MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

INTERRUPT PROGRAMMING

ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The role of ____ is to prioritise the interrupt signal as it recieves them and places them in a queue to be handled.
A
Interpreter
B
OS
C
Interrupt handler
D
Compiler
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As the name suggests, interrupt signals provide a way to divert the processor to code outside the normal flow of control.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. CPU: The CPU checks for pending interrupts at the beginning of an instruction. It answers the highest-priority interrupt, which has a higher priority than that given in the interrupt priority register.

Detailed explanation-3: -A priority interrupt is a system which decides the priority at which various devices, which generates the interrupt signal at the same time, will be serviced by the CPU. The system has authority to decide which conditions are allowed to interrupt the CPU, while some other interrupt is being serviced.

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