Embedded Systems — Winter 2025

Describe criteria to choose microcontroller for designing embedded system.

Describe use of FPGA and SoC to design Embedded system.

Describe CAN bus protocol with merits and demerits.

Compare Synchronous and Asynchronous serial communication method.

Describe how WDT can used to solve unavoidable software loop.

Compare UART, SPI, I2C, USB protocol for different criteria.

Describe AMBA protocol and its variant.

Define Interrupt Deadline. How embedded software designer solve interrupt deadline problem?

Describe use of DMA in embedded system design for data transfer form IO device to memory.

Describe different types of semaphore and its related OS level functions. How it can be used as resource handling mechanism?

Define interrupt latency. Describe equations to find interrupt latency.

Describe types of device driver with examples.

Describe priority inversion problem. How to solve it?

Define RTOS. Describe its type with examples.

Describe Function Queue Scheduling mechanism.

Describe Mailbox functions and RPC used for inter-process communication.

Compare pre-emptive and co-operative scheduling mechanism.

Describe Earlier Deadline First (EDF) scheduling mechanism.

Describe Lock, Unlock and Spin-lock mechanism used for inter- process communication.1

Describe MSP430 block diagram and CPU registers.

Describe how to achieve low-power modes in MSP430.

Write a MSP430 C-program to transmit “GTU EXAM” continuously using UART at 9600 baudrate. Assume SMCLK = 1MHz

Enlist features of ADC10 block in MSP430. For MSP430, Why CPU temperature and power supply is converted in digital?

Describe clocking system in MSP430. Is it possible to drive all peripherals of MSP430 at master clock speed? Justify your answer.

Sketch interfacing diagram to interface one switch at P1.3 and two LEDs at P1.0 and P1.6 with MSP430 board. Write C-program to do following Switch (P1.3) LED1 (P1.0) LED2 (P1.6) Pressed (Logic-0) ON OFF Released (Logic-1) OFF ON