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Code No: RR420204 Set No.

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IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics &
Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. List a pair of design metrics that may compete with one another, providing an
intuitive explanation of the reason behind the competition. [16]

2. (a) What is a single-purpose processor? What are the benefits of choosing a


single-purpose processor to against a general-purpose processor?
(b) Draw the basic architecture of single-purpose processor. [8+8]

3. (a) Define instruction? Explain the instruction set format?


(b) Explain different addressing modes with an example. [8+8]

4. Explain the need of special architecture for pipelining and parallelism. [16]

5. Explain how to compute state machines in sequential programming language. [16]

6. (a) Explain rate monotonic priority scheduling algorithm with an example.


(b) Explain deadline monotonic priority assignment scheduling algorithm with an
example. [8+8]

7. Explain the parallel evolution of compilation and synthesis with the co-design lad-
der. [16]

8. (a) What is hardware/software co-simulation?


(b) What is a key method for speeding up such simulation? [8+8]

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Code No: RR420204 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics &
Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

1. List a pair of design metrics that may compete with one another, providing an
intuitive explanation of the reason behind the competition. [16]

2. Design a 3-bit counter that counts the following sequence: 1,2,4,5,7,1,2,?.. start
from a state diagram, draw the state table, minimize the logic, and draw the final
circuit. [16]

3. (a) Explain the factors effecting selection of a microprocessor.


(b) Compare the general purpose processor, microcontroller and Digital signal
processor. [8+8]

4. Explain different data addressing modes of digital signal processor. [16]

5. Explain how to compute state machines in sequential programming language. [16]

6. (a) Explain different processes scheduler in a single general purpose processor.


(b) Explain different types of scheduling algorithms in a single processor environ-
ment. [8+8]

7. Give overview of the various levels of synthesis with Gazki Y-chart. [16]

8. (a) What is hardware /software co-design?


(b) Explain temporal and spatial thinking in hardware/software co-design? [8+8]

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Code No: RR420204 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics &
Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

1. (a) What is an embedded system? Why is it so hard to define?


(b) List the applications of embedded systems. [8+8]

2. (a) What is a single-purpose processor? What are the benefits of choosing a


single-purpose processor to against a general-purpose processor?
(b) Draw the basic architecture of single-purpose processor. [8+8]

3. (a) Explain the factors effecting selection of a microprocessor.


(b) Compare the general purpose processor, microcontroller and Digital signal
processor. [8+8]

4. (a) Give the bus structure for digital signal processor.


(b) Explain the need for more buses in DSP architecture. [8+8]

5. Explain the state chart language with elevator controller example. [16]

6. Explain the concept of synchronization among concurrent processes by condition


variables with an example. [8+8]

7. Explain the parallel evolution of compilation and synthesis with the co-design lad-
der. [16]

8. (a) Explain the three types of cores such as hard, soft and firm cores.
(b) Show the correspondence of the three types of cores with Gazki’s Y-chart.
[8+8]

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Code No: RR420204 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Electronics &
Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

1. (a) What is an embedded system? Why is it so hard to define?


(b) List the applications of embedded systems. [8+8]

2. (a) Build a 2-input AND gate using a minimum number of CMOS transistors.
Explain with truth table.
(b) Build a 2-input OR gate using a minimum number of CMOS transistors.
Explain with truth table. [8+8]

3. (a) Explain the factors effecting selection of a microprocessor.


(b) Compare the general purpose processor, microcontroller and Digital signal
processor. [8+8]

4. Explain the architectural features of ADSP 21065. [16]

5. Explain in detail about Hierarchical/Concurrent state machine models. [16]

6. Explain in detail about data flow model with an example. [16]

7. (a) Explain in detail about the combinational logic synthesis approach?


(b) Explain in detail about FSM synthesis. [8+8]

8. (a) What is hardware /software co-design?


(b) Explain temporal and spatial thinking in hardware/software co-design? [8+8]

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