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QUESTION BANK
15CS210 - MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

CO1 Understand the operations of microprocessor architecture 8086 and write the assembly
[U]
language programming
CO2 Understand the concepts of microcontroller 8051 and apply the programming concepts
[AP]
in microcontroller.
CO3 Design 8051 microcontroller and to interface the controller with the external circuits. [AP]
C04 Understand the concepts of ARM architecture and interfacing with external circuit. [U]
C05 Apply the concepts in developing real time applications using Arduino processor [AP]
RBT R-Remember U-Understand AP- Apply AN- Analyse E-Evaluate C-
Create
MODULE I - 8086 MICROPROCESSOR RBT CO RE

PART-A (2 MARKS)

1 What is microprocessor? What is the difference between a MP and CPU? U CO1

2 Why the program counter and stack pointer are registers of 16 bit? U CO1

3 List the flags of 8086? R CO1

4 Define stack. U CO1

5 What is assembler directives? U CO1

6 What are the various programmed data transfer methods? U CO1

7 How is physical address generated in 8086? U CO1

8 What are the 8086 instructions used for BCD arithmetic? U CO1

9 List any four program control instructions available in 8086 R CO1

10 What is an assembler directive? Give two examples? U CO1

11 List any two external hardware synchronization instruction of 8086 R CO1

microprocessor?
12 How will carry and zero flags reflect the result of the instruction CMP U CO1
BX, CX?
13 Give any four miscellaneous instructions in 16 bit processor? R CO1

14 What are the 8086 instructions used for ASCII arithmetic? U CO1

15 List the various string instructions available in 8086. R CO1

16 What are procedures? U CO1

17 What are Macros? U CO1

18 What is modular programming? U CO1

19 Give any four string instructions? R CO1

20 Why string primitives are used? U CO1

PART-B (16 MARKS)

1 Explain the internal hardware architecture of 8086 microprocessor with U CO1

neat diagram?
2 Explain the various addressing modes of 8086 microprocessor with U CO1
examples?
3 Explain Data transfer, arithmetic and branch instructions ? U CO1

4 Write an 8086 ALP to find the sum of numbers in the array of 10 AP CO1
elements?
5 Explain modular programming in detail? U CO1

6 Write a note about stack, procedures and macros? U CO1

7 Define interrupt and their two classes? Write in detail about interrupt U CO1
service routine?
8 Explain byte and string manipulation with examples? U CO1

9 Write in detail about instruction formats and instruction execution U CO1

timing?
MODULE 2 8051 MICROCONTROLLER
PART-A (2 MARKS)

1 Specify the size of memory systems used in 8051 microcontroller? R CO2

2 Mention the different operand types used in 8051 R CO2

3 List the counters in 8051 R CO2

4 Mention the register bank of 8051 U CO2

5 How many ports are bit addressable in 8051 U CO2

6 What are the hardware and software interrupts of 8051? mention its U CO2
vector addresses
7 What happens in power down mode of 8051 U CO2

8 What are the different ways of operand addressing in 8051 U CO2

9 How do you place a specific value in the DPTR register? U CO2

10 Which is called as PSW in 8051 U CO2

11 List the four siginificant features of 16-bit microcontroller? R CO2

12 What is the difference between microprocessor & micro controller? U CO2

13 List the addressing modes of 8051? R CO2

14 Explain the instructions used to access external RAM. U CO2

15 List the features of 8051 microcontroller? R CO2

16 Mention the data types of 8051 U CO2

17 Name the special functions registers available in 805 R CO2

18 What are the software and hardware interrupts of 8051?Mention its U CO2
vector addresses.
19 How the selection of particular register bank is done in 8051? U CO2

20 Mention any two instruction of data serialization R CO2

PART-B (16 MARKS)

1 Explain the architecture of 8051 with its diagram. U CO2

2 Explain the I/O pins ports and circuit details of 8051 with its diagram. U CO2

3 Write an 8051ALP to create a square wave 66%duty cycle on bit3 of port AP CO2
1.
4 With example explain the arithmetic and logic instruction of 8051 AP CO2
microcontroller.
5 With example explain the different instruction set of 8051 AN CO2
microcontroller.
6 Write a program based on 8051 instruction set to pack array of unpacked AP CO2
BCD digits.
7 Explain the different addressing modes of 8051 U CO2

8 Write a program to bring in data in serial form and send it out in parallel AP CO2
form using 8051
9 Explain the data types and assembler directives of 8051 U CO2

