Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Embedded Systems Design 252

Semester 2, 2009
Tutorial 2
1) State 5 main facts to be considered while choosing a microcontroller for an application
2) Shown below are different packages available for PIC 16F87XA microcontrollers.
Explain how you identify the pins of MCU with respect to the package.
a) 40 lead Plastic Dual In-line Package (PDIP)

b) 44 lead Plastic Thin Quad Flat Package (TQFP)

c) 44 lead Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)

3) Briefly describe the memory organization of a PIC 16F877A. Use suitable diagrams to
illustrate the structure.
4) Describe the following components.
a) Program counter
b) Instruction decoder
c) File Address Register
d) File Data Register
e) ALU