The document discusses the 8255 programmable parallel I/O device that can be used to interface I/O devices to a microprocessor like the 8085. It describes how the 8255 has three I/O ports (Port A, Port B, Port C) that can be configured using a control word. It then provides an example of interfacing an 8-bit analog to digital converter and temperature sensor to the 8255 ports to read temperature values using instructions like OUT, IN.