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FACULTY.
B.E. 4/4 (ECE) II
April/ M;Y 2009
EMBEDDEDSYSTEMS(ELECTIVE- III)
Time: 3 Hours]

[Max. Marks:75

Note: Answer all questions from Part A, and any five questions from Part B.

Part A

(Marks: 25)

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What is an embedded system?

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Draw the block diagram of an embedded system.

3.

What is a watch-dogtimer?

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What iscontextswitching?

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What is a Reentrantjuction?

6.

Define a cross compiler.

7.

Define a semaphore.

8.

List allthe methodsof inter-processcommunication.

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9. What is codesign W.r.t.to embedded systems?

10. What is the use of an ICE?

Part B

(Marks: 50)

11. Differentiatebetweensmall,medium,and largescaleembeddedsystems.

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.12. Differentiatebetween RISC and CISC processor.

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13. Explain aboutthe use of anoperatingsystem in embeddedsystems.

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14. Explaindifferentsoftwaretoolsused for the developmentof embeddedsystems.10

15. Write a C program with inlineassemblystatements.
16. Explaindifferentsemaphores. What is a deadlocksituation?

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17. Differentiatebetweenparalleland serialbusesgivingexamples.

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