Term End Examination - November 2014

Course

: EEE303

Class NBR

: 1244 / 1250

Time

: Three Hours

- Microcontroller and its Applications

Slot : A2+TA2

Max.Marks:100
Answer any FIVE Questions
(5 X 20 = 100 Marks)

1.

a) Give the desirable characteristics of Instruction sets and explain them in detail. Also give

[10]

the formats of instructions with various number of operands.

2.

b)

Sketch and explain the block diagram of internal organization of a simplified computer.

[6]

c)

Differentiate horizontal and vertical microcode.

[4]

a) If crystal used for 8051 microcontroller is of 4.5MHz then determine the time for setting

[10]

the timer flag for :

i) Timer mode 0 if THX starts of 00H
ii) Timer mode 1 if THX starts at 00H
iii) Timer mode 2 if count in THX is 9CH
b)

Draw the internal structure of RAM and specify the address allocation of the RAM.

c) Give the contents of the following register upon power on reset.

[6]
[4]

i) SP
ii) DPTR
iii) PC
iv) PORT 3
3.

a)

Sketch and explain the interface of temperature sensor. Write an 8051 assembly program

[10]

to read the real time temperature and put it on P0 with some delay.
b)

Show the design of an 8051 based system with 8k bytes of program ROM and 8k bytes

[10]

of data ROM.
4.

a) What are the registers available in the ARM processor? Give the various modes in which
these registers are used and explain each mode in detail.

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[10]

b)

What is meant by pipelining? Explain in detail the various hazards involved in

[10]

pipelining implementations.
5.

a) What is current program status register in the ARM Processor? Explain the each bit of

[8]

the CPSR in detail.

6.

b)

Compare ARM9 and ARM10 processor. Explain the pipelining stages of both.

[8]

c)

Differentiate Von Neumann and Harvard architecture.

[4]

a)

Write a program in which the 8051 gets data from P1 and sends it to P2 continuously,

[10]

simultaneously generate a square wave form of 4ms on P0.2. Use timer 1 in mode 1.
Assume XTAL is 11,0592 MHz .
b)

Explain the formats and bit definitions of the following SFRs.

(i) TMOD

[3+3+
4]

(ii) PSW (iii) TCON

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