EC6703 - EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME SYSTEMS

Unit I -I INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED COMPUTING

Part-A (2 Marks)
1. What is an embedded system?
2. What are the typical characteristics of an embedded system?
3. What are the advantages of embedded system?
4. What are the disadvantages of embedded system?
5. What are the applications of an embedded system?
6. What are the real-time requirements of an embedded system?
7. What are the functional requirements of embedded system?
8. What are the various embedded system requirements?
9. What are the temporal requirements?
10. Give the classification of embedded system.
11. What are the main components of an embedded system?
12. Define embedded microcontroller.
13. What are the various classifications of embedded systems?
14. What are the two essential units of a processor on an embedded system?
15. What does the execution unit of a processor in an embedded system do?
16. Give examples for general purpose processor.
17. Define microprocessor.
18. What is the need for LCD and LED displays?
19. Give some examples for small scale embedded systems?
20. Give some examples for medium scale embedded systems.
21. Give some examples for sophisticated embedded systems.

Unit II-COMPUTING PLATFORM AND DESIGN ANALYSIS

1. Define bus.
2. Give the advantages of interrupts.
3. Give the steps for accomplishing input output data transfer.
4. What do you meant by bus arbitration?
5. What do you meant by timer frequency?
6. What is an IDE?
7. Define Object oriented interfacing.
8. Define compilation.
9. Define frame buffer.
10. What is meant by data flow graphs?
11. Define cross compiler.
12. Define Aspect ratio.
13. What is the use of handshake signals?
14. What is In-Circuit Emulator?
15. What are the different CPU buses?
16. What do you mean by control bus in a CPU?
17. What is a bridge? Where it is applied?
18. List the features of RAM bus.
19. Define program path.
20. Define Program traces.
 Unit III-PROCESS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

1. Define process.
2. Define task and Task state.
3. Define (TCB)
4. What is a thread?
5. What are the benefits of multithreaded programming?
6. Define RTOS.
7. Define task and task rates.
8. Define CPU scheduling.
9. Define Synchronization.
10. Define Inter process communication.
11. What is a semaphore?
12. When the error will occur when we use the semaphore?
13. Define Remote Procedure Call.
14. What is a Dispatcher?
15. What is dispatch latency?
16. What are the various scheduling criteria for CPU scheduling?
17. Define throughput?
18. What is turnaround time?
19. Define race condition.
20. What is critical section problem?

Unit IV-HARDWARE ACCELERATES & NETWORKS

1. Define accelerator.
2. What is meant by processing element?
3. Define multiprocessor.
4. What is the advantage of multiprocessors used in embedded system design?
5. Define distributed embedded systems.
6. Define packets.
7. Define arbitration.
8. Write down the networks for distributed embedded systems.
9. Define blocking.
10. Distinguish multistage network from direct network.
11. Define I2C bus.
12. Define Ethernet.
13. Define message passing?
14. Define message delay.
15. Define internet protocol.
16. Define routers.
17. What is meant by Avionics?
18. What is meant by LRU’s?
19. Define Architecture.
20. What is the use of attaching accelerator to CPU?
21. State the important requirements to develop network based embedded systems.
22. What do you mean by hardware accelerator?
23. State the advantages of network based design.

Unit V-CASE STUDY

1. Define compressor.
2. Define software modem
3. Applications of software modem
4. What do you mean by co-design?
5. Define STB
6. What is system on silicon?
7. Define ASIP.
8. List out some examples of hardware co-systems.
9. What are the hardware requirements of STB?
10. How many methods in data compression class?
11. Advantages of software modem
12. Give any 4 advantages of data compressor.
13. Define Engine control unit.
14. Define Telephone answering machine
15. Define video accelerator.
16. Define intensity.
17. Define baud rate.
18. What is the function of filter bank?