APOIO A DISCIPLINA DE MICROPROCESSADORES COM AUXILIO DA FERRAMENTA ABACUS²MC-1

Abstract

This paper presents a new computational tool toaid the discipline of Microprocessors I, called Abacus²MC-1. The tool works with the Abacus simulator and the MC-1teaching module of DEGEM. Abacus is an educationalsimulator of the 8085 microprocessor from Intel and hasROM and RAM routines compatible with MC-1 Module. TheAbacus²MC-1 comments each of the programs developed inAbacus, generating information about the outstandingprograms and serving as study material. Another feature isthe communication between the old MC-1 module and amicrocomputer to transfer the programs developed in theAbacus to RAM of the MC-1 Module or transfer theprograms of MC-1 module to a file compatible with theAbacus, leaving the laboratory classes dynamic andenabling a higher fixation of contents. Currently the tool isunder evaluation by students of the discipline and is havinga very positive acceptance.Index Terms ⎯ Abacus, Ferramenta computacional,Microprocessadores.