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Code: A5710 M.Tech - I Semester Supplementary Examinations, April/May 2012 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONCEPTS (Common to VLSI Design and VLSI System Design) (For students admitted in 2008-2009) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 60 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) (b) 2 (a) (b) What are the common units in most processors? Explain the terms IP core, FPGA, CPLD, PLA and PAL. How do separate caches for instruction data and branch transfer help? An array has 10 integers each of 32 bits. Let an integer be equal to its index in the array multiplied by 1024. Let the base address in memory the 0 4800. How will the bits be stored for the 0th, 4th and 9th element in (i) big-endian mode (ii) little endian mode Compare the advantages and disadvantages of data transfers using serial and parallel ports. Explain device servicing without using an ISR. What are the advantages of DMA based data transfer over the interrupt driven data transfer? What are the uses of hardware assigned priorities and software assigned priorities in an interrupt mechanism? What is the most important feature in JAVA that makes it a highly useful high level language for an embedded system in many network related applications? How and when are the following used in c program? (i) # define (ii) type def (iii) null pointer (iv) recursive function.

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What are the advantages of reentrant functions in embedded system software? What are the advantages of building TSR queues? What is the use of simulator in a development phase? What are the advantages and disadvantages of hardware implementation instead of software implementation? What are compiler, linker, loader and interpreter? What is an emulator? What are the various components of an emulator? What are the advantages of using an ICE? *****

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