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Question Paper Code :

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011. Fourth Semester

Mechanical Engineering

ME 2255 ELECTRONICS AND MICROPROCESSORS

(Common to Automobile Engineering and Production Engineering) (Regulation 2008) Time : Three hours

PART A (10 2 = 20 marks) 1. 2. 3. Define doping.

Compare intrinsic semiconductors with extrinsic semiconductors. What are the bias conditions of the base-emitter and base-collector junctions for a transistor to operate as an amplifier?

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

What is UJT?

Draw the symbol and truth table for NAND Gate. Convert 1010 binary number to BCD number. Why is the data bus bi-directional? List the different addressing modes of 8085 microprocessor. Draw the block diagram of a 3 8 Decoder. List any four applications of Microprocessor.

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Maximum : 100 marks

PART B (5 16 = 80 marks) 11. (a) (i) (ii) Explain the half wave rectifier circuit and draw its input and output waveform. (8) Draw the symbol and characteristic curve of a Zener diode and explain. (8) Or (b) (i) (ii)

How to forward bias and reverse bias the PN junction transistor? Explain. (8) What is energy band diagram? Draw the energy band diagram for Insulator, semiconductor and conductor. (8)

12.

(a)

(i) Draw the circuit diagram of common-emitter amplifier and explain. (8) (ii) Explain the concepts and applications of feedback. (8)

(b)

(i) (ii)

Draw the SCR characteristic curve and explain.

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Explain the class B push-pull amplifier operation with input and output waveform. (8)

(ii)

Explain the functions of 4 bit binary up counter.

13.

(a)

(i)

Draw the circuit diagram of clocked SR Flip-Flop and explain its truth table. (8) (8)

(b)

(i) (ii)

Draw the logic diagram of full adder and explain.

14.

(a)

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Explain why do we need Analog to Digital converter and Digital to Analog converter in a microprocessor based system. (8) Draw the block diagram of micro-computer and explain. (8)

(i)

(ii)

Write an 8085 assembly language program to add two 8-bit numbers and store the sum in a memory location. (8)

(b)

(i)

Explain the functional block diagram of 8085 microprocessor. (8) Discuss about the 8085 microprocessor instruction set. (8)

(ii)

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(a)

(i) (ii)

How do you interface 8 LEDs with a microprocessor?

(8)

Explain how microprocessor based traffic light control system works. (8) Or

(ii)

Explain how to control a stepper motor using microprocessor. (8)

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(b)

(i)

How do you interface a DIP switch with a microprocessor?

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