Input - output Register




The input register INPR consists of eight bits and holds an alphanumeric input information. The 1-bit input flag FGI is a control flip-flop. The flag bit is set to 1 when new information is available in the input device and is cleared to 0 when the information is accepted by the computer. The flag is needed to synchronize the timing rate difference between the input device and the computer. The process of information transfer is as follows. Initially, the input flag FGI is cleared to 0. When a key is struck in the keyboard, an 8-bit alphanumeric code is shifted into INPR and the input flag FGI is set to 1. As long as the flag is set, the information in INPR cannot be changed by striking another key. The computer checks the flag bit; if it is 1, the information from INPR is transferred in parallel into AC and FGI is cleared to 0. Once the flag is cleared, new information can be shifted into INPR by striking another key.

The output register OUTR works similarly but the direction of information flow is reversed. Initially, the output flag FGO is set to 1. The computer checks the flag bit; if it is 1, the information from AC is transferred in parallel to OUTR and FGO is cleared to 0. The output device accepts the coded information, prints the corresponding character, and when the operation is completed, it sets FGO to 1. The computer does not load a new character into OUTR when FGO is 0 because this condition indicates that the output device is in the process of printing the character.



Frequently Asked Questions

+
Ans: A computer can serve no useful purpose unless it communicates with the external environment. Instructions and data stored in memory must come from some input device. Computational results must be transmitted to the user through some output device. Commercial computers include many types of view more..
+
Ans: This instruction increments the word specified by the effective address, and if the incremented value is equal to 0, PC is incremented by 1. The programmer usually stores a negative number (in 2's complement) in the memory word. As this negative number is repeatedly incremented by one, it eventually reaches the value of zero. At that time PC is incremented by one in order to skip the next instruction in the program. view more..
+
Ans: The BSA instruction performs the function usually referred to as a subroutine call. The indirect BUN instruction at the end of the subroutine performs the function referred to as a subroutine return. In most commercial computers, the return address associated with a subroutine is stored in either a processor view more..
+
Ans: The input register INPR consists of eight bits and holds an alphanumeric input information. The 1-bit input flag FGI is a control flip-flop. The flag bit is view more..
+
Ans: The final flowchart of the instruction cycle, including the interrupt cycle for the basic computer, is shown in Fig. 5-15. The interrupt flip-flop R may be set at any time during the indirect or execute phases. Control returns to timing signal T0 after SC is cleared to 0. If R = 1, the computer goes through an interrupt cycle. If R = 0, the computer goes through an instruction cycle. view more..
+
Ans: 1. A memory unit with 4096 words of 16 bits each 2. Nine registers: AR, PC, DR, AC, IR, TR, OUTR, INPR, and SC 3. Seven flip-flops: I, S, E, R, lEN, FGI, and FGO 4. Two decoders: a 3 x 8 operation decoder and a 4 x 16 timing decoder view more..
+
Ans: he block diagram of the control logic gates is shown in Fig. 5-6. The inputs to this circuit come from the two decoders, the I flip-flop, and bits 0 through 11 of IR. The other inputs to the control logic are: AC bits 0 through 15 to check if AC = 0 and to detect the sign bit in AC( view more..
+
Ans: The registers of the computer connected to a common bus system are shown in Fig. 5-4. The control inputs of the registers are LD (load), INR (increment), and CLR (clear). Suppose that we want to derive the gate structure associated with the control inputs of AR. We scan Table 5-6 to find all the statements that change the content of AR view more..
+
Ans: The control gates for the seven flip-flops can be determined in a similar manner. For example, Table 5-6 shows that lEN may change as a result of the two instructions ION and !OF. view more..
+
Ans: The 16-bit common bus shown in Fig. 5-4 is controlled by the selection inputs S2, S1, and 50• The decimal number shown with each bus input specifies the equivalent binary number that must be applied to the selection inputs in order to select the corresponding register. Table 5-7 specifies the binary numbers for S2S1S0 that select each register. Each binary number is associated with a Boolean variable x1 through x7, corresponding to the gate structure that must be active in order to select the register or memory for the bus. view more..




Rating - 3/5
541 views

Advertisements