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III B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007

MICROPROCESSORS AND MICRO-CONTROLLERS
(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain different parameter passing techniques in procedure and subroutine

CALLs of 8086. [6]
(b) Write a program to generate different delays 15sec, 20sec and 30sec by calling
the procedure for 1sec. Delay ( Assume the microprocessor uses 5 MHz clock.)
[10]

2. (a) Write a note on Descriptor tables of 80386. [8]

(b) Explain about the flag register of 80486. [8]

3. (a) Explain different combinations of indirect addressing mode with post incre-
ment and pre increment. How are the effective addresses calculated in these
modes?
(b) Show the effective address of the following addressing modes of MC 68000.
i. Absolute mode PC indirect with index and displacement
ii. Memory indirect pre-indexed
iii. Register Indirect with Index Mode. [16]

4. (a) What are Register windows and how are they implemented in RISC machines?
[8]
(b) Distinguish between pipelining and super-pipelining? [8]

5. (a) Explain the salient features of Pentium architecture. [6]

(b) Draw the schematic blocks of Floating Point Unit (FPU) of Pentium micro-
processor and explain its different segments. [10]

6. (a) Explain the interior structure of Pentium Pro microprocessor with neat schematic
diagram? [12]
(b) Explain the pipeline feature of Pentium Pro microprocessor? [4]

7. (a) What is meant by interrupt? What are the different interrupts of 8051? [6]
(b) Explain the interrupt operation of 8051 in detail? [10]

8. (a) Explain the terms: [3+4]

i. Baud rate in the 8051
ii. SCON register

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(b) List out the steps involved in programming the 8051 to transfer data serially.
[9]

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