Embedded Systems Interview Questions
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What is the bus in a microcontroller?

571

Explain the difference between microcontroller and microprocessor?

553

How are macros different from functions?

418

How do malloc and calloc work?

451

How do you reduce interrupt latency?

461

What is the task of the pre-processor?

447

Explain the difference between testing and verification?

484

What are the different types of embedded systems?

449

What is the purpose of a watchdog timer?

437

What is mutex in an embedded system?

436

Explain the characteristics of embedded system?

442

Why is java used in embedded systems?

494

What are the advantages and disadvantages of embedded system?

514

What is dma in an embedded system?

436

What is rtos in an embedded system?

443


Un-Answered Questions { Embedded Systems }

Tell me why is java mostly used in embedded systems?

419


What are the different measures that are required to achieve the design for better yield?

576


Explain an interrupt?

596


What is system bus?

740


What are the index registers in 8086?

621






What are the main issues associated with multiprocessor caches and how might you solve them?

1728


What was your role in the silicon evaluation or product ramp? What tools did you use?

1852


What is the difference between harvard architecture and von neumann architecture?

596


Why is model transformations used in the embedded system?

432


What is the position of the stack pointer after the pop instruction?

601


What are the flags in 8086?

624


Tell me can a pointer be volatile?

421


Please explain what is semaphore?

476


What are the differences between stateless and stateful systems, and impacts of state on parallelism.

446


What is BIBO stability?

568