VTU Electronics and Communication Engineering (Semester 7)
Embedded System Design
December 2011
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) what is market window?why is it important for products to reach the early in window ?justify.
8 M
1 (b) Explain how the top-down design process improves the productivity
6 M
1 (c) Using the revenue model of fig.q1(c) derive percentage revenue loss equation for any rise angle,rather than just for 45 degree?

6 M

2 (a) write a simple algorithms for finding the GCD of two integer numbers.write the FSMD for this algorithms Explain how it can be optimize.write the optimize FSMD and its advantages
10 M
2 (b) Briefly explains the purpose of the data path and controller,in a single purpose processor
10 M

3 (a) Explain how stepper is controlled using driver.Give relevent hardware and software details
10 M
3 (b) In successive approximation,ADC calculate the correct encoding of 5v,given an analog signal whos e voltage ranges from 0 to 15v and 8 bit digital encoding.also determine the resolution of the ADC.
10 M

4 (a) What is memory hireachy?how does the cache operate?Discuss the cache mapping techniques.List its merits and demerits
10 M
4 (b) Describe the j2 and IEEE 802.11 protocols
10 M

5 (a) explains how the interrupt works in a microprocessor.with an example,explain the classic shared data problem ,when the data is shared between an interrupt and a task .
10 M
5 (b) Explain the real time OS architecture
5 M
5 (C) What is the interrupt latency?what factors affect it ?
5 M

6 (a) Explain with an example,how round robin architecture works.What is its limitation
10 M
6 (b) what are the three different states of tasks in RTOS?How is the state of each task tracked ?
5 M
6 (c) How does a typically RTOS binary semaphores works ?Explain.
5 M

7 (a) Mentioned the two rules of interrupt routine in an RTOS enviroment.With an example brifly expalin what happens each rule is violated.
15 M
7 (b) compare characteristic of the four software architecture for scheduling .
5 M

8 (a) Illustrate with suitable example the problems of 'delay embrace and 'priority inversion
12 M
8 (b) explain the method to solve the memory space and methods to save power.
8 M



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