10 Explain about the register banks and special function register of 8051 in U CO2
detail
MODULE 3- 8051 INTERFACING

PART-A (2 MARKS)
1 Write the advantage and disadvantage of parallel communication over U CO3
serial communication?
2 Compare the features of A/D & D/A convertor AP CO3

3 List the four display modes of 8051 keyboard/display controller R CO3

4 List the applications of programmable interval timer. R CO3

5 What is interfacing? U CO3

6 Give the various modes of 8051 timer? R CO3

7 What is the output modes used in 8051? U CO3

8 What is the significance of end of conversion signal while interfacing U CO3

A/D converter to a microprocessor?
9 Name the modes used by the DMA processor to transfer data. R CO3

10 What is key bouncing? U CO3

11 What is the use of terminal count register? U CO3

12 Basic concepts in memory interfacing. U CO3

13 . What is the use of 8051 chip? . U CO3

14 What is an USART? U CO3

15 What are the features used mode 1 in 8051? U CO3

16 What are the basic modes of operation of 8051? U CO3

17 Give the different types of command words used in 8051? R CO3

18 Give the operating modes of 8051? R CO3

19 What is the purpose of control word written to control register in 8051? U CO3

20 What is meant by polling? U CO3

PART-B (16 MARKS)

1 1. Draw and explain the block diagram of 8051 programmable interval U CO3
timer. Also explain the various modes of operation.
2 Explain 8051 keyboard /display controller with neat block diagram. U CO3

3 Explain how to interface: (i)ADC and (ii) DAC U CO3

4 Draw and explain the block diagram of alarm controller. U CO3

5 With neat block diagram explain the 8051 and its operating modes. U CO3

6 Draw the block diagram of I/O interface &explain in detail. U CO3

7 Explain in detail about DMA controller. U CO3

8 Draw the diagram to interface a stepper motor with 8051 microcontroller AP CO3
and explain also write an 8051 ALP to run the stepper motor in both
forward and reverse direction with delay.
9 Explain the format of I/O mode set control and BSR control word of U CO3
programmable peripheral interface. Explain in detail the operating modes
of PPI?
10 Draw and explain the block diagram of traffic light control system. U CO3

11 Write a program for LED display, LCD display,Keyboard display AP CO3

interface.
MODULE 4- ARM

PART-A (2 MARKS)

1 Discuss briefly RISC design philosophy. U CO4

2 Write a short note on Interrupt controller. U CO4

3 List the application of ARM R CO4

4 Discuss briefly about ARM design Philosophy. CO4

U

5 Explain briefly about Operating System. U CO4

6 Draw the ARM core data flow mode and discuss it. U CO4
7 Write a short notes on CPSR U CO4

8 Discuss briefly about banked register. U CO4

9 List out the conditional flags and discuss it. R CO4

10 Discuss briefly about interrupt mask and Processor mode. U CO4

11 Discuss about data processing instruction. U CO4

12 List out the logical instruction and explain it. R CO4

13 Briefly discuss about Branch instructions. U CO4

14 Write a short notes on Load and store instructions. U CO4

15 Explain the operation of stack. U CO4

PART-B (16 MARKS)

1 Explain briefly about ARM instruction set. U CO4

2 Discuss briefly about THUMB instruction. U CO4

3 Illustrate different modes of operation of ARM 7 with use of registers in AP CO4

the modes
4 Classify the instruction set of ARM processor. Give examples? U CO4

5 Describe the programming model of ARM processor. U CO4

6 Explain how memory is organised in ARM processor. U CO4

7 Describe the operations carried out by the different data processing U CO4
instructions in ARM processor.
MODULE 5- ARDUINO
PART-A (2 MARKS)

1 List the features of Arduino R CO5

2 Write a C code to connect 4 LED to arduino and blink serially . AP CO5

3 State the need of I2C protocol? U CO5

4 what is SPI? U CO5

5 How can you configure a digital sensor to arduino? U CO5

6 How to configure an analog sensor to arduino? U CO5

PART-B (16 MARKS)

1 Write an embedded C program for Arduino to sense a touch sensor fixed AP CO5
in the door handle and send an buzzer sound to intimate the user.
2 Demonstrate the Arduino connectivity with Ethernet module and transfer AP CO5
data from a sensor.
3 Write a simple ethernet client code to connect to remote web server, in AP CO5
order to retrieve the IP address of network router. Explain the code.
4 Write a code for arduino to connect a temperature sensor and display the AP CO5
temperature in LCD connected to arduino. Also describe the connection
of LCD with arduino.