Interrupt System

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What is interrupt and interrupt vector? Write the purpose of interrupt Explain hardware and software interrupt What Happens When an Interrupt Occurs?

5. What Happens When an Interrupt Ends? 6. Plot the internal block diagram of priority Interrupt Controller 8259A. 7. Why Intel 8259A priority controller is necessary? 8. What is the difference between INT3 and INT 3? 9. Discuss about the major actions of 8086 interrupt response. 10. Which interrupt vectors are related by NMI and INTR pins? 11. Show the interrupt pointer table. 12. What are the sources of interrupt? 13. Which instructions are related with software interrupt? Write the purpose of them. 14. Describe the operation of the INTs, INT3 , BOUND , IRET and INTO instructions. 15. What is the difference between real mode and protected mode interrupt? 16. Briefly describe type0, type2,type3 and type4 interrupts.
An overview of Intel 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and Pentium microprocessor

1. Write the features of 80386 microprocessor & show the register structures of 80386? 2. What are the functional units of 80386? 3. Describe the operational modes of 8086. 4. What are the features of 80186 microprocessor? 5. Draw and explain the logical and physical memory system of 80186 microprocessor. 6. Mention the features of 80286 microprocessor. 7. Draw the block diagram of 80286 microprocessor. 8. Identify the basic difference between 8086 and 80186.

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9. What hardware enhancements are added to the 80186 that are not present in 8086? 10. Difference between 8086 and 80286 microprocessors. 11. Write an short note on : a) CORE 2 Quad processor b) CORE i7 processor c) Pentium IV processor 12. Write the properties of Pentium IV microprocessor. 13. Explain why bank concept is necessary? 14. Suppose a microprocessor address bus is 64 bit and data bus is 32 bit. Find the number of banks and their capacity. What is the address of 34th location of bank 3? 15. Suppose a microprocessor address bus is 64 bit and data bus is 32 bit. Find the number of banks and their capacity. What is the address location and bank of address DA4365B2?
Advanced microprocessor

1. What is microcontroller? List out some application where microcontroller is used 2. Difference between Microprocessor and Microcontroller. 3. Describe the necessary tools for a microprocessor/controller 4. What are the functions of Microcontroller? 5. Advantages and disadvantages of microcontroller. 6. Briefly discuss the PIC microcontroller architecture. 7. Briefly describe basic components of an embedded system. 8. Differentiate between embedded microcontroller & re-programmable microcomputer. 9. Write short notes on: a) Embedded System [ Mention the characteristics of embedded system, 3 MAIN COMPONENTS of Embedded System, Block Diagram Of Embedded System ] b) Embedded Microcontroller
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c) Embedded Microprocessor [Applications for embedded processors ] d) Arithmetic Co-processor [Data Formats for the Arithmetic Coprocessor] e) Bit-slice microcontroller f) Intel - 4004 10. Write the evolution process of Merced processor. 11. Briefly describe the prediction feature of Itanium processor. 12. Briefly describe memory system of Itanium processor. 13. Explain multitasking and multithreading.
I/O operation

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Describe I/O architecture and Techniques. Describe the different types of I/O port. Briefly describe logical I/O. Write a short note on Serial Port and Parallel port. What are the differences between : a) Isolated I/O and Addressing I/O Devices or memory mapped I/O b) Physical I/O and Logical I/O. c) Standard and memory mapped I/O. 6. Draw and describe the block diagram of DMA controller. 7. Explain the DMA block transfer in microprocessor system. 8. What is cyclic stealing, Burst Mode and Interleaved DMA. 9. In spite of having co-processor and other I/O processors, why 8089 is necessary? 10. What are the differences between mode1 and mode2 operations? 11. Explain how CPU communicates with IOP? 12. What are the functions I/O processors 8089?
Micro controller
1. Write down some popular features that make 8051 microcontroller popular

2. List out some application where 8051 microcontroller is used. 3. Draw the internal architecture of 8051 microcontroller. 4. Describe the functional block diagram of 8051 microcontroller. 5. List the basic pins of 8051 microcontroller & discuss their functions.
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6. Explain different types of addressing mode supported by 8051 microcontroller. 7. What types of instructions are supported by 8051? 8. Draw the interrupt structure of 8051 microcontroller. 9. Show the 8051 register organization.

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