Practice Viva Voce Questions (7) - Interrupt Handling and Timer Interfacing (8085/8086 Microprocessors with 8253/8254 Timer)
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VIVA VOCE QUESTIONS

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is an interrupt?

💡 Hint: Think about how devices communicate with the CPU.

Question 2 Easy

Name one type of non-maskable interrupt.

💡 Hint: Consider critical hardware events.

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Question 1

What is an interrupt?

A method of data communication
A signal indicating an event
A type of hardware device

💡 Hint: Focus on the purpose of interrupts.

Question 2

True or False: Non-maskable interrupts can be ignored by software.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the nature of critical interrupts.

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are tasked with designing an embedded system that utilizes the 8085 microprocessor. Describe how you would implement an interrupt handling mechanism.

💡 Hint: Focus on the steps from triggering the interrupt to processing it.

Challenge 2 Hard

If you have an 8254 timer set to 1 MHz, calculate the initial count needed for a 20 ms pulse in Mode 0.

💡 Hint: Understand how delays translate into counts.

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