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COURSE CODE & COURSE NAME :: 22MT4201 & Processor and Controller
SEMESTER -FOURTH
QUESTION BANK (With Answer Reference)
UNIT – IV :: CONTROLLER

Unit # 4:: 8051Microcontroller Architecture –Pin Configuration-Memory Organization – Special

Function Registers - Instruction Set of 8051 –Addressing Modes – Stepper Motor Controller using
8051– Interfacing 8279 with 8051
E-Book #
T1- A. Nagoor Kani, ―Microprocessors & Microcontrollers, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2012.

PART A (2 Mark)
[Book T1/T2/R1]
(Page No. P.)
S.No Questions BTL Marks
{Figure / Table No
F/ T # }
Mention few differences between a microprocessor and a R 2 [T1]
1.
microcontroller. (P-2.40)
2. List the features of an 8051 microcontroller. R 2 [T1]
(P-2.40)
3. What are SFRs? What are register banks of an 8051? R 2 [T1]
(P-2.41)
4. What is PSW in an 8051? How is stack implemented in 8051? R 2 [T1]
(P-2.41)
5. List the various machine cycles of an 8051 controller. R 2 [T1]
(P-5.31)
6. What are the addressing modes available in an 8051 controller? R 2 [T1]
(P-5.32)
7. How can the 8051 instructions be classified? R 2 [T1]
(P-5.32)
8. What is the maximum number of keycodes that can be R 2 [T1]
generated by 8279? What are the programmable display (P-9.111)
features of 8279?
PART B (14 Mark)
S.No Questions BTL Marks [Book T1/T2]
(Page No. P.)
{Figure / Table No
F/ T #}
i. Illustrate the pin configuration of an INTEL 8051 [T1]
9. microcontroller with suitable figure U 14 (P- 2.3 to 2.7 )
ii. Describe the following with neat tabulation {F#2.2 }
 a. Signals of 8051 microcontroller, {Table #2.3, 2.4, 2.5 &
b. Alternate functions of port pins, 2.6}
c. Contents of registers after a reset,
d. Vector address and priority

Explain the architecture of 8051 microcontroller with neat figure. [T1]

10. U 14 (P-2.7 to2.9)
{F#2.3 }
Explain the Special Function Register (SFR) of 8051 [T1]
11. microcontroller with necessary figures and tabulations. U 14 (P-2.11 to2.19)
{F#2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,2.9,
2.10,2.11 }
{Table #2.7,2.9,2.10 }
12. Enumerate the programming model of 8051 microcontroller with [T1]
suitable figures. Tabulate the byte address of Bit addressable U 14 (P-2.10 TO 2.11 )
RAM. {F#2.4 }
{Table #2.8}
13. Illustrate the types of 8051 addressing modes each with an [T1]
example. U 14 (P- 5.8 to 5.9 )
14. Explain the following type of 8051 instruction each with few [T1]
examples U 14 (P-5.15 to 5.21 )
i. Data transfer Instructions. {Table #5.4 & 5.5}
ii. Arithmetic Instructions.
15. Explain the following type of 8051 instruction each with few [T1]
examples U 14 (P-5.21 to 5.28)
i. Logic Instructions. {Table #5.6 & 5.7}
ii. Program Branching Instructions.
16. Explain the Boolean Instructions type of 8051 instruction each [T1]
with few examples U 14 (P-5.28 to 5.31)
{Table # 5.8}
PART C (10 Mark)
17. Illustrate interfacing 8279 with 8051 microcontroller with a [T1]
schematic diagram. Tabulate the address allotted 8279 interfaced (P- 9.78 to 9.79 )
Ap 10
to 8051. {F#9.67 }
{Table #9.26}

Faculty in Charge HoD

Dr.Madhusudhanan.R Dr.P.T.Saravanakumar