Embedded System 16 marks University Questions

Unit 1 and 2

APR MAY 2016

1. Explain the possible steps involved in build process of embedded control systems.
2. Discuss about the structural units in embedded processor and how a processor is selected
for an embedded application.
3. With a neat diagram, explain the working of Direct Memory Access (DMA) and mention the
memory management methods.
4. Explain in detail about the SPI communication Protocol and its interfacing techniques.
5. Write short notes on
a. RS 232 Standard
b. CAN bus
c. Inter Integrated Circuit Bus

NOV DEC 2016

1. Explain the possible steps involved in build process of embedded control systems.
2. Discuss about the structural units in embedded processor and how a processor is selected
for an embedded application.
3. With a neat diagram, explain the working of Direct Memory Access (DMA)
4. Explain in detail about the SPI communication Protocol and its interfacing techniques.
5. Explain with all necessary sketches to enable intra communications among peripherals using
I2C bus

APR MAY 2017

1. Explain the possible steps involved in build process of embedded control systems.
2. Discuss about In-Circuit Emulator and Watch dog Timer.
3. With a neat diagram, explain the working of Direct Memory Access (DMA)
4. Explain with all necessary sketches to enable intra communications among peripherals using
I2C bus
5. Explain the functionalities of RS 232 and RS 485 standard serial interface with neat diagram.

NOV DEC 2017

1. List and explain the hardware units that must be present in the embedded systems.
2. Explain the various forms of memories present in an embedded system.
3. Describe serial bus communication protocol using I2C bus
4. Explain the CAN architecture with neat diagram
APR MAY 2018

1. Concept of DMA.
2. Structural units of Embedded processor
3. Describe the working principle of In-Circuit emulator
4. Classify and explain the various types of embedded system
5. Give the summary of I/O devices used in embedded system.
6. Demonstrate the signal using a transfer of byte when using the I2C bus and also the format
of bits at the I2C bus with diagram
7. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of data transfer using serial and parallel devices
8. Compare the RS-232C and RS-485 serial interfaces.

APR MAY 2019

1. Explain the structural units of an embedded processor in detail.

2. With a neat diagram of a DMA controller, describe its buses and control signals.
3. How is allocation of memory to program segments carried out? Explain.
4. Illustrate a hardware timer device with its signals, clock inputs and control bits
5. Explain the need for serial communication bus with communication protocol and with
handshaking
6. How do UART and HDLC indicate the start and end of byte in a data frame?