EXPERIMENT NO.

: 01

VERIFY AES-51 BOARD FUNCTIONALITY

USING SELF TEST ROUTINE
AIM
To verify whether the AES51 development board is working properly using the built
in test routines.

OBJECTIVES
1. Verify the board is functioning properly before using it for any development
purposes.
2. Learn how to use the built in test routine of the AES51 board.
3. Run the self-test program and familiar with the each functions of the AES-51
development board.
4. Identify the basic functions of AES-51 development board.

APPARATURES
1. AES-51 Micro Controller development board.
2. DC Power Supply.
3. Serial Cable (RS232)
4. Piece of Wire
5. Flat Screw
6. Personal Computer with Windows OS

PROCEDURE

1. Power Supply and the board was checked for proper connections.
2. Power Supply was switched on and power on indicator of the board was observed.
3. AES-51 Test Routine was initialized by pressing the TEST button once.
4. LCD Display was observed to see whether the Test Routine has initialized.
5. Test 1 was initialized by pressing the TEST button again.
6. After observing the output LEDs for TEST1, TEST2 was started by pressing the
TEST button again.
7. TEST2 was repeated for input ports 1,2,3 by grounding INT1, INT2, INT3 ports one
at a time.
8. After completing TEST2, TEST3 was initialized by pressing the TEST button again.
9. +5V DC output of the board was connected to the ADC port and TEST3 was
repeated again.
10. TEST4 was started by pressing the TEST key again.
11. To observe the TEST4 output board was connected to the computer using the
serial cable and Terminal Emulator ( TE.EXE ) was executed. After that board was
resetted and space key in the computer was pressed once.
12. After completing TEST4, TEST button was pressed again to exit from the Test
Routine.

OBSERVATIONS
LCD display before starting the self test.

AES BASIC -52 1.0

SYSTEM READY ! !

LCD Display output when TEST button is pushed.

<TST> TO ADVANCE
ANY KEY - REPEAT

TEST #1
All four LEDs connected to the bits 4,5,6,7 of Port 0 switched on for a short time
and

then switched off again.

TEST #2
Display output when TEST #2 was done without grounding any input pins.

T2 INPUT PORT#
IS FF 11111111

Display output when TEST #2 was done while input port I1 is grounded.

T2 INPUT PORT#
IS F7 11110111

Display output when TEST #2 was done while input port I2 is grounded.

T2 INPUT PORT#
IS DF 11011111

Display output when TEST #2 was conducted while input port I3 is grounded.

T2 INPUT PORT#
IS EF 11101111

TEST #3
Display output when A/D input is kept open.

T3 ADC# TO D/A
IS 01 00000001

Display output when +5V is connected to A/D input.

T3 ADC# TO D/A
3F 00111111

TEST #4
LCD Display output. The word AES was observed in the terminal emulator program
in the computer.

T4 <AES> SENT
TO SERIAL PORTS

DISCUSSION
AES-51 is a 8051 based development board which is used for experimental
purposes. It is built with Microprocessor, RAM, ROM, Logic units, I/O ports in separate
blocks with in the board providing easy understanding and identification for the user. But in
a general Micro Controller all these things are built into a single chip/IC.
Board can be powered up using any 7-15V AC-DC adapter. When using AC
adapters, the power source selecting slide switch in the board must be set to the DC side.
During our experiment board was powered using a DC power supply.
If the board is functioning properly it should pass all the four test with expected
outputs. But during our experiment TEST #3 didn't gave the expected output. It was
expected to give 00000000 when A/D port was kept open and 11111111 when +5V was
connected to A/D port. We got the results 00000001 and 00111111. This was because our
powering arrangement and faults in the Analog to Digital converter unit in the board. This
will not be a problem to our next experiments as we are not using A/D conversion in any of
the activities.