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The final exam for the microcomputer interfacing lab (eecs 145m) held at the university of california, berkeley in spring 1999. The exam covers various topics related to microcomputer systems, digital filters, analog-to-digital converters, sample-and-hold circuits, comparator circuits, and fft analysis. Students are required to answer questions related to defining terms, designing systems, and analyzing waveforms.
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NAME (please print)
STUDENT (SID) NUMBER
College of Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Berkeley
Total of top 4 Lab Grades Total of top 4 Question Sections Lab Bonus Lab Participation Mid-Term # Mid-Term # Final Exam Total Course Grade
_______________ (400 max) _______________ (100 max)
_______________ (100 max) _______________ (100 max) _______________ (100 max) _______________ (200 max) _______________ (1000 max)
Answer the questions on the following pages completely, but as concisely as possible. The exam is to be taken closed book. Use the reverse side of the exam sheets if you need more space. Calculators are OK. In answering the problems, you are not limited to the particular equipment you used in the laboratory exercises.
Partial credit can only be given if you show your work.
FINAL EXAM GRADE :
1 __________ (36 max) 2 __________ (60 max) 3 _________ (104 max)
TOTAL __________ (200 max)
PROBLEM 1 (total 36 points):
Define the following terms:
1a. (6 points) Transition voltages of an analog-to-digital converter
1b. (6 points) Nyquist sampling theorem
1 c. (6 points) Tri-state buffer
PROBLEM 2 (total 60 points):
You have been chosen to design a microcomputer system for timing the swimming events in the Summer Olympic Games.
10 kHz counter
24
Start Stop
The requirements for your design are:
a. (30 points) Sketch your design, showing and labeling all essential components and lines. (You only need to show two touch plate switches, timing circuits and speakers.)
b. (30 points) Describe the events (hardware and software) that must take place from the start of the race to after the last swimmer finishes.
3.b (24 points) Design an anti-aliasing filter that meet the above requirements (determine the filter order n and the corner frequency fc)
3. c (24 points) List the steps (hardware and software) involved in sampling the waveform and taking the FFT.
3.d (6 points) To what frequencies do the FFT coefficients H 0 , H 1 , H65,536, and H131, correspond? (See equation sheet for powers-of-two table)
3. e (4 points) If the system input is a pure 1,000 Hz harmonic signal, how would it appear in the FFT coefficients?
3. f (6 points) How close in frequency can two harmonic signals of equal amplitude be and still appear as separate peaks in the FFT?