Intel 8279

8279P-5 from Mitsubishi

The Intel 8279 is a programmable keyboard and display interface chip, which for the Intel-8080 / 8085 - and Intel 8088 was designed processors. The module is supplied in a 40-pin DIL housing . He was u. a. licensed to Mitsubishi , NEC and Siemens .

The keyboard part contains an interface for a keyboard matrix with up to 64 contacts. The display part has a multiplex interface for LED displays.

Literature and data sheets

• Intel Datasheet: 8279 / 8279-5 Programmable keyboard / display interface
• Microcomputer modules, data book 1979/80, volume 3, peripherals, Siemens AG, order number B 2049, pp. 399-422.
• NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, 1982 Catalog, pp. 693-701.

Web links

• KEYBOARD / DISPLAY CONTROLLER - INTEL 8279 ; Retrieved June 26, 2012.