Practice Control Functions (12.3.2) - Application Programming Interface (API) and Final Application
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Practice - Control Functions

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does a control function do in an embedded system?

💡 Hint: Think about how we interact with hardware.

Question 2 Easy

Name a function used to control a GPIO pin.

💡 Hint: What function would you use to set a pin state?

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the primary purpose of control functions in embedded systems?

To communicate data
To manipulate hardware components
To process user inputs

💡 Hint: Consider how we control hardware components.

Question 2

True or False: GPIO pins can only be used for output.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the configuration options for GPIO pins.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Explain how you would design a control function to toggle an LED and describe any assumptions related to the GPIO pin.

💡 Hint: Consider both reading and writing to the same pin.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss a scenario where interrupt handling improves the performance of an embedded application. What would you implement?

💡 Hint: Think about CPU efficiency and responsiveness.

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