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Mikroelektronika | Free Online Book | PIC Microcontrollers | Introduction: World of Microcontrollers mikroElektronika | Free Online Book | PIC Microcontrollers | Introduction: World of Microcontrollers ● TOC ● Introduction ● Ch. 1 ● Ch. 2 ● Ch. 3 ● Ch. 4 ● Ch. 5 ● Ch. 6 ● Ch. 7 ● Ch. 8 ● Ch. 9 ● App. A ● App. B ● App. C Introduction: World of microcontrollers The situation we find ourselves today in the field of microcontrollers had its beginnings in the development of technology of integrated circuits. This development has enabled us to store hundreds of thousands of transistors into one chip. That was a precondition for the manufacture of microprocessors. The first computers were made by adding external peripherals such as memory, input/output lines, timers and others to it. Further increasing of package density resulted in creating an integrated circuit which contained both processor and peripherals. That is how the first chip containing a microcomputer later known as a microcontroller has developed. This is how it all got started... In the year 1969, a team of Japanese engineers from BUSICOM came to the USA with a request that a few integrated circuits for calculators were to be designed according to their projects. The request was sent to INTEL and Marcian Hoff was in charge of the project there. Having experience working with a computer, the PDP8, he came up with an idea to suggest fundamentally different solutions instead of the suggested design. This solution presumed that the operation of integrated circuit was to be determined by the program stored in the circuit itself. It meant that configuration would be simpler, but it would require far more memory than the project proposed by Japanese engineers. After a while, even though the Japanese engineers were trying to find an easier solution, Marcian’s idea won and the first microprocessor was born. A major help with turning an idea into a ready-to-use product was Federico Faggin. Nine months after hiring him, Intel succeeded in developing such a product from its original concept. In 1971 Intel obtained the right to sell this integrated circuit. Before that Intel bought the license from BUSICOM which had no idea what a treasure it had. During that year, a microprocessor called the 4004 appeared on the market. That was the first 4-bit microprocessor with the speed of 6000 operations per second. Not long after that, an American company CTC requested from Intel and Texas Instruments to manufacture an 8-bit microprocessor to be applied in terminals. Even though CTC gave up this project, Intel and Texas Instruments kept working on the microprocessor and in April 1972 the first 8-bit microprocessor called the 8008 appeared on the market. It was able to address 16Kb of memory, had 45 instructions and the speed of 300 000 operations per second. That microprocessor was the predecessor http://www.mikroe.com/en/books/picmcubook/ch0/ (1 of 30)5/3/2009 11:28:39 AM mikroElektronika | Free Online Book | PIC Microcontrollers | Introduction: World of Microcontrollers of all today’s microprocessors. Intel kept on developing it and in April 1974 it launched an 8-bit processor called the 8080. It was able to address 64Kb of memory, had 75 instructions and initial price was $360. Another American company called Motorola, quickly realized what was going on, so they launched 8-bit microprocessor 6800. Their chief constructor was Chuck Peddle. Apart from the processor itself, Motorola was the first company that also manufactured other peripherals such as the 6820 and 6850. At that time many companies recognized the greater importance of microprocessors and began their own development. Chuck Peddle left Motorola to join MOS Technology and kept working intensively on developing microprocessors. At the WESCON exhibition in the USA in 1975, a crucial event in the history of the microprocessors took place. MOS Technology announced that it was selling processors 6501 and 6502 at $25 each, that interested customers could purchase immediately. It was such a sensation that many thought it was a kind of fraud, considering that competing companies were selling the 8080 and 6800 at $179 each. On the first day of the exhibit, in response to the competitor, both Motorola and Intel cut the prices of their microprocessors to $69.95. Motorola accused MOS Technology and Chuck Peddle of plagiarizing the protected 6800. Because of that, MOS Technology gave up further manufacture of the 6501, but kept manufacturing the 6502. It was the 8-bit microprocessor with 56 instructions and ability to directly address 64Kb of memory. Due to low price, 6502 became very popular so it was installed into computers such as KIM-1, Apple I, Apple II, Atari, Commodore, Acorn, Oric, Galeb, Orao, Ultra and many others. Soon several companies began manufacturing the 6502 (Rockwell, Sznertek, GTE, NCR, Ricoh, Commodore