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Think and Solve
1. Why it is not possible to protect a microprocessor-
based system from software piracy?
2. What are the advantages of a microcontroller over
a microprocessor?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
Princeton (Von Neumann) Architecture against
Harvard Architecture?
4. In spite of off ering on-chip program and data
memory, why additional external memory
interfacing provision is available in microcon-
trollers?
5. What is the major disadvantage of modern SMD
technology?
6. Make a list of the applications of microcontrollers
around your own world.
7. Why microprocessors or microcontrollers are de-
signed with their bit-wise width always a multiple
of 8 (e.g. 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit)?
8. What are ...