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8255/8254 LAB CARD

Card Type

Data acquisition

Chip Set

NEC 8255

I/O Options

Digital I/O ports (2)

Data Bus

8-bit ISA

CONNECTIONS

Function

Label

Function

Label

Breadboard (see pinout below)

BB1

Unidentified

CN3

Digital I/O port 1 (see pinout below)

CN1

Unidentified

CN4

Digital I/O port 2 (see pinout below)

CN2

   

BB1 PINOUT

Function

Row

Function

Row

Channel 1A bit 7

1

Channel 1C bit 6

21

Channel 1A bit 6

2

Channel 1C bit 5

22

Channel 1A bit 5

3

Channel 1C bit 4

23

Channel 1A bit 4

4

Channel 1C bit 3

24

Channel 1A bit 3

5

Channel 1C bit 2

25

Channel 1A bit 2

6

Channel 1C bit 1

26

Channel 1A bit 1

7

Channel 1C bit 0

27

Channel 1A bit 0

8

Not used

28

Not used

9

Channel 1B bit 7

29

Clock signal 0 in

10

Channel 1B bit 6

30

Clock signal 1 in

11

Channel 1B bit 5

31

Clock signal 2 in

12

Channel 1B bit 4

32

Gate signal 0

13

Channel 1B bit 3

33

Gate signal 1

14

Channel 1B bit 2

34

Gate signal 2

15

Channel 1B bit 1

35

Clock signal 0 out

16

Channel 1B bit 0

36

Clock signal 1 out

17

Not used

37

Clock signal 2 out

18

I/O write register

38

Not used

19

I/O read register

39

Channel 1C bit 7

20

   

Note:The breadboard is designed to prototype designs. All holes in a given row are electrically connected. Rows marked not used may be utilized by the designer for extra connections.

CN1 PINOUT

Function

Pin

Function

Pin

Ground

1

Channel 1C bit 6

21

Ground

2

Channel 1C bit 7

22

Ground

3

Channel 1C bit 4

23

Channel 1A bit 3

4

Channel 1C bit 5

24

Channel 1A bit 1

5

Channel 1C bit 1

25

Channel 1A bit 2

6

Channel 1C bit 0

26

Clock signal 0 in

7

Channel 1B bit 7

27

Channel 1A bit 0

8

Channel 1C bit 2

28

Gate signal 0

9

Channel 1B bit 6

29

Clock signal 0 out

10

Channel 1C bit 3

30

Clock signal 2 out

11

Channel 1B bit 5

31

Clock signal 2 in

12

Channel 1B bit 0

32

Clock signal 1 in

13

Channel 1B bit 4

33

Gate signal 2

14

Channel 1B bit 1

34

Clock signal 1 out

15

Channel 1B bit 3

35

Gate signal 1

16

Channel 1B bit 2

36

Channel 1A bit 5

17

+5V power

37

Channel 1A bit 4

18

-5V power

38

Channel 1A bit 7

19

+12V power

39

Channel 1A bit 6

20

-12V power

40

CN2 PINOUT

Function

Pin

Function

Pin

Ground

1

Channel 2C bit 7

21

Ground

2

Channel 2C bit 6

22

Ground

3

Channel 2C bit 5

23

Ground

4

Channel 2C bit 4

24

Ground

5

Channel 2C bit 0

25

Ground

6

Channel 2C bit 1

26

Ground

7

Channel 2C bit 2

27

Ground

8

Channel 2B bit 7

28

Ground

9

Channel 2C bit 3

29

Ground

10

Channel 2B bit 6

30

Ground

11

Channel 2B bit 0

31

Ground

12

Channel 2B bit 5

32

Channel 2A bit 0

13

Channel 2B bit 1

33

Channel 2A bit 1

14

Channel 2B bit 4

34

Channel 2A bit 2

15

Channel 2B bit 2

35

Channel 2A bit 3

16

Channel 2B bit 3

36

Channel 2A bit 4

17

+5V power

37

Channel 2A bit 5

18

-5V power

38

Channel 2A bit 6

19

+12V power

39

Channel 2A bit 7

20

-12V power

40

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Setting

Label

Position

»

Counter 0 uses internal clock source

JP1/A

Closed

 

Counter 0 uses external clock source

JP1/A

Open

»

Counter 1 uses internal clock source

JP1/B

Closed

 

Counter 1 uses external clock source

JP1/B

Open

»

Counter 2 uses internal clock source

JP1/C

Closed

 

Counter 2 uses external clock source

JP1/C

Open

BASE I/O ADDRESS

Setting

JP2/A

JP2/B

JP2/C

JP2/D

JP2/E

JP2/F

 

000h

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

 

010h

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Open

 

020h

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Open

Closed

 

030h

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Open

Open

 

040h

Closed

Closed

Closed

Open

Closed

Closed

»

2A0h

Open

Closed

Open

Closed

Open

Closed

 

3B0h

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Open

Open

 

3C0h

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Closed

 

3D0h

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Open

 

3E0h

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

 

3F0h

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

Note: A total of 64 base address settings are available. The jumpers are a binary representation of the decimal memory addresses. JP2/A is the Most Significant Bit and jumper JP2/F is the Least Significant Bit. The jumpers have the following decimal values: JP2/A=512, JP2/B=256, JP2/C=128, JP2/D=64, JP2/E=32, JP2/E=16. Open the jumpers and add the values of the jumpers that are open to obtain the correct memory address. (Open=1, Closed=0)

WAIT STATES

Setting

JP3/A

JP3/B

JP3/C

0

Closed

Open

Open

1

Open

Closed

Open

2

Open

Open

Closed

DIAGNOSTIC LED(S)

The function of the LED is unidentified.