus during T4 provided :
1.The
request occurs on or before T2 state of the current cycle.
2.The current cycle is not operating over the lower byte of a word.
3.The current cycle is not the first acknowledge of an interrupt acknowledge sequence.
4. A Lock instruction is not being executed.
2.The current cycle is not operating over the lower byte of a word.
3.The current cycle is not the first acknowledge of an interrupt acknowledge sequence.
4. A Lock instruction is not being executed.
The
following pin functions are applicable for maximum mode operation of 8086.
- S2, S1, S0 – Status Lines : These are the
status lines which reflect the type of operation, being carried out by the
processor. These become activity during T4 of the previous cycle and
active during T1 and T2 of the current bus cycles.
- LOCK : This output pin
indicates that other system bus master will be prevented fromgaining the
system bus, while the LOCK signal is low. The LOCK signal is activated by
the ‘LOCK’ prefix instruction and remains active until the completion of
the next instruction. When the CPU is executing a critical instruction
which requires the system bus, the LOCK prefix instruction ensures that
other processors connected in the system will not gain the control of the
bus.
The
8086, while executing the prefixed instruction, asserts the bus lock signal
output, which may be connected to an external bus controller. By prefetching
the instruction, there is a considerable speeding up in instruction execution
in 8086. This is known as instruction pipelining.
S2
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S1
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S0
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Indication
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0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
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0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
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0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
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Interrupt
Acknowledge
Read
I/O port
Write
I/O port
Halt
Code
Access
Read
Memory
Write
Memory
Passive
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- At the starting the CS:IP is
loaded with the required address from which the execution is to be
started. Initially, the queue will be empty an the microprocessor starts a
fetch operation to bring one byte (the first byte) of instruction code, if
the CS:IP address is odd or two bytes at a time, if the CS:IP address is
even.
- The first byte is a complete
opcode in case of some instruction (one byte opcode instruction) and is a
part of opcode, in case of some instructions ( two byte opcode
instructions), the remaining part of code lie in second byte.
- The second byte is then decoded in
continuation with the first byte to decide the instruction length and the
number of subsequent bytes to be treated as instruction data. The queue is
updated after every byte is read from the queue but the fetch cycle is initiated
by BIU only if at least two bytes of the queue are empty and the EU may be
concurrently executing the fetched instructions.
- The next byte after the
instruction is completed is again the first opcode byte of the next
instruction. A similar procedure is repeated till the complete execution
of the program. The fetch operation of the next instruction is overlapped
with the execution of the current instruction. As in the architecture,
there are two separate units, namely Execution unit and Bus interface
unit.
- While the execution unit is busy
in executing an instruction, after it is completely decoded, the bus
interface unit may be fetching the bytes of the next instruction from
memory, depending upon the queue status.
QS1
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QS0
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Indication
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0
0
1
1
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0
1
0
1
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No
Operation
First
Byte of the opcode from the queue
Empty
Queue
Subsequent
Byte from the Queue
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- RQ/GT0, RQ/GT1 – Request/Grant
: These
pins are used by the other local bus master in maximum mode, to force the
processor to release the local bus at the end of the processor current bus
cycle.
- Each of the pin is bidirectional
with RQ/GT0 having higher priority than RQ/GT1. RQ/GT pins have internal
pull-up resistors and may be left unconnected. Request/Grant sequence
is as follows:
1.A
pulse of one clock wide from another bus master requests the bus access to
8086.
2.During T4(current) or T1(next) clock cycle, a pulse one clock wide from 8086 to the requesting master, indicates that the 8086 has allowed the local bus to float and that it will enter the ‘hold acknowledge’ state at next cycle. The CPU bus interface unit is likely to be disconnected from the local bus of the system.
3.A one clock wide pulse from the another master indicates to the 8086 that the hold request is about to end and the 8086 may regain control of the local bus at the next clock cycle. Thus each master to master exchange of the local bus is a sequence of 3 pulses. There must be at least one dead clock cycle after each bus exchange. The request and grant pulses are active low.For the bus request those are received while 8086 is performing memory or I/O cycle, the granting of the bus is governed by the rules as in case of HOLD and HLDA in minimum mode.
2.During T4(current) or T1(next) clock cycle, a pulse one clock wide from 8086 to the requesting master, indicates that the 8086 has allowed the local bus to float and that it will enter the ‘hold acknowledge’ state at next cycle. The CPU bus interface unit is likely to be disconnected from the local bus of the system.
3.A one clock wide pulse from the another master indicates to the 8086 that the hold request is about to end and the 8086 may regain control of the local bus at the next clock cycle. Thus each master to master exchange of the local bus is a sequence of 3 pulses. There must be at least one dead clock cycle after each bus exchange. The request and grant pulses are active low.For the bus request those are received while 8086 is performing memory or I/O cycle, the granting of the bus is governed by the rules as in case of HOLD and HLDA in minimum mode.