VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SEMESTER-VI MICROPROCESSORS AND MICRCONTROLLERS

(Common to ECE & ETCE)

QUESTION BANK UNIT I Part A - 2Marks 1. What is a bus? Mention name of few buses. 2. What is Microprocessor? What are the basic units of a microprocessor? 3. Describe ALU and it function. 4. Mention uses of Accumulator 5. Discuss feature of 8085 Microprocessor. 6. What is multiplexing and what is its advantage? How the address and data lines are demultiplexed in 8085? 7. Discuss the important of READY signal in 8085 Microprocessor. 8. Differentiate stack and stack pointer. 9. Describe instruction format. 10. Mention addressing modes Of p 8085. 11. What is instruction set? 12. Explain instruction cycle 13. What is T state? 14. Define opcode and operand. 15. Discuss some of the instruction groups of p 8085. 16. Write a note an timing diagram of p 8085 17. Explain fetch and execute operation. 18. What is Machine cycle? 19. List the various machine cycles of 8085 20. Explain the function of IO/M, READY, HOLD and HLDA in 8085. 21. What is a flag? List the flags of 8085. 22. What is the use of AC Flag in 8085? 23. What is meant by interrupt? 24. List the Software and Hardware interrupts of 8085? 25. What is vectored and non-vectored interrupt? Part B 12 Marks 1. Draw and explain the operation of 8085 MPU and its architecture. 2. Explain in detail with example the different addressing modes of p 8085 3. (i)Explain the data transfer instruction set of 8085 with example. (ii) Explain the logical instructions of 8085 with example 4. Explain with a timing diagram memory read and write operation. 5. Draw the pin diagram of 8085 p and explain the function of each pin. 6. Discuss the function of following (i) General purpose registers.

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(ii) Timing and control unit (iii) Stack pointer and Program Counter. 7. Describe in detail about the special features of 8085 p compared with generic p. 8. Discus about the following Flag register in 8085 CPU. Register in 8085 CPU. Instruction register and Decoder. 9. Write a program for addition of 16 bit numbers. 10. Write a program for converting a binary numbers to BCD numbers. UNIT - II PART A 2 Marks. 1. How 8086 differ from 8085? 2. What is pipelined architecture? 3. What is queue? How queue is implemented in 8086? 4. What is the difference between segment register and general purpose register? List the segment registers of 8086. What are BIU and EU? 7. Draw the Flag Register? 8. What is Overflow Flag? 9. Give the types of instruction format in 8086? 10. What are the different types of addressing modes? 11. What is based indexed and relative based indexed addressing modes? 12. What is the use of PUSH and POP instruction? 13. Give the function of XCHG and XLAT instruction? 14. What are Assembler Directives? Give its use? 15. Give an example for assembly format. 16. Mention few precision arithmetic operation 17. Discuss about subroutine. 18. What is the use of EXTRN, PUBLIC assembler directive? 19. What are following instructions infers to you (i) MOV [SI], DL (ii) SHR AX and (iii) MOV BP [SI+500H], 7293H? 20. What are the interrupts of 8086? 21. What is Maskable interrupt and NMI? 22. What is the use of TRAP interrupt? 23. What techniques are used to pass parameters in PROCEDURES? 24. Define MACRO? 25. How we passing parameters to a MACRO?
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PART B 12 Marks. 1. Draw the architecture of 8086 and explain the same? 2. Explain in detail about the different types of instruction format? 3. Explain in detail about the different types of instruction set? 4. What are the different types of addressing mode supported by 8086? Explain each of them with suitable examples.

