PART - A (10 x 2 = 20)

1. In what ways CISC and RISC processors differ?

2. How is ARM processor different from other processors?
3. Differentiate Harvard and Von Neumann architecture.
4. How power can be optimized at the program level?
5. Write about scheduling states present in the embedded system design.
6. What does a scheduler do in a operating system environment?
7. Give the design flow used in embedded system design.
8. What do you mean by quality and quality assurance in embedded system?
9. Draw the block diagram of ADPCM compression system.
10. What are the requirements of video accelerator.

PART - B (5 x 13 = 65)
11.a)(i)How the CPU performance is affected? Explain them with suitable instructions.

(ii) Explain the function of ARM processor instructions.

OR

b) Explain in detail about the following

(i) supervisor mode
(ii) Exceptions
(iii) Traps

12.a)(i) Describe the system bus configuration and explain the bus protocol.
(ii) Describe the techniques used for program validation and testing.
OR
b) (i) Write a short note on Consumer Electronics Architecture.
(ii) Discuss in detail the optimization of energy and power of an embedded system.
13.a)(i) Discuss about the features and services of POSIX Real Time Operating
system.
(ii) Explain in detail Preemptive scheduling with an example
OR
b) (i) Write a short note on Interprocess communication mechanisms.
(ii) Discuss about various power optimization strategies for processes.

14.a) With neat diagram explain the working of CAN bus.

OR
b).With neat diagram, explain the working of I2C.

15.a)Explain in detail about the design of Alarm clock suitable diagrams.

OR
b)Discuss about the software and hardware design of telephone answering machine.
PART - C (1 x 15 = 15)
16. Shown below is the workload for 5 jobs arriving at time zero in the order given below
Job Burst Time
1 10
2 29
3 3
4 7
5 12
Now find out which algorithm among Earliest Deadline First, Rate Monotonic, Shortest Job First and
Round Robin with quantum 10, would give the minimum average time.

OR

Summarize the services of operating system in handling multiple tasks and multiple
processes.