Reg. No.

Name :

Continuous Assessment Test - I – January 2020

Programme : B.Tech.(ECE) Semester : WS 2019-20

Code : ECE3003

: CH2019205001502,
Course : MICROCONTROLLERS & ITS APPLICATIONS CH2019205001501,
Class Nbr. CH2019205001504,
CH2019205001503,
CH2019205001505
Faculty : Dr. ManojKumar.R, Dr.Jagannath.M, Dr.Berlin :
Hency , Prof.GugaPriya.G & Dr. John Sahaya Rani Slot D1
Alex
Time : 90 Minutes Max. Marks : 50

Answer ALL Questions

Q. Sub. Marks
Question Description
No. Sec.

1. a) Differentiate the microprocessor (8085) and microcontroller(8051) with respect to [5]

architecture, processing power, design, power requirement and cost?
Answer:
[5]

Parameters µP µC

Architecture Von-Neumann and CISC Harvard and RISC

architecture architectures.

Processing Power High Low

Design Time More Less

Power High Low

Protection Less More

Cost High Low

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 b) What would you choose, a microprocessor or a microcontroller for the below application
based on the answer in
1. Indoor climate control equipment – microcontroller, justification should be given
based on 1 a
2. Supply chain management – microprocessor, justification should be given based on
on 1 a

2. a) For a particular application, an internal ROM insufficient, So an external ROM is of 32k is [5]
connected to 8051. Mention all the 8051 pins associated for this connection with a neat
diagram?
Answer: [5]
• EA,PSEN, ALE, RD to be used
• Draw the pin diagram of 8051

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 Discuss about the program status word and flag bits in 8051. Show the impact of addition
b) operation on program status word after the addition of 37H and 2EH.
Answer:

MOV A, #37H
PSW: 0x01
ADD A, #2EH
PSW: 0x40

3. a) Assume the RAM location 20h contains a data of 5Fh and in the below assembly code 03h [5]
and 34h refers to bit addressable locations.
What will be result, after each statement execution?
MOV c, 03h
MOV A, #3Eh
MOV 34h, ACC.7
Answer: [5]

20h contains 5Fh 0101 1111 

07h 0 1 0 1 03h 1 02h 1 01h 1 00h 1

C1
A 3Eh  0011 1110

34h 0 33h 32h 31h 30h

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 b) A microcontroller runs with a crystal frequency of 20 Mhz. Calculate the time taken for the
execution of multiplication instruction given below. The machine cycle for the respective
instruction is given along side

MUL AB ; 4MC
DEC r2 ;1MC
SJMP label ;2MC

Answer:
20MHz:
20MHz/12 = 1.66 MHz
Machine Cycle = 1/1.66 MHz = 0.60us [us=microsecond]
For ()
MUL AB ; 4MC = 4X 0.6us = 2.4us
DEC r2 ;1MC = 1X 0.6us = 0.6 us
SJMP label ;2MC = 2X0.6us = 1.2 us

Total = 4.2us
4. a) What are the contents of the A and B registers after execution of the following instructions? [5]
MOV 0F0H,#12H
MOV R0,#0F0H
MOV A,#34H
XCH A,0F0H
XCHD A,@R0
Answer:
A =14H
[5]
B = 32H

b) Figure 1 depicts the logical operations to be performed using distinctive shapes. Write an 8051
ASM program and store the result in the memory location 80H.

Figure 1.
Answer:

MOV A, #37H
XRL A, #0A1h

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 MOV 80H, A

OR

MOV A, #37H
MOV R6, A
CPL A
MOV R1, A
MOV A,#0A1H
MOV R7, A
CPL A
MOV R2,A
CPL A
ANL A,R1
MOV R3, A
MOV A, R6
ANL A, R2
ORL A, R3
MOV 80H, A

5. a) Write an 8051 ASM program which checks whether the ten numbers stored from external [5]
RAM memory address 2000h are odd/even. The program should store accordingly 00H/FFH
from internal location 30H onwards.

Answer: [5]
MOV R0, #30H

MOV R7, #10

MOV DPTR, #2000H

AGAIN: MOVX A, @DPTR

RRC A

JC ODD_NO

MOV @R0, #0FFH

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 SJMP NEXT

ODD_NO: MOV@R0, #00H

NEXT: INC R0

INC DPTR

DJNZ R7, AGAIN

b)

In an auto irrigation system, daily recorded soil moisture (R) for 10 times a day is available in
RAM memory location starting from 40H. Write an 8051 assembly language program
compute the average soil moisture for a day(M) . (Sum may be assumed to be less than FFH).
If the average value is M is less than moisture content 60, then write FFh in 60H location.
Answer:
Mov R0 ,#10
MOV R1,#40h
Mov A, @R1
Loop: INC R1
ADDC A, @R1
DJNZ R0,loop
Mov b, #10
DIV AB
CJNE A, #60
JNC loop1
MOV A,FFh
MOV 60, A
loop1: sjmp loop1

Total [50]

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