Input Output Interfacing 8085 Microprocessor:

Any application of a microprocessor based system requires the transfer of data between external circuitry to the microprocessor and microprocessor to the external circuitry. User can give information to the microprocessor using keyboard and user can see the result or output information from the microprocessor with the help of display device. The transfer of data between keyboard and microprocessor, and microprocessor and display device is called Input Output Interfacing 8085 Microprocessor or I/O data transfer. This data transfer is done with the help of I/O ports.

Input Port :

It is used to read data from the input device such as keyboard. The simplest form of input port is a buffer. The input device is connected to the microprocessor through buffer as shown in the Fig. 4.28. This buffer is a tri-state buffer and its output is available only when enable signal is active.

When microprocessor wants to read data from the input device (keyboard), the control signals from the microprocessor activates the buffer by asserting enable input of the buffer. Once the buffer is enabled, data from the input device is available on the data bus. Microprocessor reads this data by initiating read command.

Output Port :

It is used to send data to the output device such as display from the microprocessor. The simplest form of output port is a latch. The output device is connected to the microprocessor through latch as shown in the Fig. 4.29.

When microprocessor wants to send data to the output device, it puts the data on the data bus and activates the clock signal of the latch, latching the data from the data bus at the output of latch. It is then available at the output of latch for the output device.