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1) Which of the following is/are true about the MSP430 Microcontroller? 1 point

MSP430 MCU has a 20 bit Data Bus.

Course MSP430 have upto 24 capacitive touch enabled I/O pins.

outline MSP430 has 27 core instructions and 8 addressing modes .
Words are stored in memory in Little endian ordering.
About No, the answer is incorrect.
NPTEL () Score: 0
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How does an MSP430 have upto 24 capacitive touch enabled I/O pins.
NPTEL Words are stored in memory in Little endian ordering.
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course 2) Which of the following is used to store the address of the next instruction to be 1 point
work? () executed?

Week 1 () Program Counter

Status Register
Week 2 () Constant Generator
Stack Pointer
Week 3 ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 4 ()
Accepted Answers:
Introduction
Program Counter
to MSP430

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(unit? 3) Which of the following is/are true about MSP430G2553? 1 point

unit=49&lesso
n=51) It has 64ns Instruction cycle time (register to register operation).

MSP430
The difference between the information memory and flash main memory is in the size of
Architecture segments and the physical addresses.
(unit? ACLK & SMCLK is used by peripherals.
unit=49&lesso
It has an internal reference of 1.5V or 2.5V.
n=52)
No, the answer is incorrect.
MSP430 Score: 0
Architecture- Accepted Answers:
Continued. The difference between the information memory and flash main memory is in the size of
And
segments and the physical addresses.
Introduction
ACLK & SMCLK is used by peripherals.
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It has an internal reference of 1.5V or 2.5V.
(unit?
unit=49&lesso
n=53) 4) Which of the following bits of the status register allows the MSP430 to operate in the 1 point
power saving modes, i.e. Low power modes?
Programming
Methods for CPUOFF, V, Z, N
MSP430 (unit?
CPUOFF, OSCOFF, SCG0, SCG1
unit=49&lesso
n=54) CPUOFF, SCG0, SCG1, GIE

Lecture Slides
CPUOFF, SCG0, SCG1, V
(unit? No, the answer is incorrect.
unit=49&lesso Score: 0
n=55) Accepted Answers:
CPUOFF, OSCOFF, SCG0, SCG1
Week 4
Feedback
Form (unit? 5) _BIC_SR_IRQ() is used to 1 point
unit=49&lesso
n=119)
Set the particular bits of the SR.
Reset the particular bits of the SR.
Quiz: Week 4
: Assignment Any of the above mentioned depending on the conditions.
4 None of the above.
(assessment?
Yes, the answer is correct.
name=155)
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 5 ()
Reset the particular bits of the SR.

Week 6 ()
6) Which of the following statements is/are true about MSP430G2553? 1 point

Week 7 () It has 16KB of main memory and 512B of RAM.

It has 16Kb of main memory and 512b of RAM.
Week 8 ()
USCI stands for Universal Serial Communication Interface
Week 9 () Operating voltage range of the MSP430 is 2 - 4V.

No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 10 () Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 11 () It has 16KB of main memory and 512B of RAM.
USCI stands for Universal Serial Communication Interface

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7) Which of the following is not possible with MSP430? 1 point

Week 12 ()
Ultra-fast wake-up from Low Power Mode.
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Access to Program instructions and data simultaneously.
Videos ()
Capacitive Sensing.
Text Handling analog as well as digital inputs.
Transcripts () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Books () Accepted Answers:
Access to Program instructions and data simultaneously.

8) Which addressing mode is being used when (Rn+X) points to the operand (X is 1 point
stored in the next word). Also choose the correct Syntax for that mode?

Register mode, &ADDR

Indexed mode,X(Rn)
Register mode,@Rn+
Indexed mode, &ADDR

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Indexed mode,X(Rn)

9) To reduce the pin used by the JTAG on the MSP microcontroller we use ? 1 point

TAP: Test Access Port

SPI : Serial Peripheral Interface
SWB: Serial wire Debugger
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
SWB: Serial wire Debugger

10) When the microcontroller MSP430G2553 receives RESET, then the CPU goes to 1 point
which of the following memory locations?

FFFE
1.0
FFFF
0.0

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
FFFE

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