Interfacing 8155 I/O ports and 8279 with multiple Addresses

This article is about a decoding technique using the 74139, a 2-to-4 decoder. The above mentioned device has two 2-to-4 decoders inside, one is used for interfacing I/O ports and the second is used for interfacing memory. Let's see I/O interfacing:

1. The input to the decoder are the address lines A7 and A6.
2. The decoder is enabled by the IO/M signal through an inverter.
3. Whenever the processor asserts IO/M high to access an I/O port, the decoder becomes active.
4. The address lines A5-A0 are not decoded in this schematic, some of them are connected to programmable I/O devices such as the 8155 and 8279

The figure will look something like this: 👁 Image

8155 I/O Addresses: 👁 Image

8279 I/O Addresses: 👁 Image

Multiple I/O Addresses: The 8279 needs only two addresses, but because of the five don't care lines, it occupies the space of 64 I/O addresses. In the case of the 8155, three addresses lines don't care; therefore, it has eight sets of address ranges for its I/O ports and the timer. Advantages:

1. Save Costs
2. Save Space