Publisher's Synopsis
With an excellent balance of hardware, software and interfacing topics, this text presents a strong, practical introduction to the design of microprocessor systems and offers both the student and the professional engineer unprecedented depth and breadth of coverage. The 68000, a very popular 16-bit microprocessor, is used for illustration and full advantage is taken of the features of this chip. Special emphasis is given to the timing diagram and to the analysis of microprocessor read/write cycles. Also included is coverage of static and dynamic memories, a chapter on exception handling and material on multimicroprocessor systems. The final chapter develops a complete 68000-based microcomputer and monitor.;This book should be of interest to second year undergraduate and diploma students taking a microprocessor systems course in departments of computer science and engineering.
