Practice Part B: External Interrupt Handling (5.2) - Microcontroller - Serial Communication and Interrupts
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Part B: External Interrupt Handling

Practice - Part B: External Interrupt Handling

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does an ISR stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the role of 'service' in programming.

Question 2 Easy

Which pin is used for External Interrupt 0 on the 8051?

💡 Hint: Recall the hardware setup discussed.

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Question 1

What is the main purpose of an external interrupt in a microcontroller?

To initiate a timer
To respond to external events
To halt program execution

💡 Hint: Think about the events that trigger interrupts.

Question 2

True or False: The 8051 allows only one external interrupt.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how many interrupt sources are defined.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an embedded system using the 8051 that counts how many times a button was pressed and displays that on an LCD. Include multiple button functionality for incrementing and decrementing the count.

💡 Hint: Think about how to implement effective switch debouncing.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how you would address issues arising from rapid successive button presses triggering multiple interrupts in your application.

💡 Hint: Consider how mechanical switches behave.

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