This document is an exam paper for a second year M.Sc. degree in Physics. It contains 16 questions across two sections related to microcontrollers and digital signal processing. Section A contains 5 multiple choice questions worth 4 marks each. Section B contains 5 longer answer questions worth 16 marks each. The questions cover topics such as microcontroller architecture, counters and timers, register addressing modes, DSP system building blocks, FFT analysis, implementing DSP with microcontrollers, bit rotation division, and digital filter structures.
This document is an exam paper for a second year M.Sc. degree in Physics. It contains 16 questions across two sections related to microcontrollers and digital signal processing. Section A contains 5 multiple choice questions worth 4 marks each. Section B contains 5 longer answer questions worth 16 marks each. The questions cover topics such as microcontroller architecture, counters and timers, register addressing modes, DSP system building blocks, FFT analysis, implementing DSP with microcontrollers, bit rotation division, and digital filter structures.
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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, May 2015
(PHYSICS)
(SECOND YEAR)
240: M ICROCONTROLLER AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
SECTION-A (54=20) Answer any FIVE questions 1. What is a microcontroller? How it is different from a microprocessor? 2. Explain the function of SCAN register. 3. Explain the function of flags in a microcontroller. 4. Distinguish between immediate and direct addressing mode. 5. What are the classification of discrete time systems? 6. Explain the importance of Up and down sampling technique. 7. State Nyquist theorem. Explain sample and hold technique. 8. Write note on music synthesis. SECTION-B (516=80) Answer any FIVE questions 9. Explain the key features of 8051 architecture with a block diagram. 10. Explain the function of counter and timers with suitable examples. 11. Discuss in detail the register addressing mode instructions in 8051. 12. Draw the basic building block of DSP system and explain their function. 13. Discuss the basic concept involved in FFT based spectrum analysis. 14. Mention how DSP is implemented using a microcontroller. 15. Write an assembly language program to divide two eight bit numbers by bit rotation technique. Explain its working with an example. 16. Explain digital filter structure. Discuss in detail first order filter with a block diagram representation. *******