Practice Interrupt Service Routines (isrs): The System's First Responders (6.4.1)
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Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs): The System's First Responders

Practice - Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs): The System's First Responders

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is an ISR?

💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of an ISR.

Question 2 Easy

Name one principle that an ISR should follow.

💡 Hint: Consider what occurs during an ISR execution.

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Question 1

What does ISR stand for?

Interrupt Signal Relay
Interrupt Service Routine
Immediate Signal Response

💡 Hint: Remember what ISRs are meant to do.

Question 2

True or False: ISRs can include blocking calls.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the impact of delays in an ISR.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple ISR for a button press that should debounce the button and not allow any other interrupts during its execution. Explain your approach.

💡 Hint: Consider how long you would debounce and control interrupts.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the choice between blocking and non-blocking calls in an ISR can affect overall system performance.

💡 Hint: Think about the impact of delays in the context of other tasks waiting to run.

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