UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS MODULE-l 1. Explain data communication formats used in serial communication 2.

Write the command word register format of 8255 and explain 3. Explain the format of control register of 8251 chip. In order for the receiver and transmitter baud rates to be 200 and 1200 respectively, what should be the frequency applied to TXC and RXC if the baud rate factor is 16. 4. Show how an 8251 chip can be interfaced to an 8086 system for serial data interchange with another similar system 5. Design the hardware and software for interfacing the ADC chip 0800 to 8085 microprocessor so that data may be transferred between the tow, using interrupts 6. Draw the suitable diagram to interface 1408 DAC to 8085 and write program to limit the output voltage from 0 to 7.5V 7. Indicate how 8255 can be programmed to operate in mode O? 8. Compare the merits and demerits of synchronous and asynchronous data transfer systems. 9. Show the interfacing of 8x8 matrix keyboard to 8086 using 8255. Explain the command words. 10. With an appropriate diagram, show how an 8x8 key board system, and four digit seven segment display can be simultaneously handled by an 8085 processor system using a single programmable peripheral interface chip. 11. What is USART? Explain its features 12. Draw and explain the internal block diagram of 8251 chip 13. Interface a seven segment display to the 8085 processor using 8255 chip. Write an ALP. 14. What is an interrupt? How the interrupts helps for interfacing I/O devices to the processor 15. Briefly discuss about the different operating modes of8255 chip 16. How the 8255 will be operated in BSR mode? Explain 17. What are the input signals available in 8251? 18. Give the internal architecture of8255 and explain 19. Interface an 8x8 keyboard to 8085 processor through 8255. Use port B as input 20. Explain the keyboard interfacing using 8279 21. Briefly explain the formats of the following two commands of 8279 keyboard/display interface chip. a) read FIFO sensor memory b) write the display memory 22. With the help of neat diagrams explain the major components of 8279 keyboard/display interface and explain their functions 23. Draw and explain the internal block diagram of 8279 chip 24. How the 8279 chip can be operated in display mode? Explain 25. Explain the necessity of display RAM in 8279

MODULE-2 1. What is a key debounce? Explain key debouncing using hardware and software 2. Explain what do you mean by : (1) debouncing a switch input and (2) 2 - key lockout 3. Explain how you could design a programmable sample rate generator for an A to D subsystem for interfacing with 8085. 4. With neat diagrams, show how to interface ADC chip 0800 to 8085? 5. Show how a seven segment display can be interfaced to 8085? 6. Name the architectures used for implementing microcontrollers. Explain each one 7. List major features of typical DAC 8. Draw and explain the interfacing procedures for interfacing an 8 - bit ADC with 8085 processor using interrupt driven method 9. List the essential modules of a micro controller. Explain the functions of each module. 10. Interface an 8 bit ADC with 8085 using memory mapped I/O. Also write an interrupt routine to read and output data of the converter, store it in memory and continue to collect data for the specified 'n' number of times 11. Give features of AID converter 12. Differentiate microcontroller and microprocessor 13. Draw a key debounce circuit 14. Interface a 10bit DAC with 8085 15. Interface an ADC with 8085 using status check method 16. Explain the features of a micro controller 17. How a key debounce can be checked? Explain MODULE-3 1. Explain instruction pipe lining in 8086. 2. Write the flag register format of 8086 microprocessor and explain the flags 3. Explain the various addressing modes supported by the 8086 with suitable examples 4. Using 8086 instructions, illustrate how parameters are passed to a function, how these are accrued within the function, how local variables are created on the stack frame. Use suitable examples and explain. 5. Using examples, explain how the number of hardware interrupts available can be enhanced for 8086 based system operating in maximum mode. 6. Explain the use of instruction queue in 8086 microprocessor 7. Draw the block diagram of 8086 in minimum mode system and explain. Draw the bus timing diagram for memory. Write operation in minimum mode of 8086. 8. With neat diagram, explain the minimum mode of 8088. Write bus cycle. 9. Explain stack memory addressing modes 10. Explain the significance of LOCK pin in 8086 11. What is instruction pipelining? Explain 12. What is segmentation? Why it is used? 13. Discuss the internal architecture of 8086 processor with neat block diagram
14. What is PSW of a processor? Give the 8086 processor PSW format 14. Compare minimum mode and maximum mode operations of8086 processor

