Intel 8279

The Intel 8279 is a programmable keyboard and display interface module, which is designed for Intel-8080/8085-Prozessoren. The module is supplied in a 40 pin DIL package. He was licensed to, inter alia, Mitsubishi, NEC and Siemens.

The keyboard part includes an interface for a keyboard matrix with up to 64 contacts. The display part has an interface in the multiplexing method 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, No. B 2049, pp. 399-422.
  • NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, 1982 Catalog, pp. 693-701.
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