Prelim

Question set

[Read the note at the end.]

Chapter 1.

1. Define Embedded system with examples and Give difference between

General purpose Computing system Vs Embedded system[ES]. [5]

2. Explain the characteristics of an Embedded system[73]

3. List quality attributes of embedded system and describe each I n the

product development.[75]

4. Explain difference between RISC and CISC Short Note: - Different

cores used in Embedded system [17]

5. Short note on : Embedded Firmware[59]

6. What is EDLC? What are primary Objectives of EDLC

7. Explain different Phases of EDLC. [622]

Chapter. 2

8. What do you mean by H/S (Hardware /Software) Co-design. Explain

the fundamental issues in Hardware /Software Co-design.

9. Explain what different computational models are used in ES

10. Explain the State machine model with example

11. Short Note on : UML

12. What different hardware and software trade-offs are considered

in embedded system design

13. Explain the Embedded Hardware design components and how it is

development.

14. Describe the embedded firmware design approaches with their

advantages and limitations

15. What is the difference between Super loop based and OS based

embedded firmware design? Which one is the better approach?

16. What is a Device Drivers? Explain its role in the OS context

17.What is Real Time Operating System(RTOS) and explain How to

choose an RTOS

18. What is difference between a general purpose kernel and a real

time kernel? Give an example of both.

Chapter 3.

19. Explain the classification of different Embedded memories

20. Give difference between SRAM and DRAM with suitable diagram

21. Explain the general memory interface with suitable diagram

22. Explain the memory map

23. Explain the Full and partial i/o decoding

24. Explain the i/o accessing methods used.

25. Explain the concept the Cache memory

26. Short note: Dynamic memory allocation

27. Explain the memory testing techniques

Chapter.4

28. Explain the processor trends in ES development

29. How the embedded Os had evolved i.e Trends in OS

30. What different languages are used in development is ES

31. Short note on : PIC Family of Microcontrollers

32. Short note on : AVR Family of Microcontrollers

33. Short note on : ARM Family of Microcontroller

Chapter .5

34. Give difference between Assembly Lang. Programming and c

programming

35. Explain the C program elements.

36. Give difference between Macros and function in C programming

37. Explain embedded programming in C++

38. Explain embedded programming in Java

.. More questions ..i will add on chapter no. 5..

These are generalized question set . I will send the proper question set for

Prelim and test2. Tomorrow.