Practice Week 4: Embedded C Programming And Development Tools (5) - Modelling and Specification - A Deep Dive into Embedded System Abstraction
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Week 4: Embedded C Programming and Development Tools

Practice - Week 4: Embedded C Programming and Development Tools

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a pointer in C?

💡 Hint: Think about how we access different locations in memory.

Question 2 Easy

Explain the use of the volatile keyword.

💡 Hint: Recall scenarios involving hardware access.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the main purpose of the volatile keyword?

To optimize code
To inform about unexpected changes
To declare constants

💡 Hint: Think about scenarios where hardware might change a value.

Question 2

True or False: Pointers can only point to variables of the same type.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the flexibility of pointers as a reference to memory addresses.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a small embedded C program that uses pointers to swap two integers. Explain your implementation.

💡 Hint: Consider how pointers can allow functions to modify variables.

Challenge 2 Hard

Consider a scenario where a variable may change due to hardware interrupts. How would you use the volatile keyword in such a case?

💡 Hint: Think about how hardware interactions might affect variable states.

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