computer engineering

Homework

From the [Wolf16], 4th Ed. Textbook Q1-1

Q1-3

Q1-6

Q1-10

Q1-11

Q1-13

Questions 1). Draw a hardware block diagram (i.e. Figure 1.3) of a) a programmable residential/home thermostat.

2). Draw EITHER a hardware or software architecture diagram (i.e. Figure 1.4) for a) the cellular voice communication aspect ONLY of a cell-phone.

3). Describe the differences in an between an 8-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit microprocessor.

4). Provide characteristics of both Top-down and Bottom-up engineering design. State an example in which circumstances or design task each might be most appropriate. Definitions Provide a Definition for the following Terms

answer related question if present. It is NOT sufficient to simply provide the words for which an acronym is an abbreviation. Define and explain sufficient to show that you understand the term and usage within the context of this course.

5). Embedded System 6). Real-Time

a) Soft Real-Time b) Hard Real-Time c) Multi-Rate

7). DSP 8). NRE 9). GUI 10). Functional requirement 11). Non-functional requirement 12). Specification 13). Object-oriented 14). UML 15). Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)

a) resolution (i.e. 8-bits vs. 16-bits) b) Sample rate / frequency

16). UART

a) Serial communication (i.e. UART) b) Parallel communication