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This document contains questions from the question bank for the subject "Embedded Systems" at Kings College of Engineering. It is divided into five units: 1. Introduction to embedded systems, including definitions, classifications, hardware and software components. 2. Devices and buses for connecting devices, including I/O, communication protocols, and examples of serial and parallel buses. 3. Programming concepts in C/C++ for embedded systems, including data structures, object oriented programming, and memory optimization. 4. Real-time operating system fundamentals, including processes, memory management, scheduling, and alternative system designs. 5. Specific real-time operating systems like VxWorks, with examples of functions,

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This document contains questions from the question bank for the subject "Embedded Systems" at Kings College of Engineering. It is divided into five units: 1. Introduction to embedded systems, including definitions, classifications, hardware and software components. 2. Devices and buses for connecting devices, including I/O, communication protocols, and examples of serial and parallel buses. 3. Programming concepts in C/C++ for embedded systems, including data structures, object oriented programming, and memory optimization. 4. Real-time operating system fundamentals, including processes, memory management, scheduling, and alternative system designs. 5. Specific real-time operating systems like VxWorks, with examples of functions,

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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

KINGS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK
Subject Code: EC1401
Year/Sem: IV/VIIEmbedded Systems
Subject Name:
UNIT-I
INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Part - A (2 MARKS)

1. Define System
2. What is an Embedded system?
3. What are the Classification of embedded system?
4. What is a Processor?
5. What is a Microcontroller?
6. What are the hardware units?
7. What are the types of memories?
8. What are I/O related hardware units?
9. List few hardware units
10. What is an assembler?
11. What is a Linker?
12. What is a Loader?
13. What is a Locator?
14. List any five software tools of an embedded system.
15. Define Real Time Operating System.
PART B

1. List the hardware units that must be present in the embedded systems. (16)
2. Explain the Exemplary applications of each type of embedded system. (16)
3. Explain the different program layers in the embedded software and also the process of
converting a "C" program into the file for ROM image with suitable block diagrams. (16)
4. Explain the Embedded System on Chip (SoC) in VLSI circuit. (16)
5. i) Explain the various form of memories present in a system (8)
ii) Explain the software tools in designing of an embedded system. (8)

UNIT-II
DEVICES AND BUSES FOR DEVICES NETWORK
Part - A (2 MARKS)

1. What are the types of I/O devices?


2. Give examples of Serial output.
3. Define Synchronous communication.
4. List two characteristics of Synchronous communication.
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5. List two characteristics of Asynchronous communication.
6. What is HDLC?
7. Give some application protocols.
8. How many states in a timer?
9. Give any two uses of timer devices
10. What is I2C Bus?
11. What is CAN Bus?
12. What is USB Bus?
13. Give any 3 examples of advanced serial high speed buses.
14. What is ISA Bus?
15. What are the advances of PCI/X buses over PCI buses?

PART B

1. i) Explain the parallel port devices. (8)


ii) Explain the sophisticated interfacing features in device ports. (8)
2. Explain the timer and counting devices
3. Explain the signal using a transfer of byte when using the I2C bus and also the format of bits
at the I2C bus with diagram. (16)
4. Explain the internal serial communication devices. (16)
5. Explain the following parallel communication devices
i) ISA bus (8)
ii) PCI and PCI/X (8)

UNIT - III
PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND EMBEDDING PROGRAMMING IN C,C++
PART - A (2 MARKS)

1. What are the advantages of High level language programming?


2. What are the C program elements?
3. What are program elements?
4. List some important data structures.
5. Define Queue.
6. Define Stack.
7. Define one dimensional Array.
8. Define multi-dimensional Array.
9. Define List.
10. Define ordered list.
11. What are the advantages of OOPS?
12. What are the programming advantages of C++?
13. What are the disadvantages of C++?
14. What is a Cross compiler?
15. What is memory optimization?
PART B

1. Tabulate program elements: Macros and Functions and their uses.


2. Explain the use of pointers, NULL pointers
3. Explain the multiple function calls in the cyclic order in the main. Also write the advantages
of building ISR queues. (16)
4. Explain the `C' program compiler and cross compiler. (16)
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5. Explain the optimization of memory codes. (16)
6. Explain the Embedded programming concepts in C++. (16)
7. Explain the function pointers, function queues and ISR queues. (16)

UNIT - IV REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS - PART -1


PART - A (2 MARKS)

1. What are the goals of operating system?


2. What are the two structures modes of OS?
3. What are the structural units of an OS?
4. What are the steps involved in process management?
5. Define process manager.
6. What are the steps involved in memory management?
7. Define memory manager.
8. What are the 2 types of devices?
9. Define device manager.
10. Define file manager.
11. What are the types of Scheduling?
12. What is MOBILE OS?
PART B

1. Explain the goals of operating system services. (16)


2. Explain the three alternative systems in RTOS for responding a hardware source call with the
diagram. (16)
3. Explain the fifteen point strategy for synchronization between the processes, ISRs, OS
functions and tasks for resource management. (16)
4. i)Explain the critical section service by a preemptive scheduler. (8)
ii) Explain the Rate Monotonic Co-operative scheduling. (8)
5. Explain the scheduler in which RTOS insert into the list and the ready task for sequential
execution in a co-operative round robin model.

UNIT - V
REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS - PART -2
PART - A (2 MARKS)

1 What is the need for a well tested and debugged RTOS?


2. What are the 2 types of source files?
3. List few RTOS system level functions.
4. List Time delay functions.
5. List few memory allocation related functions.
6. List few semaphore related functions.
7. List few Mailbox related functions.
8. List few queue related functions.
9. What are the uses of VxWORKS?
10. What are the features of VxWORKS?
11. List few inter process communication functions.
12. Define pipe.
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PART B

1. Draw and explain basic system of an Automatic chocolate vending system (16)
2. Discuss with the diagram task synchronization model for a specific application (16)
3. Explain the case study of an embedded system for a smart card. (16)
4. Explain the features of MUCOS RTOS. (16)
5. Explain the features of VxWorks RTOS. (16)

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