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1.Difference between microprocessor and microcontroller.

 A microprocessor is a programmable device to perform ALU operations.


 A microcontroller is a programmable device to perform a specific task.
 Microprocessor has less number of registers.
 Microcontroller has more registers when compared to microprocessor.
 External peripheral device are connected in order to communicate with
device.
 Peripheral components are embedded in single chip.
2. Architecture of PIC 16f877A micro controller.

 It is based on von -neuman architecture.


 A Watch dog timer is present in PIC ,it is useful to detect the malfunction
in software and reset the processor.
 It has 4k program memory ,data memory and data EEPROM .
 Program memory it stores the program to be fetched into the pic.
 Data memory which consist of bank of registers and special purpose
registers.
 It consist of timers,SPI and adc.
 It supports 15 types of interrupt.
3. Define Interrupt.
Interrupt is a signal to device when a process has to given immediate
attention.
Hardware interrupt
Software interrupt
4. Define Timer & Counter.
A timer is a clock used to measure the time intervals.
Counter is a device which stores number of events occurred with clock
signals.
5. Power Supply Circuit design, Voltage Divider Circuit.
Power supply circuit
 Unregulated power supply(undesirable dc voltage)
 Regulated power supply(Full wave and half wave rectifier.
 Switch mode power supply(SMPS).
Voltage divider circuit.
Voltage divider which converts high voltage to low
voltage .Voltage divider used to measure the resistance of a sensor.

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