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6th Sem Electronics EL 6212 - Microcontroller and Embedded Systems April 2018

This document is a supplementary examination paper for B.Sc. Electronics students at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, focusing on Microcontroller and Embedded Systems. It consists of three parts: Part A includes theoretical questions, Part B requires programming tasks, and Part C consists of short answer questions. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of PIC16F877A architecture, programming, and embedded system design principles.

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6th Sem Electronics EL 6212 - Microcontroller and Embedded Systems April 2018

This document is a supplementary examination paper for B.Sc. Electronics students at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, focusing on Microcontroller and Embedded Systems. It consists of three parts: Part A includes theoretical questions, Part B requires programming tasks, and Part C consists of short answer questions. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of PIC16F877A architecture, programming, and embedded system design principles.

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ST.

JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BANGALORE-27


SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION APRIL 2018
B.Sc. ELECTRONICS – VI SEMESTER
EL 6212: Microcontroller and Embedded Systems
(For supplementary candidates)
Do not write the register number on the question paper
Please attach the question paper along with the answer script.
(Attach the question paper with the answer script)

Time: 3 Hrs Maximum Marks: 100

This question paper has two printed pages and three parts.

PART A

Attempt any five 5X12=60

1. a. Draw the internal architecture block diagram of PIC16F877A.


b. Write a note on PIC oscillators. 8+4

2. a. Mention the bits of INTCON register and their significance.


b. Write a note on watchdog timer. 7+5

3. a. Explain types of addressing modes in PIC16F877A with proper example.


b. Write any six differences between RISC and CISC architectures. 6+6

4. a. With the help of a proper diagram explain the interfacing of a keyboard with PIC16F877A.
b. Write and describe any five instructions of PIC16F877A. 7+5

5. a. Discuss any six design constraints (metrics) that a designer should consider while
designing an embedded system. Write a brief note on optimizing the design constraints.
b. Write any four salient features of DSP chips. 8+4
6. a. Write a note on bus arbitration.
b. Draw basic architecture of a general purpose processor. Write any three advantages of
a general purpose processor over a single purpose processor. 6+6

7. a. Explain the memory organization of PIC16F877A.


b. Discuss the software development process. 8+4

PART B

Attempt any five 5X6=30

8. Write a program with comments to initialize Port A as digital I/O with 0 to 3 pins as inputs and
4 and 5 as outputs.

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9. Write an assembly language program to initialize Timer 0 to increase on every low to high
transition on TOCKI pin and cause interrupt on overflow.

10. Draw a block diagram to show the interfacing of a DAC with PIC and write a program to
generate square wave output.

11. Write a program to find whether a given number is palindrome or not?

12. Customize a single purpose processor for finding GCD of two numbers.

13. a. For a Standard single purpose processor ‘Timer’, calculate the number of clock cycles
needed to obtain duration of 3 μs from a clock cycle of 100 MHz?

b. Draw the block diagram of a Pulse Width Modulator.

14. Write a program to multiply two 8-bit numbers.

PART C

Attempt any five 5X2=10

15. Which type of memory architecture is used in PIC16F877A? Justify.

16. If [W-reg]=7F’h. What will be the output after executing ANDLW 25’h.

17. How many instruction cycles are needed to execute one instruction (except branch
instruction) of PIC 16F877A?

18. Can a relay be directly connected to a port pin of PIC16F877A for interfacing? Justify.

19. What are the events that can wake the device from sleep mode?

20 Justify why unit cost of a GPP is very low even though manufacturers invest a large amount
for NRE cost?

21. Write any two classes of applications where ASIP is used.

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