took over MOS Technology). In the year of its prosperity 1982, this processor was being sold at a rate of 15 million processors per year! Other companies did not want to give up either. Frederico Faggin left Intel and started his own company Zilog Inc. In 1976 Zilog announced the Z80. When designing this microprocessor Faggin made a crucial decision. The 8080 had already been developed and he realized that many would remain loyal to that processor because of the great expenditures which rewriting of all the programs would result in. Accordingly he decided that a new processor had to be compatible with the 8080, i.e. it had to be able to perform all the programs written for the 8080. Apart from that, many other features have been added so that the Z80 was the most powerful microprocessor at that time. It was able to directly address 64Kb of memory, had 176 instructions, a large number of registers, a built-in option for refreshing dynamic RAM memory, a single power supply, greater operating speed etc. The Z80 was a great success and everybody replaced the 8080 by the Z80. Certainly the Z80 was commercially the most successful 8-bit microprocessor at that time. Besides Zilog, other new manufacturers such as Mostek, NEC, SHARP and SGS appeared soon. The Z80 was the heart of many computers such as: Spectrum, Partner, TRS703, Z-3 and Galaxy. In 1976 Intel came up with an upgraded version of the 8-bit microprocessor called the 8085. However, the Z80 was so much better that Intel lost the battle. Even though a few more microprocessors appeared later on the market (6809, 2650, SC/MP etc.), the die had already been cast. There were no such great improvements which could make manufacturers to change their mind, so the 6502 and Z80 along with the 6800 remained chief representatives of the 8-bit microprocessors of that time. Microcontroller versus Microprocessor A microcontroller differs from a microprocessor in many ways. The first and most important difference is its functionality. In order that the microprocessor may be used, other components such as memory must be added to it. Even though the microprocessors are considered to be powerful computing machines, their weak point is that they are not adjusted to communicating to peripheral equipment. Simply, In order to communicate with peripheral environment, the microprocessor must use specialized circuits added as external chips. In short microprocessors are the pure heart of the computers. This is how it was in the beginning and remains the same today. http://www.mikroe.com/en/books/picmcubook/ch0/ (2 of 30)5/3/2009 11:28:39 AM mikroElektronika | Free Online Book | PIC Microcontrollers | Introduction: World of Microcontrollers Fig. 0-1 Microcontroller versus Microprocessor On the other hand, the microcontroller is designed to be all of that in one. No other specialized external components are needed for its application because all necessary circuits which otherwise belong to peripherals are already built into it. It saves the time and space needed to design a device. BASIC CONCEPT http://www.mikroe.com/en/books/picmcubook/ch0/ (3 of 30)5/3/2009 11:28:39 AM mikroElektronika | Free Online Book | PIC Microcontrollers | Introduction: World of Microcontrollers Did you know that all people can be classified into one of 10 groups- those who are familiar with binary number system and those who are not familiar with it. You don’t understand? That means that you still belong to the later group. If you want to change your status read the following text describing briefly some of the basic concepts used further in this book (just to be sure we are on the same page). World of Numbers Mathematics is such a good science! Everything is so logical and simple as that. The whole universe can be described with ten digits only. But, does it really have to be like that? Do we need exactly ten digits? Of course not, it is only a matter of habit. Remember the lessons from the school. For example, what does the number 764 mean: four units, six tens and seven hundreds. Simple! Could it be described in a bit more complicated way? Of course it could: 4 + 60 + 700. Even more complicated? Naturally: 4*1 + 6*10 + 7*100. Could this number look a bit more scientific? The answer is yes: 4*10^0 + 6*10^1 + 7*10^2. What does it actually mean? Why do we use exactly these numbers: 100, 101 and 102 ? Why is it always about the number 10? That is because we use ten different digits (0, 1, 2, ... 8, 9). In other words, because we use base-10 number system, i.e. decimal number system. Fig. 0-2 The number 764 represented in three different ways Binary Number System What would happen if only two digits would be used- 0 and 1? Or if we would not know to determine whether something is 3 or 5 times greater than something else? Or if we would be restricted when comparing two sizes, i.e.
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