POWER SUPPLY
MICROCONTROLLER
1 What are the source and the sink currents for the pins of microcontroller?
2 Why is the reset circuit used?
3 What is the need of clipping capacitors across the crystal oscillator?
4 What can be the range of the frequency for the oscillator used?
5 Why the crystal of frequency 11.0592 MHz is used?
6 How does a part of controller made to act as an input port?
Or
Why is it preferred to transmit a ‘1’ on the pin of a port of the controller to make it an
input pin?
SEVEN SEGMENTS
1 Why are 7 segments preferred to be connected in common anode configuration?
2 How to determine which pin corresponds to which segment in the 7 segment display
unit?
3 What is the current rating of a 7 segment?
4 What is the driver IC for the 7 segment?
1 What is the need of an opto coupler IC, what is the model number of the opto coupler
IC?
2 What is the role of power transistor?
3 How isolation between a controller and a high load device is achieved using drive
circuitry?
RELAYS
1 What are NO and NC points? Which of them is connected to the normal pin when the
relay is off?
2 Why relay is called an electrical switch?
3 What are the various types of relays?
4 What is the current and voltage rating of a relay?
5 What is the role of diode, how can it be used to avoid back emf?
6 What is the phenomenon behind the working of a relay?
MOTORS
1 What are the differences between the DC motor and the stepper motor?
2 What are rotor and stator?
3 What is a permanent magnet?
4 What is a temporary magnet?
5 What is the step angle o a stepper motor?
6 How can we control the speed and direction of both the motors?
7 What are the voltage and current requirements of the motors?
8 Why is a separate power supply used for the stepper motor?
LCDs
1 What is the phenomenon of working of a LCD?
2 What are the roles of Pin4, Pin5, Pin6 of the LCD?
3 What is busy flag?
4 What is the model number of the LCD?
5 Why two separate pairs of ground and Vcc used in the LCD? Or
What is the role of 15th and 16th pin of the LCD?
MISCELLANEOUS
1 Why is KEIL called a cross compiler?
2 What was the version of the KEIL software used?
3 What do we mean by an IDE, is KEIL an IDE?
4 What does a linker do?
5 What are the header files, what do they contain?
6 What is the role of a compiler and an assembler?
7 What is a debugger for?
8 What are the differences between a high level and a low level language?
9 What is an embedded system?
10 Why hex number system is a preferred for representation?
11 What are the model numbers for pnp and npn transistors?
12 What are DIP, SIP and QIP?