B.E. IV YEAR (4YDC) COMPUTER ENGINEERING

CO 4402: COMPUTER PERIPHERALS AND INTERFACES

Theory:

1. Introduction, Review of various I/O methods – Programmed I/O, Interrupt driven I/O, DMA and I/O processor based.

2. Computer System Peripherals: Working and Interfacing of various Peripheral Devices :i. Magnetic Disks – Floppy Disks, Floppy Disk Drive, Working,

Programming the Floppy Disk Controller, Hard Disk, Disk Drives, Working and Interfacing.

ii. Printers – Principle and Working of Dot Matrix Printers, Line Printers, Laser Printers etc., Printer Adapter.

iii. Keyboards – Types, Functioning and Interfacing.iv. CRT - Working and Interfacing of various CRT interfacing ICs.

Timing Chain, Cursor Control, Scrolling; Different types of CRTs and CRT Controller Cards, Light Pen.

3. Principle of operation of other Peripheral Devices:i. Magnetic Tapes: Types – Spooler, Cassettes, Cartridges,

Various Tape Standards – QIC, DAT (Digital Audio Tapes) and Exabyte.ii. Optical Disks, Mouse, Digitizer, Plotter, OCR, OMR,

Audio Response Units, Magnetic Ink Readers, Bar Code Readers, Scanners, Touch Screens etc.

4. Communication: Serial Communication – RS232C and other standards, Parallel Communication – Centronix.Bus Standards: Introduction, Asynchronous and Synchronous Buses – VME, ISA, Future Bus, EISA, Multibus, SCSI, IEEE 488 etc.

5. Input / Output Drivers (Device Drivers).Computer Accessories : Cables, Connectors, Power Supplies etc.

Text Books

1. Govindarajalu B., “IBM PC and Clones”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2/e, 2002.2. Peter Norton, “New Inside the PC”, SAMS, 2002.3. N. Mathivanan, “Microprocessors, PC Hardware and Interfacing”, PHI, 2003.

Reference Books

1. Winn L. Rosch, “Hardware Bible”, 6/e, Que, 2003.2. Peter Notron, “Programmer’s Guide to the IBM PC & PS/2”, Microsoft

Press/BPB.3. IBM PC/XT/AT: Technical Reference Manuals.4. Intel’s Microprocessor and peripherals Handbook, Vol I & II.