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Explain Assembler Directive and Operator in Detail? 6. Explain about PROCEDURES? 7. Explain briefly about the MACROS, also defining & passing parameters to a MACRO. 8. Explain about interrupt and interrupt service routine? 9. Explain in detail the operation of the following instruction. a. LHLD add b. XCHG. c. LDAX B d. DAA e. LXID 16 bit f. CMA 10. Explain the bit format of flag register in 8086. UNIT - III PART A 2 Marks. 1. What is READY signal and where it is used? What are the uses of following signals: DEN and DT/R? 3. What is the use of ALE pin signal? 4. What is the need for timing diagram? 5. Draw the table of indication of the status lines S0, S1, S2? 6. What is minimum mode of operation? 7. What is maximum mode of operation? 8. What is polling? What are the different types of Polling? 9. Define LATCH. 10. What is Bidirectional Buffers? 11. Give the advantage of multiprocessor system. 12. Give the advantage of loosely coupled configuration. 13. What is the Bus arbiter? What is the function of it? 14. What is meant by mutual exclusion? 15. Define Dead Lock. How it is avoided? 16. What is the use of TEST signal? 17. What is the combinational use of A0 and BHE signal? 18. What is Multimicroprocessor System? 19. What is coprocessor? 20. What are Shared Bus and Multiport Memory? 21. What is Bus Window? 22. What are the different types of configurations available for multimicroprocessor based upon physical interconnections? 23. What is Distributed Operating Systems? 24. What are the types of Arbitration Schemes? 25. What is Daisy Chaining?
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Describe briefly about the signal descriptions of 8086? Explain in detail about the Special processor activities? Draw and explain a block diagram showing 8086 in minimum mode configuration? Draw and explain a block diagram showing 8086 in maximum mode configuration? Explain about interconnection topologies? Explain software aspects of Multimicroprocessor Systems? Briefly Describe about Coprocessor? Explain in detail about Bus Arbitration and control? 9. (i) Explain the Tightly (or) closely coupled microprocessor configuration? (ii) Explain the loosely coupled microprocessor configuration? 10. Explain briefly about the Design of a PC based Multimicroprocessor System? UNIT IV Part A 2 Marks 1.
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Mention different data transfer schemes. What is synchronous and asynchronous data transfer scheme? Differentiate between Synchronous and Asynchronous data transfer? What is DMA controller? And its importance. Write the features of 8251 programmable communication interface? 6. Compare the memory mapped 1/0 and standard 1/0 mapped 1/0. Differentiate latches and buffers. What is Key Bounce? How is it achieved? What is the use of MODEM in serial communication? Discuss about IC 8251 What are the applications of 8279? List the features of 8279? Explain the term 2 KEY lockout & N Key rollover? Explain the function of in service register, masking register and interrupt request register of 8259? Explain the function of the signal ADSTB in DMA controller? What is the difference in programming the 8279 for encoded scan and decoded scan? What is debouncing? What are the control words of 8251A and what are its functions? What is USART? What are the functions performed by INTEL 8251A? Explain the term baud rate? What are the different scan modes of of8279? What are the functions performed by port-C of8255? What are the operating modes of port -A 8255?

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Write a note on interrupt controller? List some of the features of INTEL 8259 (Programmable Interrupt Controller) Part B 12 Mark

1. Discuss the different data transfer schemes in detail. 2. With a neat diagram explain the function of 8253. 3. Explain About programmable interrupt controller 8259A. 4. Explain About DMA Controller Of 8257. 5. Explain the functions of IC 8279 key board / display controller with a block diagram. 6. Draw the architecture of IC 8255 and explain its function. 7. Draw the interfacing diagram of an ADC and explain. 8. How can a DAC be interfaced? Discuss with a neat sketch. 9. Explain the Modes of operation of 8255 in detail? 10. Explain the transmission & reception of serial data using 8251 indicating the function of various register in it? And list some features of 8251? UNIT V Part A 2 Marks 1. What is mean by microcontroller? 2. Mention few functional unit of 8051 micro controller. 3. Describe some features of 8051 microcontroller. 4. Write about the registers used in microcontroller 8051. 5. Mention the addressing modes of 8051 microcontroller. 6. Give examples for register addressing mode for 8051 microcontroller. 7. Write a program to subtract the contents of R1 of Bank0 from the contents of R0 of Bank2. 8. What are the types of power saving modes? 9. Mention about idle mode of 8051? 10. Mention about power down mode of 8051? 11. Write few applications of microcontroller. 12. Explain DJNZ instructions of Intel 8051 microcontroller? 13. Explain the contents of the accumulator after the execution of the following program segments: MOV A, #3CH MOV R4, #66H ANL A, R4 14. State the function of RS1 and RS0 bits in the flag register of Intel 8051 microcontroller? 15. Write a program using 8051 assembly language to change the date 55H stored in the lower byte of the data pointer register to AAH using rotate instruction. 16. Give the alternate functions for the port pins of port3? 17. Specify the single instruction, which clears the most significant bit of B register of 8051, without affecting the remaining bits.

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18. Explain about serial data buffer. 19. Explain the function of the pins PSEN and EA of 8051. 20. Explain the 16-bit registers DPTR and SP of 8051. 21. Name the special functions registers available in 8051. 22. Explain about timer registers. 23. Explain the PSW. 24. Compare Microprocessor and Microcontroller. 25. Name the five interrupt sources of 8051? Part B 12 Marks 1. With a neat sketch, explain the functional block diagram of microcontroller. 2. Briefly write about the instruction set of MC 8051 with example. 3. Explain about Signal Descriptions of 8051. 4. Explain the Register set of 8051. 5. Describe the operational features of 8051? 6. Explain with few example Bit manipulation instruction Program flow control instruction Instruction for logical operation Explain in detail about interrupts of 8051? Explain the various addressing modes in 8051? 9. Explain about the design of a 8051 based length measurement system? 10. Explain about Memory and I/O addressing of 8051.