Intel 8080 manual State Transition Sequence, Halt

While no one instruction cycle will consist of more then five machine cycles, the following ten different types of machine cycles may occur within an instruction cycle:

(1 ) FETCH (M1)

(2)MEMORY READ

(3)MEMORYWRITE

(4)STACK REAO

(5)STACK WRITE

(6)INPUT

(7)OUTPUT

(8)INTERRUPT

(9)HALT

(10)HALT. INTERRUPT

The machine cycles that actually do occur in a par- ticular instruction cycle depend upon the kind of instruc- tion, with the overriding stipulation that the first machine cycle in any instruction cycle is always a FETCH.

The processor identifies the machine cycle in prog- ress by transmitting an eight-bit status word during the first state of every machine cycle. Updated status information is presented on the 8080's data lines (00-07), during the SYNC interval. This data should be saved in latches, and used to develop control signals for external circuitry. Table 2-1 shows how the positive-true status information is dis- tributed on the processor's data bus.

Status signals are provided principally for the control of external circuitry. Simplicity of interface, rather than machine cycle identification, dictates the logical definition of individual status bits. You will therefore observe that certain processor machine cycles are uniquely identified by a single status bit, but that others are not. The M1 status bit (06), for example, unambiguously identifies a FETCH machine cycle. A STACK REAO, on the other hand, is indicated by the coincidence of STACK and MEMR sig- nals. Machine cycle identification data is also valuable in the test and de-bugging phases of system development. Table 2-1 lists the status bit outputs for each type of machine cycle.

State Transition Sequence:

Every machine cycle within an instruction cycle con- sists of three to five active states (referred to as T 1, T 2, T 3, T4, T5 or TW). The actual number of states depends upon the instruction being executed, and on the particular ma- chine cycle within the greater instruction cycle. The state transition diagram in Figure 2-4 shows how the 8080 pro- ceeds from state to state in the course of a machine cycle. The diagram also shows how the READY, HOLD, and INTERRUPT lines are sampled during the machine cycle, and how the conditions on these lines may modify the

basic transition sequence. In the present discussion, we are concerned only with the basic sequence and with the READY function. The HOLD and INTERRUPT functions will be discussed later.

The 8080 CPU does not directly indicate its internal state by transmitting a"state contro'" output during each state; instead, the 8080 supplies direct control output (INTE, HLOA, OBIN, WR and WAIT) for use by external circuitry.

Recall that the 8080 passes through at least three states in every machine cycle, with each state defined by successive low-to-high transitions of the ¢1 clock. Figure 2-5 shows the timing relationships in a typical FETCH machine cycle. Events that occur in each state are referenced to transitions of the ¢1 and ¢2 clock pulses.

The SYNC signal identifies the first state (T 1) in every machine cycle. As shown in Figure 2-5, the SYNC signal is related to the leading edge of the ¢2 clock. There is

adelay (tOC) between the low-to-high transition of ¢2 and the positive-going edge of the SYNC pulse. There also is a corresponding delay (also tOC) between the next ¢2 pulse and the falling edge of the SYNC signal. Status information is displayed on 00-D7 during the same cP2 to cP2 interval. Switching of the status signals is likewise controlled by <1>2.

The rising edge of ¢2 during T 1 also loads the pro- cessor's address lines (AO-A 15). These lines become stable within a brief delay (tDA) of the cP2 clocking pulse, and they remain stable until the first ¢2 pulse after state T3. Th is gives the processor ample time to read the data re- turned from memory.

Once the processor has sent an address to memory, there is an opportunity for the memory to request a WAIT. This it does by pulling the processor's READY line low, prior to the "Ready set-up" interval (tRS) which occurs during the (/)2 pulse within state T2 or TW. As long as the REAOY line remains low, the processor will idle, giving the memory time to respond to the addressed data request. Refer to Figure 2-5.

The processor responds to a wait request by entering an alternative state (TW) at the end of T2, rather than pro- ceed ing directly to the T 3 state. Entry into the TW state is indicated by a WAIT signal from the processor, acknowledg- ing the memory's request. A low-to-high transition on the WAIT line is triggered by the rising edge of the (/)1 clock and occurs within a brief delay (tOC) of the actual entry into the TW state.

A wait period may be of indefinite duration. The pro- cessor remains in the waiting condition until its READY line again goes high. A READY indication must precede the fail- ing edge of the (/)2 clock by a specified interval (tRS), in order to guarantee an exit from the TW state. The cycle may then proceed, beginning with the rising edge of the next (/)1 clock. A WAIT interval will therefore consist of an integral number of TW states and will always be a multiple of the clock period.

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