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Reg. No.

M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2011 First Semester Applied Electronics

(Common to M.E. Communication Systems and M.E. VLSI Design) (Regulation 2009) Time : Three hours Answer ALL questions

PART A (10 2 = 20 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. List out the various addressing modes.

What is Branch prediction in CISC architecture?

Mention the important features of ARM.

List out the various instruction set of ARM.

Discuss about serial communication Interface in MOTOROLA. What is an RTC?

What do you mean by I 2 C Interfacing? Differentiate a Microprocessor from a Microcontroller? PART B (5 16 = 80 marks)

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(a)

(i)

Explain the various levels of memory hierarchy and list their properties. (6) Brief about the segmentation in the microprocessor architecture. (6) (4)

(ii)

(iii) What are pipeline Hazards? Or

(b)

(i)

Sketch the RISC architecture and explain in detail.

What is paging?

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(8) (4)

Define Pipelining.

(ii)

Point out the important features of virtual memory and paging. (4)

(iii) List out the differences between RISC/CISC.

AP 9213 ADVANCED MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS

Maximum : 100 marks

Question Paper Code : 77603

12.

(a)

Briefly explain about the following, (i) (ii) Pipelining and Bus operations in CISC. Multitasking in CISC. Or (8)

(b)

List out the instruction set and various addressing modes used in CISC architecture. (16) Briefly explain about the organization of CPU in a ARM architecture. (16) Or

13.

(a)

(b)

Write short notes on : (i) (ii) Thumb instruction set of ARM . MMU in ARM.

(ii)

Discuss about the implementation of UART in Motorola.

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14.

(a)

(i)

Explain about the interrupt system in Motorola.

(b)

Discuss the various instruction set and addressing modes in Motorola. (16) How PIC Microcontroller is used as a A/D Converter? Or

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(a)

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Or

(b)

Write short notes on : (i) (ii)

Interrupt in PIC Timer in PIC.

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(8) (8) (8) (8) (16) (8) (8)

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