Microprocessors /
by Heathkit Educational Systems
- Benton Harbor , Michigan : Heath Company , 1985.
- xv , (various pag.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
"The microprocessors course is designed to teach the learner the fundamentals of the microprocessor unit (MPU), or as it is also known, the central processor unit (CPU). This is the decision maker, or brain of the computer. Like the brain in your body, the MPU needs support from many peripheral devices to maintain the system. Because of that interrelationship, a course on microprocessors is not complete without a thorough description of how the MPU interfaces to its support devices and the outside world. To that end, the authors will show you how the MPU is structured, how the learner communicates with the MPU (its language) and how the MPU communicates with you and the system under its control."