Section - A

Answer all questions (10 x 1 = 10 Marks)

1. Indicate the year in which the first embedded system for a vehicle was released.
A 1968 C 1982
B 2001 D 1960
2. What types of embedded systems are designed using 16 or 32-bit
microcontrollers?
A Small Scale Embedded C Sophisticated Embedded Systems
Systems
B Medium Scale Embedded D None of these
Systems
3. Contrast the phase of embedded system life cycle where the product is realized.
A Conceptualization C Development and Testing
B Deployment D Upgrade
4. Identify the basic register(s) available in CPU structure.
A Instruction Register (IR) C Stack Pointer (SP) & Status Register
(SR)
B Program Counter (PC) D All the above
5. FRAM (Ferro-electric Random Access Memory) memory technology is used in
A PIC18 series C STM32 series
B ARM processor D MSP430 series
6. Show the type of CPU used in MSP430 MCUs.
A 16-bit RISC CPU C 32-bit RISC CPU
B 16-bit CISC CPU D 32-bit CISC CPU
7. Tell the size of data memory in MSP430G2553.
A 256 Bytes C 1024 Bytes
B 512 Bytes D 4k Bytes
8. Which bit will be used to turn-off the MCLK of MSP430?
A SCG0 bit C SCG1 bit
B OSCOFF bit D CPUOFF bit
9. Match: CPU is disabled, MCLK and SMCLK are disabled, DCO's dc generator is
disabled, ACLK remains active
A Low-power mode 1 (LPM1) C Low-power mode 3 (LPM3)
B Low-power mode 2 (LPM2) D Low-power mode 4 (LPM4)
10. Identify the addressing mode of an instruction in which an & symbol with a
word will address the operand.
A Indexed addressing mode C Symbolic addressing mode
B Absolute addressing mode D Indirect register addressing mode

Section - B
Answer All questions (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
11 A Sketch the structure of an embedded systems and explain. (OR)
B Classify the embedded systems in detail.
12 A Show the difference between RISC versus CISC architectures. (OR)
B List the points regarding the difference between Von-Neumann and
Harvard architectures.
13 A Outline the family overview of MSP430 Microcontroller. (OR)
B Illustrate the memory organization of MSP430 devices.
14 A Discuss the operating modes of MSP430 MCUs. (OR)
B Illustrate the onchip peripherals of MSP430 MCUs.
15 A Classify the MSP430 instructions and explain about arithmetic
instructions with examples. (OR)
B Show the MSP430 assembly language program for adding two bytes.

Section - C
Answer All questions (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
16 A Illustrate the life cycle of embedded systems. (OR)

B Make use of relevant diagram explain the memory and CPU data
exchange.
17 A Illustrate the functional block diagram of MSP430 Microcontroller. (OR)
B Classify the addressing modes of MSP430 Microcontroller and explain
with examples.