Define Embedded system. Describe skills and hardware/software needed to design sophisticated embedded system.
[3 marks]Describe use of SOC and FPGA for designing Embedded System.
[4 marks]Describe I2C protocol. Give merits and demerits of I2C over SPI communication.
[7 marks]Enlist example of asynchronous and synchronous communication protocol used in embedded system.
[3 marks]What is watch-dog timer ? Explain with example.
[4 marks]Describe Bluetooth piconet and scatternet connections. Differentiate Bluetooth and WiFi protocol.
[7 marks](C) Describe AMBA AHB and APB protocol.
[7 marks]Define : (1) Interrupt (2) Interrupt Latency (3) Interrupt Deadline
[3 marks]Describe PV Semaphore.
[4 marks]Define Device Driver. Describe function of device driver.
[7 marks]Describe polled IO and interrupt based IO.
[3 marks]Differentiate: Binary semaphore and Mutex
[4 marks]Sketch and describe direct memory access (DMA) for data transfer between memory and IO device.
[7 marks]Differentiate hard-real time and soft-real time system.
[3 marks]What is Process Control Block? What are the fields included in PCB ?
[4 marks]Discuss shared data problem with example. How to solve shared data problem?
[7 marks]Differentiate co-operative and pre-emptive scheduling method used in RTOS.
[3 marks]Explain various interrupt service (handling) mechanisms used in the embedded systems in brief.
[4 marks]Discuss problem of priority inversion. How to solve it?
[7 marks]Describe features of multiplexed IO lines in MSP430.
[3 marks]Describe clock-sources in MSP430.
[4 marks]Describe Timer-modes for MSP430. Write a C-program to generate square wave of 1Hz using timer-A (up-down mode).
[7 marks]Describe special features of MSP430. Why it is called mixed signal processor?
[3 marks]Describe Status register fields of MSP430 that is used for setting up different low -power modes.
[4 marks]Sketch interfacing diagram to interface following device with MSP430.1 (1) common-cathode 7-segment LED at Port-1 and (2) switch interfacing at P2.0. Write a C-program to count and display on 7-segment display number of times switch pressed .
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