DEVELOPING A MOTOROLA 68000 TRAINING BOARD

The aim of this project is to build a Motorola 68000 microprocessor training board
using modular approach to aid the teaching and learning process for the
microprocessor subject in Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). The board is
designed in modular approach to nurture more understanding among the students on
the system itself. The final system consists of 3 different separated cards; the central
processing unit (CPU) card, the memory card, and a serial/parallel interface card and
a backplane. Wire wrapping method is used to build the training board. This project
involves circuit design study, parts substitution study, and the board construction
itself Basically, the board features a Motorola 68000 microprocessor, 10-MHz
crystal clock, buffer circuits, memory decoder circuits, EPROM modules, SRAM
modules, serial interface, and parallel interface. This board can be connected to a
personal computer (PC) through serial interface for program downloading purposes,
and the output is connected through the parallel interface available on-board. It is
envisaged that the final system would be utilized as a learning tool for the
microprocessor course (EAB2023).