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Give the timing diagram for instruction fetch bus cycle Differentiate inter segment and inter segment jump operations How the physical address can be generated from effective address Draw the bit pattern of 8086 flag register and give their significances Discuss the internal scratch - pad registers of 8086 Discuss the differences between near, short and far jumps. How are

MODULE-4 1. Briefly explain the interrupt system in 80286 2. Briefly describe the following instructions: a) LOOP b) MOV SB c) XLAT d) MUL. 3. What is the difference in the 80286 real address mode and protected virtual address mode? Explain how these two modes can be switched back from and forth? 4. Give the different addressing modes of 8086 processor with examples 5. Bring out the differences between 8086 and 80286 processors 6. What is real and protected addressing modes in 80286? Explain. 7. What are local and global descriptor tables in 80286? Explain 8. Explain the four level privilege mechanisms in the 80286 virtual mode. How does 80286 handle requirements in multi tasking environment 9. Differentiate shift and rotate instructions 10. What is prefix instruction? Explain with an example 11. Explain different types of program memory addressing modes with the help of examples 12. Write a 8086 ALP for sorting the given n numbers in ascending and descending order according to choice. Use bubble sort 13. How the memory has addressed in protected mode? Explain 14. What is program invisible register? Explain 15. Describe the following instructions: (a) LEA (b) WAIT (c) ESC (d) STI 16. Differentiate between near call and far call instructions 17. What are the advantages of loosely coupled configurations 18. Write an assembly language program for separating the given numbers into even and odd number 19. Name the string instructions of 8086 processor and explain its functions 20. Give the additional features of 80286 processor 21. What is REP prefix? How it functions for string instructions 22. Explain the following instructions (1) LDS (2) PUSHF (3) XLAT (4) TEST 23. Write an ALP for sorting the data in ascending order 24. What is an iteration instruction 25. Give the additional instructions of 80286 26. What are the logical instructions available for 8086? Explain 27. What is stack register? How it can be initialized? 28. Give the functions of the following instructions: (1) POPF (2) LEA (3) SCANSW (4) LOOP 29. How a processor can function in virtual mode? Explain 30. With the help of examples explain the various addressing modes of 8086

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What is an assembler directive? Explain PUSH and POP instructions Give the functions of the following instructions: (1) CMPS (2) SCAS (3) LODS (4) Discuss with examples, various data transfer instructions supported by 8086 Write an assembly language program to multiply two unsigned numbers

MODULE-5 1. Explain memory paging mechanism of 80386 2. Describe the branch prediction logic of 80386 3. Explain in detail about task switching. Discuss how does a 80386 keep track of where the global descriptor table and currently used local descriptor table are located in memory 4. Describe special features of AMD processor 5. Explain the features and applications of RISC processors 6. Describe the operating modes of 80386 7. Give the details of the superscalar features of Pentium processors 8. Describe the process of address translation from logical address to physical address in 80386 (protected mode) 9. Explain the various features of Pentium processors that make the program execution very fast 10. Describe the functions of special purpose registers of Pentium processor 11. Give the features of RISC processor 12. With the help of a neat block diagram, explain the basic features of 80386 processor 13. How the Pentium processor memory has been managed? Explain 14. State the features of AMD processor 15. Explain various features of pro Pentium processor 16. Explain debug extensions in Pentium processor 17. Give the features of paging mechanism 18. Give the additional features of 80386 19. Give the detailed procedure for managing the Pentium processors memory 20. Explain the functional units of 80386 21. How the 386 processor can be operated in protected mode? Give the features of protected mode 22. Explain the flag register in Pentium processor 23. Explain the addressing modes supported by 80386 24. What are the advantages of internal code cache and data cache 25. Discuss general approach of interfacing co - processor with main processor taking 80386 as an example