MU Electronics Engineering (Semester 7)
Total marks: 80
Total time: 3 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary
Attempt any four from the following
1(a) Describe design metric and optimization challenges for embedded system
5 marks
59
149
1(b) Explain serial peripheral interface. Compare it with parallel method.
5 marks
161
166
1(c) Explain some features of cortex R and A series which are not available in M series.
5 marks
171
1(d) What is on chip debugging feature? How it is accessed?
5 marks
215
2(a) What are communication means available for networking industrial field devices?
5 marks
169
2(b) What architectural features of cortex-M3 make it low power device.
5 marks
183
3(a) Describe any two wireless communication means used for embedded system.
5 marks
160
3(b) Describe any three RTOS scheduling methods and compare.
5 marks
198
4 Design a driver-less car system. Show hardware block diagram, system working model (FSM), software architecture module/function/drivers and their relationship, list of components.
5 marks
220
5(a) Which features of c-programming may be specifically useful in embedded system? How?
5 marks
187
5(b) interface any sensor/display device with any controller.
5 marks
216
Write short notes on
6(a) Digital design using Verilog/vhdl: Advantages/Disadvantages.
5 marks
6(b) MSP430 architecture compared against Cortex-M3 based architecture
5 marks
179
6(c) Prominent features of Cortex M3 and its impact on design, development and maintenance.
5 marks