
502 THE x86 MICROPROCESSORS
diff erent-it will not be found in any PC, new or old, but can be seen to be used in many embed-
ded designs even now. To gain a comprehensive knowledge about all the peripherals within the
chip, you may refer to the Intel user’s manual of 80186. To test the peripherals, an 80186 trainer
will also be needed.
KEY POINTS OF THIS CHAPTER
The 80186/80188 processors were developed in 1982 as a solution to the need for a processor
with embedded peripherals.
This processor and its many variants contain a number of peripherals on chip – like timers, DMA
controller, Interrupt controller and so on.
The 80186 has a few new instructions ...