The Open University of Sri Lanka

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECX4236 - Microprocessors and Interfacing

Continuous Assessment Test

Time Allowed: 1 hours OPEN BOOK TEST

Date: 28 April 2014 Time: 09.00-10.15 Hrs

Answer all questions. State your assumptions (if any) clearly.

The 8-bit R/2R digital-to-analog (DAC) converter shown in Figure 1 in page 2 has a
reference of 10 volts.

[Q1]

(i) Find out the analog output for the input code 00000001. [15 Marks]

(ii) Find out the digital input value for the output 625 mV. [15 Marks]

[Q2]

In a certain experiment you are required to interface an analog-to-digital (ADC)

converter to 8051 microcontroller using the above DAC (Figure 1) for setting the
reference voltage 625 mV of the ADC.

(i) Draw a block diagram to show your configuration. [30 Marks]

(ii) Draw a flowchart to measure analog value using ADC with help of the
DAC.
[20 Marks]

(iii) Write the 8051 microcontroller assembly language program (ALP) for
the above setup.
[20 Marks]

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