cs/ B.

TECH/ EE/ EVEN/ SEM-6/ EE-6O4D / 20 t5 - t6

MAULANA ABUL I(ALAM AZAD UNTVERSITY OF

TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
paper Code : EE_6O4D
EMBEDDED SYSTEM
Time Allotted: 3 Hours Fuil Marks : TO

frgures in the margin indicate full marks.

The

Candidates are required to giue their ansu)ers in their oun

utords as far as practicable.

GROUP -A
Multiple Choice Type euestions )
(
1. Choose the correct alternatives for any /en of the
following; IOx 1= 10
i) Which of the following processor architectures
supports easier instruction pipelining ?
a) Harvard b) Von Neumann
c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of them.
ii) In distributed embedded controller which type of
bus is used ?

a) CAN bus b) I2C bus

c) USB bus d) None of these.
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iii) RTOS is one which

the
a) aliows flexible scheduling of
system

resource to several task

b) controls task synchron\zatiort

c) it is an operating system for microcontroller

for preemptive
d) it is an operating system
scheduling'

iv) UART stands for

and Transmitter
a) Uniform Access for Receiver
Transmitter
b) Universal Access for Receiver

c) UniversalAsynchronousReceiverTransmitter

d) None of these '

v) I2C bus stands for

a) Intra lC connect bus

.
b) Interface lC connect bus

c) Inter IC connect bus

d) None of these'

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vi) Fastest type of ADC is

a) Flash type
b) Dual-slope
c) Successive-approximation
d) None of these.

vii) MAC unit is present in which type of processor ?

a) ARM processor b) DSp processor
c) ASIP processor d) None of these.
viii) Architecture used in DSp processor is
a) Harvard architecture b) Von Newman
c) SIMD d) A11 of these.
ix) Which of the following systems is not an embedded
system ?

a) Mobile phone b) Modem

c) Mainframe d) Xerox machine.
x) Which of the following address structures denotes
Direct Mapped Cache ?
a) Tag 5; block 7; word 4
b) Tag 12; word 4
c) Tag 6, block 6; word 4

d) None of these.

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xi) L1 Cache is made of

a) DRAM b) SRAM

c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these'

xii) A 'watch-dog timer' enables the implementation of

real-time systems bY Providing

a) a regularly times interrupt for starting real-

time tasks

b) a very flexible interrupt which is set for

individual, critical reai-time tasks

c) a time-of-day alarm to synchronize all tasks at

. a fixed time.

d) a mechanism for the safe shut-down of a

system if any task takes too long to complete'

GROUP - B
( Short Answer TYPe Questions )

Answer any three of the following 3 x 5 = 15

2. What are the distinguishing features of Von Neuman

and Harvard architecture ? Which one is advanced and

why ? Give examPles of each. 3+1+1

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J. What are the functions of the following pins of an

AT98C52 microcontrollcr ?

Rq WR, ALE,PSEI\ XTALI.

4. What is pipelining ? What are the bugs of RISC

pipelining ? How can that be resolved in CISC

pipelining z l+2+2
5. Initialize SPBRG register of baud rate generator of a PIC

rcFa77 for an asynchronous serial communication

where desired baud rate is 9600 and fosc = l6MHz'

6. What are the different features of ALU in PIC 16F877'

GROUP- C
I Long Aaswer TYPe Questions )
Answer any three of the following' 3 x 15 = 45
7. Describe the characteristics of an embedded system'

What do you mean by soft real time and hard real time

systems ? What do you mean by multitasking ? State

the difference between 'Cooperative multitasking' and

' Preemptive multitasking'. 4+4+3+4

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8. What is an Instruction Set Simulator ? What is an

Emulator ? Using a translation hierarchy diagram,

describe the functions of Compiler, Assembler,

Linker and Loader. What is the use of C Library Macro-

Assert O. 4+3+6+2
9. a) List out the existing interrupts within the

PIC 1 6F 87 7 microcontroller.

b) What is Brown-out Reset (BOR) ?

c) Discuss the ADC module of PIC16F877. 5 + 3 + 7

10. a) Considering the SPI mode operation of PIC 16F877

describe how an SPI MASTER/SLAVE

CONNECTION is established between two

microcontrollers.

b) In context with I/O Port Expansion using Serial

Peripheral Interface (SPI) in a PlCl6F877 ,

describe with diagram how a parallel 8-bit output

port can be realized through SPI with the help of

a shift register chip (74HC595). Also show various

register conligurations. 5+(6+4)

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1 1. Write short notes on any three of ttle following :

3x5

a) SemaPhores

b) Throughout and latencY

c) Power-up Time (PWRT) in PIC 16F877

d) Boot Loader

e) Baud rate.

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