Department of EEE

EE6602-EMBEDDED SYSTEM
Sem : VI year: III
(Questions bank )

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

1. Define Embedded computer system.
2. What are the components presented in an embedded system?
3. What are the applications of an embedded system?
4. What is the use of Watch dog timer?
5. Define ASSP.
6. Write the steps involved in the designing process of an embedded system.
7. What are the important considerations to selecting a processor?
8. What is meant by Direct Memory Access (DMA).
9. What are the various form of system memory used in embedded system?
10. Define half duplex in an embedded system.
Part B
11. Discuss in detail about the timer and counter devices in Embedded System
12. Explain about Structural unit of Embedded Processor including Hardware and Software units
13. With a neat diagram explain the working of Direct Memory Access with architecture and timing
diagram.
14. Discuss in detail about In-Circuit Emulator and Watch dog Timer
15. Explain the various forms of memory and the functions assigned to them in embedded system
UNIT II EMBEDDED NETWORKING
16. List out the communication network used in an embedded system
17. Define bus.
18. Define full duplex
19. What are the classifications of I/O devices?
20. What are the two characteristics of synchronous communication?
21. What are the characteristics of asynchronous communication?
22. What are the features of SPI?
23. What is I2C?
24. hat is a CAN bus? Where is it used?
25. What are the four types of data transfer used in USB?
PART B
26. Explain in detail about the Inter Integrated circuit protocols with neat sketch.
27. Explain in detail about the features of Controller area network protocol
28. Explain in detail about the SPI.
29. Explain in detail about Serial Bus communication protocols
30. Describe the features of RS232, RS422,RS485 in detail.

UNIT III EMBEDDED FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

31. What are the various steps involved in EDLC.?

32. What is state machine model?
33. What are the applications of an EDLC?
34. What is the purpose of Dataflow graph?
35. Define conceptualization.
36. What are the types of modeling of EDLC?
37. What is meant by embedded development life cycle?
38. Define finite state machine model.
39. What is preemptive scheduling?
40. Define co-processor.
PART B
41. Discuss in detail about embedded product development life cycle.
42. Discuss in detail about modelling of embedded product development life cycle.
43. Explain in detail about different phase of Embedded product development life cycle .
44. Write detail about hardware and software interface techniques.
45. Explain in detail about concurrent model , object oriented model.

UNIT IV RTOS BASED EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN

46. What is meant by interrupt and masking?*

47. What is basic concept of RTOS?
48. Define semaphore.
49. What is the use of handshake signals?
50. Define process and threads..
51. What is meant by shared memory access?
52. List out common tasks of operating system.
53. Define OS. What are the types of OS?
54. Define Kernel
55. Define multi-rate systems.
56. What are the different states of a process
57. Define scheduling.
Part b

58. Explain in detail about real time operating system in embedded system.
59. Describe in detail about the task, multitasking, process, multiprocessing and threads
60. Explain the types of scheduler in priority based scheduling?
61. Explain in detail about Inter process Communication
62. Compare the features of Real time Operating systems: Vx Works, чC/OS-II, RT Linux.

UNIT V EMBEDDED SYSTEM APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

63. What are the types of multiprocessors?

64. Write application of ESAP.
65. Write the major parts of embedded application
66. What are the different type of processor.?
67. What are the timing requirements on processes?
68. What are the ways of assigning priorities in scheduling?
69. What are the types of scheduler in priority based scheduling?
70. What are the ways of communication in process
71. What is meant by message passing?
72. Define power management policy.
Part B
73. Explain in detail about the components of any embedded system application .
74. Explain in detail about the concept of smart card application.
75. How to select processor for any embedded system application.
76. Explain in detail about the washing machine of smart card application.
77. How to allocate memory organization for automotive application.