Reg.No.

V.S.B. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KARUR

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
MODEL EXAMINATION
EC 8691 MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS
Academic Year: 2022-2023 (EVEN Semester)
Year/Semester & Branch III Year / VI Semester B.E ECE ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ Sections BME
Faculty Name: :Mrs.P.Gomathi Dr.P.Surendar Date:
Max. Marks : 100 Time: 3Hrs
Blooms Taxonomy
Course Outcome(s) Questions Numbers
Level
CO1: Students are able to gain
knowledge about 8086 microprocessor 1, 2,11(a),11(b)
in detail RE -Remembering
CO2: Students are able to gain UN-Understanding
knowledge on design aspects of I/O and 3,4,12(a),12(b) AP-Applying
memory interfacing circuits. AN-Analyzing
CO3: Students are able to gain knowledge EV-Evaluating
5,6,13(a),13(b), 16(a)
about interfacing of microprocessors with CR-Creating
supporting chips
CO4: Students are able to gain
knowledge about 8051 microcontroller in 7,8,14(a),14(b)
detail
CO5: Students are able to design a
9,10,15(a),15(b) 16(b)
microcontroller based system.
PART-A Answer ALL Questions (10 X 2=20 Marks)

[RE]
1. Write the flags of 8086.(Nov/Dec 2020)
[UN]
2. List the types of interrupts in 8086. (Nov/Dec 2020)
[UN]
How clock signal is generated in 8086 ? What is the maximum internal
3. clock frequency of 8086 ?
4. What is the function of MN/MX pin ? (Nov/Dec 2020) [RE]
[RE]
5. What are the signals available for serial communication ?
[RE]
6. Define conversion time.
[UN]
7. Write a program to mask the 0th and 7th bit using 8051.. (Nov/Dec 2020)
[RE]
8. Write a program to find the 2’s complement using 8051.
[UN]
9. Define the operating model 0 of 8051 serial ports. (Nov/Dec 2020)
[UN]
10. Give the different types of ADC.
PART-B Answer ALL Questions (5x13=65 Marks)

11. (a) How would you show your understanding of internal hardware
architecture of 8086 microprocessor with neat diagram ?. Nov/Dec2021) [UN] (13)
OR
11. (b) [UN] (13)
What are the various addressing modes of 8086 microprocessor with examples
?

12 (a) Draw the pin diagram of 8086 processor and explain all the signals.
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[UN] (13)
OR
12. (b)
i) Explain in detail about closely coupled configurations. [AP] (13)
ii) Discuss on loosely coupled configurations in detail.

13. (a) [AP]

Draw the block diagram of 8279 and explain the function of each. (13)
OR
13 (b) [AP] (13)
Explain the operation of DMA controller 8237 with neat
diagrams.

14. (a) With neat sketch explain the architecture of 8051 microcontroller.(Nov/Dec [UN] (13)
2021)
OR
14. (b)
(i) Explain the different addressing modes of 8051. [AP] (10)
(ii) List the various instructions available in 8051 microcontroller.
(ii) State the merits and demerits of accessing memory using various addressing [UN] (3)
modes.

15. (a) With neat sketch block diagram of interfacing 64KB of External RAM and [UN] (13)
64KB of External ROM with the 8051 Microcontroller. . (Nov/Dec 2021)
OR
15. (b)
Draw and explain the ADC interfacing using 8051.
[AP] (10)

PART-C Answer ALL Questions (1x15=15Marks)

(Application/ Design/Analysis/Evaluation/Creativity/Case study)

16. (a) Write an 8086 ALP to find the sum of numbers in an array of 10 elements.
[AN] (15)
Write an 8086 ALP to find the largest number and smallest number in an
array.
OR
16. (b)
Examine the effectiveness of the minimum mode and maximum mode of
[AN] (15)
operations in 8086 in detail.

Prepared by Approved by

(Dr. P.Surendar, AP/ECE) (Dr.P.S.Gomathi HOD/ECE)

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