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1.1 Beginning with the computing core and moving to the complete system and its

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1.1 Beginning with the computing core and moving to the complete system and its environment, the chapter identified a hierarchy of views of an embedded system.  Please identify and briefly describe each of these views.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

1.2 Identify and briefly describe the major functional blocks that comprise the computing core.

1.3 How are the major blocks of the computing core interconnected?

1.4 What are the major categories of signals flowing among the major blocks in the computing core?

1.5 What is meant by the term bus width?

1.6 Describe what is meant by the term microprocessor.  Please be specific.

1.7 Describe what is meant by the term microcomputer.  Please be specific.

1.8 Describe what is meant by the term microcontroller.  Please be specific.

1.12 What do the terms little endian and big endian mean?  Why are they important?

1.15 A number that exceeds a microprocessor%u2019s word size may be truncated or rounded. Which of these will produce a greater error?  

1.17 How are alphanumeric characters and symbols represented inside of a microprocessor?

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Explanation / Answer

Describe what is meant by the term microprocessor

Microprocessor is a multipurpose, programmable, clock-driven, register based

electronic device that reads binary instructions from a storage device called

memory, accepts binary data as input and processes data according to those

instructions, and provides as output.