DRONACHARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Sessional Examination
EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN
VII-Semester (ECE-I & II)
Time Allowed: 90 Min.

Max. Marks: 40

Note: - Attempt any four Questions. All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Explain all the conditional instructions of PIC microcontroller.

(b) Explain any five features of PIC microcontroller.
2. (a) Write down various CPU registers of PIC microcontroller and
explain them.
(b) Explain the following terms :
(i)
Brown on Reset (BoR)
(ii) Watch Dog Timer (WDT)
3. (a) Differentiate between the following :
(i)
RISC Vs CISC
(ii) Havard Vs Princeton Architecture
(b) Explain the main components of a Microcontroller.
4. (a) Explain the STATUS Register of 16C61/71 microcontroller.
(b) What are the different addressing mode of PIC microcontroller.
5. (a) Draw the pin diagram of 16C61 or 16C71 microcontroller
and explain each pin function.
(b) Define Embedded System and write down five application of
Microcontroller.

DRONACHARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

1st Sessional Examination
EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN (IC-403-E)

VII-Semester (ECE I & II)

Time Allowed: 3 hrs.
Max. Marks: 100
Note: - Attempt any five Questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q1. a) What is microcontroller? Compare microcontroller with microprocessor
with examples.
5
b) With the help of block diagram explain the features of 8051
microcontroller.
15
Q2. a) What is an embedded system? List & define three main characteristics of
embedded systems that distinguish such systems from other computing
systems.
6
b) Explain CISC and RISC architecture microcontrollers.
8
c) Explain program memory consideration of PIC.
6
Q3. a) Write a program in 8051 using interupt to generate 10KHz frequency on
P1.5
10
b) Explain the difference between Harvard and Princeton architecture. 10
Q4. A) Discuss how instruction pipelining is implemented in PIC 16
microcontroller.
10
b) Explain various addressing modes of PIC.
10
Q5 a) What are PIC microcontrollers? Discuss the difference between PIC and
8051 microcontroller.
10
b) Write a program in 8051 to add two 16-bit nos.
10
Q6. a) Explain the block diagram of PIC microcontroller.
10
b) Discuss meaning (with ex.), modes of addressing and status bits affected
by the following instructions:
incfsz, retfie, bsf, clrwdt, subwf.
10
Q7 a) Discuss meaning (with ex.), modes of addressing and status bits affected
by the following instructions:
Cpl, DJNZ, SUBB, JNB, JNZ.
10
b) Write a program in 8051 to rotate the LED left.
10
Q8. Write short notes on :
a) Intel hex format object file
10
b) Interpreters, Simulators, Debuggers, emulator, compiler, assembler (any
four)
10

DRONACHARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Sessional Examination -I
E.S.D.
VII Semester (ECE-I & II)

Time Allowed: 2 Hrs.

Max. Marks: 40

Note: - Attempt any four Questions. All carry equal marks

1. Differentiate between the following :

(a) Embedded Vs External memory
(b) CISC Vs RISC

2. Explain the following terms

(a) Watch Dog Timer (WDT)
(b) SLEEP Mode
(c) Browse on Reset
(d) Status Register

3. Draw the Pin configuration of 16C71 and explain the functions of each pin
in brief.

4. Explain the following PIC constructions :

(a)

BSF f.b

(b)

RETF I E

(c)

XORLW K

(d)

RLF f1d

5. Define what do you mean by microcontroller ? Explain its applications

6. Explain the structure of program memory in PIC microcontroller.

DRONACHARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Sessional Examination -II
EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN
VII-Semester (ECE- I & II)

Time Allowed: 3 Hrs.

Max. Marks: 40

Note: - Attempt any five Questions. All questions carry equal marks

1. What is Embedded system ? Explain the main applications in our

daily life.
2. (a) Explain the main features of PIC microcontrollers.
(b) Explain the following :
(i) INTCON
(ii) TZCON
3. Explain the Timer 2 Scalar initialization in PIC microcontroller.
4. Explain the following :
(a) Interpreters (b) Debugging (c) UART (d) Watch dog Timer
5. (a) What are the different addressing modes ?
(b) Explain the various CPU registers in PIC microcontroller.
6. Explain the following:
(a) Hex format
(b) OPTIONAL-REG
(c)Temperate sensor (d) PWM
7. Write a program to initialize a Timer2 Scalar initialization of a
PIC microcontroller.
8. Write a program to generate a 100 us +ve going pulse on the
RC2/CCPI pin. Assume OSC = 4 MH2
9. Explain the various types of timers in PIC microcontroller.
Differentiate between Timer1 and Timer2.
10. Explain the function of T2CON and PR2 Register used in Timer2.
How will you program the Timer2 scalar initialization? Assume
OSC = 4MH2